I Just Wanna Love U (Give It 2 Me)

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“I Just Wanna Love U (Give It 2 Me)”
Single by Jay-Z featuring Pharrell, Omillio Sparks and Shay Haley from the album The Dynasty: Roc La Familia
Released	August 2000
Format	12-inch single, CD, Vinyl
Recorded	Baseline Studios; New York City, New York
Genre	East Coast hip hop
Length	3:47
Label	Roc-A-Fella Records
Writer(s)	Shawn Carter, Pharrell Williams, Chad Hugo, Christopher Wallace, Todd Shaw, Deric Angelettie, Sean Combs, Kurtis Walker, J. Johnson
Producer	The Neptunes
Jay-Z singles chronology
"Big Pimpin'" (2000) "I Just Wanna Love U (Give It 2 Me)" (2000) "Change the Game" (2001)
Pharrell singles chronology
- "I Just Wanna Love U (Give It 2 Me)" (2000) "Shake Ya Ass" (2000) Omillio Sparks singles chronology - "I Just Wanna Love U (Give It 2 Me)" (2000) Shay Haley singles chronology - "I Just Wanna Love U (Give It 2 Me)" (2000)

"I Just Wanna Love U (Give It 2 Me)" is a song by Jay-Z, released as the first single from his 2000 album The Dynasty: Roc La Familia. It is produced by The Neptunes and features a chorus sung by Neptunes member Pharrell as well as Shay Haley and Omillio Sparks. The video for the song contains cameos from rappers Beanie Sigel, Lil' Kim, Jermaine Dupri, Damon Dash, Lil' Cease, Memphis Bleek, and actor John Witherspoon. Its beat contains samples from "I Wish" by Carl Thomas and "I Want You Back" by The Jackson 5 (the latter would be sampled by Jay-Z again the next year in "Izzo (H.O.V.A.)"), while its chorus contains interpolations from "Give It to Me" by J. Johnson (Rick James). A music video directed by David Meyers was made for "I Just Wanna Love U."

Reception

Allmusic's Steve Birchmeier considers "I Just Wanna Love U" to be "a fun, playful song miles away from the rugged Ruff Ryder beats Swizz Beatz had been offering Jay-Z a year earlier."^[1] In addition, Rob Marriot of Rolling Stone and Steve Juon of RapReviews.com describe it as a club-ready^[2] track that will get "whips hopping from coast to coast."^[3]: these remarks explain why it reached #11 on The Billboard Hot 100 making it the 2nd most successful Jay-Z single at the time.

Single track list

CD

1. "I Just Wanna Love U (Radio Edit)" (3:50)
2. "Parking Lot Pimpin" (4:15)
3. "Hey Papi (Clean)" (4:27)
4. "I Just Wanna Love U (Give It to Me) (Video)"

Vinyl

A-Side

1. "I Just Wanna Love U (Give It 2 Me) (Radio Edit)"
2. "I Just Wanna Love U (Give It 2 Me) (LP Version)"
3. "I Just Wanna Love U (Give It 2 Me) (Instrumental)"

B-Side

1. "Parking Lot Pimpin' (Radio Edit)"
2. "Parking Lot Pimpin' (LP Version)"
3. "Parking Lot Pimpin' (Instrumental)"

References

See also

• List of Jay-Z songs