"Out Here Grindin" is the first single from

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's third

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, ''

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''. The track features American

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artists

Akon Aliaune Damala Bouga Time Puru Nacka Lu Lu Lu Badara Akon Thiam (born April 16, 1973), known mononymously as Akon (), is a Senegalese-United States, American singer, songwriter, rapper, record producer, businessman, and philanthropist. An influ ...

Rick Ross William Leonard Roberts II (born January 28, 1976), known professionally as Rick Ross, is an American rapper. An influential figure in modern Hip-hop, hip hop music, Rick Ross has become known for his "Wiktionary:booming, booming" vocal perfor ...

Young Jeezy Jay Wayne Jenkins (born September 28, 1977), known by his stage name Jeezy (or Young Jeezy), is an American rapper. He is credited, alongside fellow Georgia-based rappers T.I. and Gucci Mane, with pioneering the hip hop subgenre trap music fo ...

Lil Boosie Torence Ivy Hatch Jr. (born November 14, 1982), better known by his stage name Boosie BadAzz or simply Boosie (formerly Lil' Boosie), is an American rapper. Hatch began rapping in the 1990s as a member of the Southern hip hop collective Concentr ...

Trick Daddy Maurice Samuel Young (born September 27, 1974), better known by his stage name Trick Daddy, is an American rapper from Miami, Florida. He is best known for his 2004 single " Let's Go" (featuring Twista and Lil Jon), which peaked at number seven on ...

Ace Hood Antoine Franklin McColister (born May 11, 1988), known professionally Ace Hood, is an American rapper. Born in Port St. Lucie and raised in Deerfield Beach, Florida, he was discovered by DJ Khaled and became the first act to sign with his rec ...

and Plies. It was produced by The Runners and co-produced by Akon, with the

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written by

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Background

This song originally featured

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in place of Young Jeezy. The version with Young Jeezy in place of Wayne is the official single version. Plies' verse has been moved to Wayne's part. The version with Jeezy's verse was released on Jeezy's mixtape ''"The Prime Minister"''. The reason for Wayne's verse being removed is allegedly because of him not being able to attend the music video shoot.

Versions

The song has three versions. *Out Here Grindin (Original Version)
(

featuring

, Plies,

and

) *Out Here Grindin (Single Version)
(

featuring

and Plies) *Out Here Grindin (Video & Album Version)
(

featuring

, Plies,

and

) A fourth version, available on the ''Lil Wayne and Friends 4'' mixtape, removes Plies' verse and instead features both Jeezy and Wayne's parts. It is credited as ''Lil Wayne feat. Young Jeezy''.

Music video

A music video was filmed in 2008 and features all the guest artists working with

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. Cameos were made by

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Bun B Bernard James Freeman (born March 19, 1973), known professionally as Bun B, is an American rapper. He is best known as one half of the Southern rap duo UGK (Underground Kingz), a group he formed in 1987 alongside Pimp C. Aside from his work wi ...

Young Dro D'Juan Montrel Hart (born January 15, 1979), better known by his stage name Young Dro, is an American rapper. Best known for his association with fellow Atlanta-based rapper T.I., Dro signed with his label, Grand Hustle Records, an imprint of ...

Fat Joe Joseph Antonio Cartagena (born August 19, 1970), better known by his stage name Fat Joe, is an American rapper. He began recording as a member of Hip-hop, hip hop group D.I.T.C., Diggin' in the Crates Crew (D.I.T.C.) in 1992, and pursued a sol ...

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, Brisco,

Lil Mama Niatia Jessica Kirkland (born October 4, 1989), better known by her stage name Lil Mama, is an American rapper. She experienced top 10 ''Billboard'' placements at 17 with her debut album '' VYP (Voice of the Young People)'' (2008), which debuted ...

Flo Rida Tramar Lacel Dillard (born September 16, 1979), known professionally as Flo Rida ( ), is an American rapper and singer. His 2007 debut and breakout single "Low (Flo Rida song), Low" was number one for 10 weeks in the United States and broke the ...

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, Maino,

Kardinal Offishall Jason Drew Harrow (born May 11, 1976), better known by his stage name Kardinal Offishall ( ), is a Canadian rapper and record producer. Often credited as Canada's "hip-hop ambassador", he has been regarded as one of the country's most prominent ...

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, and

. The video premiered on MTV2's

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on July 22, 2008. The video does not include

, but he is still kept on the official single. The video version has

, Plies,

and

, and is the version that ended up being on the album.

Chart performance

"Out Here Grindin" first made a "Hot Shot Debut" at number 38 on the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart for the issue of July 19, 2008 making it DJ Khaled's highest debut on the chart at the time.acharts.us - Billboard Hot 100 - Issue Date: Saturday July 19th, 2008
/ref> On January 13, 2009, the single was certified

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by the

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(RIAA) for sales of over 500,000 copies. Also, in

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it debuted at number 71 on the

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based on downloads.

Charts

Certifications

References

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