| "Show Me What You Got" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | ||||
| Single byJay-Z | ||||
| from the albumKingdom Come | ||||
| Released | October 30, 2006 (2006-10-30) | |||
| Recorded | 2005 | |||
| Genre | ||||
| Length | 3:44 | |||
| Label | ||||
| Songwriters | ||||
| Producer | Just Blaze | |||
| Jay-Z singles chronology | ||||
| ||||
| Music video | ||||
| "Show Me What You Got" onYouTube | ||||
"Show Me What You Got" is the lead single byrap artistJay-Z from his albumKingdom Come.
It is the first single from his "comeback" albumKingdom Come. It was produced byJust Blaze.
The song samples "Show 'Em Whatcha Got" byPublic Enemy. The saxophone loop heard prominently throughout the track is sampled from "Darkest Light" by theLafayette Afro Rock Band and fromJohnny Pate'sShaft in Africa. The voice sample yelling "Show 'em whatcha got" isFlavor Flav's from the aforementioned Public Enemy track. In addition to the samples, live instrumentation was performed on the track by a collective of artists known as1500 or Nothin'.[1]
The song leaked onto the Internet October 6, 2006, and as a result was released officially byRoc-A-Fella Records. The single was released in theUK on December 4, 2006. The single peaked at number 8 on theBillboard Hot 100 chart.
Themusic video (directed byF. Gary Gray), debuted onMTV andBET in late October, 2006. It is a homage to several famous scenes fromJames Bond films of the past including:
The music video featuresDanica Patrick andDale Earnhardt Jr. racing aPagani Zonda Roadster and aFerrari F430 Spider, respectively, around Monaco, with some of the turns being the same ones used for theMonaco Grand Prix. The video was featured during theLexus Halftime Show duringMonday Night Football onESPN.
The video also introduced the champagne brandArmand de Brignac ("Ace of Spades"), and signaled a shift in Jay-Z's champagne tastes; Jay-Z had previously featuredCristal in his videos, but had recently started to boycott this brand, switching to Armand de Brignac with this video.[2] The video features Jay-Z being offered a bottle of Cristal, which he sends back, and the waiter returns instead with a distinctive gold bottle in a silver briefcase.[3] On release of the video, the champagne had not yet been introduced to the market, but two days after the release of the video,Cattier (the producer, trading as Armand de Brignac) issued a press release identifying themselves as the brand in question,[2] and subsequently gained popularity.[4]
A second version similar to the official video was made as aBudweiser commercial.
The video's theme of Jay-Z being "James Bond" was later used in an advertisement by Budweiser. In it, Jay-Z competes in a holographic football video game againstHall of Fame coachDon Shula. This commercial is an homage toNever Say Never Again (an unauthorised James Bond film), where Bond went head-to-head againstMaximillian Largo in a video game at the Casino Royale. The ad debuted duringSuper Bowl XLI
| Chart (2006) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Australia (ARIA)[5] | 79 |
| Canada (Canadian Hot 100)[6] | 31 |
| Finland (Suomen virallinen lista)[7] | 5 |
| Italy (FIMI)[8] | 46 |
| Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[9] | 35 |
| New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[10] | 38 |
| UK Hip Hop/R&B (OCC)[11] | 7 |
| UK Singles (OCC)[12] | 38 |
| USBillboard Hot 100[13] | 8 |
| USHot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard)[14] | 3 |
| USHot Rap Songs (Billboard)[15] | 4 |
| USPop 100 (Billboard)[16] | 13 |
| USRhythmic Airplay (Billboard)[17] | 15 |
