"2 Step" | ||||
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Single by Unk | ||||
from the album Beat'n Down Yo Block! | ||||
B-side | "Beat'n Down Yo Block" | |||
Released | March 13, 2007 (U.S.) | |||
Recorded | 2006 | |||
Genre | Southern hip hop | |||
Length | 3:15 4:45 (remix/clean version) 5:25 (remix/explicit version) | |||
Label | Big Oomp Records/Koch Records | |||
Songwriter(s) | Humphrey, Montay/Platt, Anthony/Shahid, Fard | |||
Unk singles chronology | ||||
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"2 Step" is the second single from Unk's debut album Beat'n Down Yo Block! , released in 2007. It has an accompanying dance, called the "2 Step". The video was co-directed by Dale "Rage" Resteghini and Will Horton and was released on February 23, 2007 on Yahoo! Music. The official remix features T-Pain, Jim Jones and E-40.
The song debuted on the Billboard Hot 100 at number 94 in February 2007 [1] and peaked at number 24. It also climbed to number 9 and number 4 on the R&B/Hip-Hop Songs and Hot Rap charts, respectively.
Both a cappellas are explicit.
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