Pump It Up (Joe Budden song)

"Pump It Up"
Single by Joe Budden
from the album Joe Budden and 2 Fast 2 Furious
B-side
  • "Get Right with Me"
  • "Drop Drop"
ReleasedMarch 24, 2003 (2003-03-24)
GenreHip hop[1]
Length4:04
LabelDef Jam
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Just Blaze
Joe Budden singles chronology
"Last Words"
(2003)
"Pump It Up"
(2003)
"Clubbin'"
(2003)
Music video
"Pump It Up" on YouTube

"Pump It Up" is a song by American rapper Joe Budden. It was released on March 24, 2003, as the lead single from his first album, Joe Budden (2003). The song peaked at number 38 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and at number 13 in the United Kingdom.

Produced by Just Blaze, the beat was originally turned down by Beanie Sigel, Freeway and Jay-Z before Budden used it.[2] It contains a sample from "Soul Vibrations" as performed by Kool & the Gang and The Payback as performed by James Brown. The song was nominated for the Best Male Rap Solo Performance award at the 46th Annual Grammy Awards.

  1. ^ "Joe Budden Reflects on the Success of 'Pump It Up' 15 Years Later: 'It's a Gift and a Curse'". Billboard.
  2. ^ ""Girls, Girls, Girls" Was Originally For Ghostface, Difference Between Eminem & Jay-Z In The Studio". May 15, 2010. Archived from the original on December 21, 2021. Retrieved February 27, 2011 – via YouTube.