Kush Ups

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"Kush Ups"
Kush Ups.jpg
Single by Snoop Dogg featuring Wiz Khalifa
from the album Coolaid
ReleasedJune 2, 2016 (2016-06-02)
Recorded2016
Genre Hip hop
Length3:57
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s) KJ Conteh
Snoop Dogg singles chronology
"Westside"
(2016)
"Kush Ups"
(2016)
"All the Way Up (Westside remix)"
(2016)
Wiz Khalifa singles chronology
"Pull Up"
(2016)
"Kush Ups"
(2016)
"Sucker for Pain"
(2016)

"Kush Ups" is a song by American rapper Snoop Dogg, and featuring Wiz Khalifa. It was released for digital download on June 7, 2016 as the first single of his studio album Coolaid , with the record labels; Doggystyle Records and eOne Music. [1] It was produced by KJ Conteh. [2]

Contents

Production and composition

The song was written by Snoop Dogg, Wiz Khalifa and produced by KJ Conteh. [3] The song contains a sample of "I Wanna Rock" by Luther Campbell from his album I Got Shit on My Mind . [4]

Music video

On June 7, 2016 Snoop uploaded the music video for "Kush Ups" on Snoop's official website. [5] The music video was directed by Dan Folger. [6] The video of the single was shot in black-and-white. [7]

Track listing

  1. Kush Ups (featuring Wiz Khalifa) — 3:57

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (2016)Peak
position
France (SNEP) [9] 199
US R&B/Hip-Hop Digital Songs (Billboard) [10] 50
US Rap Digital Songs (Billboard) [11] 30

Release history

RegionDateFormatLabelRef.
United StatesJune 7, 2016

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