Diamonds (Fabolous song)

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"Diamonds"
Fabolous Diamonds.JPG
Single by Fabolous featuring Young Jeezy
from the album From Nothin' to Somethin'
ReleasedApril 3, 2007
Recorded2006
Genre Hip hop
Length4:16
Label Def Jam
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s) Steve Morales
Fabolous singles chronology
"Baby"
(2005)
"Diamonds"
(2007)
"Return of the Hustle"
(2007)
Young Jeezy singles chronology
"Dreamin'"
(2007)
"Diamonds"
(2007)
"5000 Ones"
(2007)

"Diamonds" is the first single from Fabolous' album From Nothin' to Somethin' (2007). The song features Young Jeezy and a songwriting credit from Yung Berg. Coincidentally, the voice sampled on the "Diamonds" chorus is also Young Jeezy, and it is a line from another Fabolous song "Do the Damn Thing" from his previous album Real Talk .

Contents

The original version of the song featured Lil Wayne, but was changed due to Def Jam Recordings wanting to have a fellow Def Jam artist on the song. [1] Fabolous confirmed he was shooting a video for the song on his Myspace page. The song was produced by Steve Morales. The video for Diamonds is available on YouTube. [2] [ infringing link? ]

The single was released through iTunes on April 3, 2007. On the issue date of April 21, 2007 the single debuted on the Billboard Hot 100 at number 83. [3] This song samples Jay-Z's line, "said she loved my necklace, started relaxing, now that's what the fuck I call a chain reaction" from the 1998 Jermaine Dupri song, "Money Ain't a Thang".

Music video

The video features cameos from Blood Raw, Red Cafe and Slick Pulla.

Charts

Chart (2007)Peak
position
US Billboard Hot 100 [4] 83
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs ( Billboard ) [5] 59
US Pop 100 (Billboard)87

Remixes and freestyles

Lil Flip has recorded a freestyle, and Jody Breeze has also recorded a freestyle entitled "Blow You Out Ya Frame".

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