"Put It On" is a song recorded by American

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, and features American rapper

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. The track was produced by Buckwild for L's debut studio album, ''

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'' (1995). The song was written by Big L, Roy Ayers and Anthony Best. The song was released on November 13, 1994 as the first single from the album through

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. In an interview with

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, Lord Finesse described "Put It On": It was also sampled in dubstep artist Datsik's song "Firepower".

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