My Baby is the second single of rapper Bow Wow 's third studio album Unleashed (2003), featuring guest vocals by R&B group Jagged Edge . The song is about how he meets a girl, that is in an abusive relationship .
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34-403: A conversation, but Kim's abusive and drunk ex-boyfriend knocks on the door. At this point, the screen splits in two: The right side shows the storyline, where Kim hangs up the phone and let her ex-boyfriend enter, who puts her in his car and drive away. While the driving, they dispute and soon they got into a deadly car accident, where they both died. The left side shows where Kim didn't hang up
51-540: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages My Baby (Bow Wow song) The music video features actress Davetta Sherwood and two storylines. It ends with the caption: 'Make the right choice', a message to those who are in an abusive relationship. In the video, a girl called Kim (played by Sherwood) sits frustrated on the stairs and cries. Lil' Bow Wow notices her and tries to make her laugh. Before he left he gave her his phone number. Later he calls her and they start
68-547: Is just 'Bow Wow,' no 'Lil' Bow Wow.'" In an interview with Billboard , he spoke about the album's content, saying that he wanted his fans to follow him on the journey that he has started three years ago with a new sound and different lyrical content that defines his growing maturity. The lead single , titled "Let's Get Down", which was co-written by a then unknown, Clifford Harris (aka T.I. ). Bow Wow talked with Billboard on wanting to make an impact, after changing his name and wanting to work with rapper Baby, saying that he
85-480: Is the third studio album by American rapper Bow Wow . It was released on August 19, 2003, by Columbia Records . Recording sessions for the album took place from 2002 to 2003. The album features guest appearances from Amerie , Baby , Mario and Jagged Edge , with its production handled by Bink! , The Neptunes , Jazze Pha , Swizz Beatz and Lil Jon , among others. It is Bow Wow's only album without assistance or production from his mentor Jermaine Dupri , and
102-422: The "Lil" image for good and makes an effective play for establishing his longevity in the business." Donnie Kwak of Vibe said that Bow Wow manages to by past formulas with his mature flow and display his sensitive side on "I'll Move On" concluding that, "Because he's willing to embrace his growing pains, Bow Wow's future is promising." Jason Birchmeier of AllMusic commented on how the album manages to straddle
119-533: The Morning , 1973 Other uses [ edit ] My Baby (band) , a Dutch-New Zealand band My Baby (film) , a 1912 comedy short directed by D. W. Griffith My Baby (series) , a series of single-player virtual life simulation video games See also [ edit ] Be My Baby (disambiguation) She's My Baby (disambiguation) There Goes My Baby (disambiguation) All pages with titles beginning with My Baby Topics referred to by
136-437: The decisions he makes as he progresses. The album received generally mixed reviews from music critics who appreciated the maturity in the production and lyrics but felt that Bow Wow had not yet found a defining style. Steve 'Flash' Juon of RapReviews praised the album for being consistent with its beats and Bow Wow for changing his lyrical tone saying, "By maturing his musical sound along with his voice, he successfully sheds
153-614: The film's soundtrack , Bow Wow chose to drop the "Lil" from his name completely and continue his career simply as Bow Wow. In an interview with MTV , he said that he wanted to distinguish himself from the other rappers, who had the word in their moniker: "All these Lil’ rappers, I’m just kind of getting real irritated by it. I said, 'You know what? Drop the Lil'. Forget it. I’m Bow Wow.' Besides, I’m growing up, I’m not little anymore. [I just decided] two weeks ago. I really got irritable. It’s all these Lil’ cats, forget it. I’m Bow Wow now. Everything
170-466: The first album where he dropped the 'Lil' from his stage name after his film debut in Like Mike (2002). Unleashed was supported by two singles : " Let's Get Down " and " My Baby ". It received mixed reviews from critics, who felt that despite the changes in flow, production and lyrics, Bow Wow didn't distinguish himself enough to stand out from other rappers. Despite the mixed critical reception it
187-533: The line between Bow Wow's previous pop rap material and his new mature hip hop image. Despite changing his flow and lyrics and experimenting with new beats, People felt that Bow Wow "has yet to really develop his own style and sometimes regresses to playing to the kiddie crowd." Unleashed debuted at number three on the US Billboard 200 chart, selling 120,000 copies in its first week and marking Bow Wow's second US top-ten debut. On September 25, 2003,
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#1732793935890204-473: The phone, but leaves her ex outside and then walks away. She then continued her conversation with Bow Wow. Some days later, Bow Wow and Kim are sitting on a park bench and kiss. At the end both are sitting together on the stairs, where Kim (at the start of this video) sat and cried. The music video also features a short part of Bow Wow's song "The Don, The Dutch", a track that also appeared on his album Unleashed . Unleashed (Bow Wow album) Unleashed
221-411: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title My Baby . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=My_Baby&oldid=1127855913 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
238-672: The songwriting process by contributing about 85 percent to the album while T.I. wrote a full song and a couple verses to a few tracks. "Eighteen", which was produced by Lil Jon , is described as a coming-of-age song, where Bow Wow is proclaiming some things that he wants to do when he reaches that milestone age. "My Baby" is an emotional song that has him comforting a friend dealing with a broken heart. Bow Wow described on this Neptunes -produced track "The Don, The Dutch" as "the ' 2Pac record'" that'll surprise listeners not expecting it. Another Neptunes track "I'll Move On", has him asking his fans to let him grow up into adulthood and not overthink
255-405: The third verse and the hook. Usually how we did it was [Jazze Pha] he'll write one verse, Bow Wow would write one verse, his homeboy Rocka would write one, and I'd write a verse and come up with the hook." In 2009, in an interview with HipHopDX , Bow Wow commented on how getting T.I. to ghostwrite for him on his third album didn't tarnish his credibility as a rapper, saying that he learned about
272-781: Was a commercial success, debuting at number three on the Billboard 200 and selling 120,000 copies in its first week. The album was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) in September 2003. Following the release of his sophomore album Doggy Bag (2001), Lil' Bow Wow achieved minor success on the Top R&B Singles charts, with " Thank You " and " Take Ya Home ". In 2002, after finishing production on his debut film Like Mike and releasing his cover of " Basketball " for
289-399: Was looking for a single that would grab people's attention and that Baby's inclusion almost didn't happen but then changed his mind to work with him on the song. In September 2003, in an interview with website Whudat, T.I. talked about his contribution to Bow Wow's third album and the song itself: "Yeah this time around I wrote some songs for him. Even on the single, 'Let's Get Down'. I wrote
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