Lean wit It, Rock wit It explained

Lean wit It, Rock wit It
Cover:LeanWitItRockWitIt.jpg
Type:single
Artist:Dem Franchize Boyz featuring Peanut and Charlay
Album:On Top of Our Game
Recorded:2005
Genre:Snap[1]
Length:3:51
Producer:Classic Buck$ aka Buck, Maurice "Parlae" Gleaton
Chronology:Dem Franchize Boyz
Prev Title:I Think They Like Me
Prev Year:2005
Next Title:Ridin' Rims
Next Year:2006

"Lean wit It, Rock wit It" is a song by the hip hop group Dem Franchize Boyz from their album On Top of Our Game. The recording features Peanut and Charlay and was produced by Classic Buck$ aka Buck and Maurice "Parlae" Gleaton.

The song peaked at number 7 on the Billboard Hot 100 and number 1 on the Hot Rap Tracks chart. Classic Buck$ aka Buck and Maurice "Parlae" Gleaton produced the recording. The music video shows them snap dancing. The song is considered to be the turning point in Dem Franchize Boyz's career as it brought them into mainstream hip hop scene and also wide spread the subgenre of snap music during the mid-2000s. Vocals and lyrics from the bridge of the song were sampled in the Twenty One Pilots song "Holding on to You", "Do it to it" by R&B girl group Cherish, "Everytime Tha Beat Drop" by R&B singer Monica, as well as rapper Juice WRLD's "Lean wit Me".

Remixes

Korn and Dem Franchize Boyz did a mashup of their respective hit singles at the time, "Coming Undone" and "Lean wit It, Rock wit It", titled "Coming Undone wit It". The mashup was produced by Jermaine Dupri and Scott Spock from the Matrix, and was first released on AOL in April 2006. The mashup has new parts by both groups exclusively for the song. A video for "Coming Undone wit It" was released on the DVD portion of Korn's Chopped, Screwed, Live and Unglued. This is the official remix to "Coming Undone" and "Lean wit It, Rock wit It".

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (2006) Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[2] 52
US Pop 100 (Billboard)21

Year-end charts

Chart (2006) Position
US Billboard Hot 100[3] 25
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard)[4] 6
US Rhythmic (Billboard)[5] 10

Notes and References

  1. Book: Breihan, Tom. T-Pain - "Buy U a Drank (Shawty Snappin')" (Featuring Yung Joc). November 15, 2022. The Number Ones: Twenty Chart-Topping Hits That Reveal the History of Pop Music. Hachette Book Group. New York. 257.
  2. 78.
  3. Hot 100 Songs – Year-End 2006. Billboard. January 22, 2020.
  4. Web site: Year-End Charts – Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs Titles – 2006. Billboard.biz. 2006. October 2, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20121003173555/http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/charts/yearendcharts/2006/hot-r-and-and-b-hip-hop-songs-titles. October 3, 2012.
  5. Rhythmic Songs – Year-End 2006. Billboard. January 22, 2020.
  6. Web site: CHR – Available for Airplay . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090219164931/http://fmqb.com/Article.asp?id=69239 . February 19, 2009 . December 29, 2023 . FMQB.