Party Up (Up in Here)

"Party Up (Up in Here)"
"Party Up (Up in Here)"
Single by DMX
from the album ... And Then There Was X
Released	April 18, 2000
Recorded	1999
Genre	Hip hop; East Coast hip hop; hardcore hip hop;
Length	4:28
Label	Ruff Ryders; Def Jam;
Songwriter(s)	Earl Simmons; Kasseem Dean;
Producer(s)	Swizz Beatz
DMX singles chronology
Music video
	"Party Up (Up in Here)" on YouTube

"Party Up (Up in Here)" is a song by American rapper DMX, released as the second single from his third album ... And Then There Was X (1999) and was his most successful single (in the US). There are three versions of the song: an explicit/album version; a censored album version, and a radio/video edit version. It was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Rap Solo Performance but lost to Eminem's "The Real Slim Shady".

The song was voted number 56 on VH1's 100 Greatest Songs of the '00s.^[1] It was listed at No. 388 on Rolling Stone's "Top 500 Greatest Songs of All Time" in 2021.^[2]

^ Anderson, Kyle (September 29, 2011). "U2, Rihanna, Amy Winehouse, Foo Fighters fill out VH1's '100 Greatest Songs of the '00s'". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved June 24, 2012.
^ "The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time". Rolling Stone. 2021-09-15. Retrieved 2022-07-05.

[1] Anderson, Kyle (September 29, 2011). "U2, Rihanna, Amy Winehouse, Foo Fighters fill out VH1's '100 Greatest Songs of the '00s'". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved June 24, 2012.

[2] "The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time". Rolling Stone. 2021-09-15. Retrieved 2022-07-05.

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