"My Time" is a song by American rapper

Fabolous John David Jackson (born November 18, 1977), known professionally as Fabolous, is an American rapper. Raised in Brooklyn, he first gained recognition for his ability upon performing live on DJ Clue's WQHT, Hot 97 radio show. Jackson then signed ...

, released by

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on May 12, 2009 as the joint-

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from his fifth album, '' Loso's Way'' (2009). The song features a guest appearance from Def Jam labelmate and newcomer

Jeremih Jeremy Phillip Felton (born July 17, 1987), known professionally as Jeremih ( ), is an American Contemporary R&B, R&B singer. He embarked on a musical career after meeting record producer Mick Schultz in 2008, and signed a recording contract wi ...

, who co-wrote the track with Fabolous,

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and its producers, the Runners.My Time Songfacts
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during his performance on the hook. The album's fourth single, " Money Goes, Honey Stay" (featuring

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), is featured on its

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Music video

The video for "My Time" released on May 28, 2009. Guest performer

does not appear in the video, and his verse was also cut in favor of a snippet of one of the album's subsequent singles, " Everything, Everyday, Everywhere", which is heard at the end. The latter song's guest performer,

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, appears in the video to accompany its inclusion.

Usage in popular culture

* This song is played before games at

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. * The song was used in the commercial for the RBI World Series on

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. * The song was used in the

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season 4 premiere as the intro for the season. * The song was used as the theme song for the

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. * The song was featured in the introduction video before

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home games during the 2009–10 season. * The song is featured in the introduction video before

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home games during the 2010–11 season. *The song was featured in the introduction video before

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home games during the 2009–10 season. * This song was played during games at the 2010 ACC baseball tournament. * This song was used as the theme song for a

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season preview program on the

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before the start of the 2009–10

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season. * This song was used as the theme song for EAW's Pain for Pride II. * This song is used during halftime at home games for the Alabama Crimson Tide. * This song was used during the 2011 ESPY Awards during the "Best Team" award video. * This song was used to introduce the

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student section, the Orange Krush, during 2009–10 basketball season. * This song is used by

Milwaukee Brewers The Milwaukee Brewers are an American professional baseball team based in Milwaukee. The Brewers compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (baseball), National League (NL) National League Central, Central Di ...

pitcher Yovani Gallardo as his pre-game warm up song as the team takes the field. * This song was used by Amir Khan as the first part of his entrance song in which he was facing Danny Garcia. * This song is used by UFC fighter Ronaldo "Jacare" Souza as his entrance song. It's also used as an entrance song by Japanese MMA star, Kyoji Horiguchi.

Charts

External links

Fabolous featuring Jeremih - My Time
Music Video * http://www.contactmusic.com/videos.nsf/stream/fabolous-my-time Official Music Video

References

2009 singles Fabolous songs Jeremih songs Songs written by Kevin Cossom Music videos directed by Erik White Song recordings produced by the Runners Songs written by Fabolous 2009 songs Def Jam Recordings singles Songs written by Andrew Harr Songs written by Jeremih {{2000s-R&B-song-stub