What you know

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What You Know is the first single by the American rapper T.I. from his album King . The title won a Grammy in the Best Rap Solo Performance category and was nominated for the Best Rap Song category. The song was released on February 28, 2006 in the United States.

The song reached third place on the Billboard 100 and topped the billboard rap and R'n'B tracks. It was voted Best Song of 2006 by Vibe Magazine and was ranked fourth in a similar poll by the Rolling Stones .

The track contains a sample of the song Gone Away by The Impressions and a sampler of the songs Deep Purple's Hush and Hey Joe by Jimi Hendrix . There are also traces of the Beatles song A Day in the life .

There are two remixes of the song, one by the Diplomats and one by Papoose together with Lil Wayne .

In addition to King , the track also appeared on the official soundtrack of the film ATL , with TI contributing.

Music video

The music video for the song was shot in California . At the beginning of the video, the viewer can watch a phone call between TI and Mike Epps , in which the two meet. But TI says straight away that it has a movie premiere tonight and should appear there. After this conversation the music starts playing and the rapper can be seen in a Bentley Continental Flying Spur . Next to him in the car is the rapper Young Dro , with whom he drives through the neighborhood. Then you can see him rapping for the first time, only against a black background.

In the next scene, TI is wearing a bandana over his mouth and is holding a Louis Vuitton as if it were his prey . After this shot he drives up in front of Epp's house and sees a few shots of him while rapping in front of various backgrounds.

In the last part of the video, TI appears with Jason Weaver and Evan Ross , who also star in the film, at the premiere of his film ATL . Shortly afterwards you can see some scenes from the flick and in the last scene you can see Harris dancing at the afterstage party.

Travis Barker and some members of the rap formation P $ C make a cameo on the video.