U and Dat explained

U and Dat
Cover:E-40-U and Dat.gif
Type:single
Artist:E-40 featuring T-Pain and Kandi Girl
Album:My Ghetto Report Card
Released:May 2, 2006
Recorded:2005
Genre:
Length:3:23
Label:BME, Sick Wid It, Warner
Producer:Lil Jon
Chronology:E-40
Prev Title:Tell Me When to Go
Prev Year:2006
Next Title:Candy (Drippin' Like Water)
Next Year:2006

"U and Dat" is the second single from E-40's album My Ghetto Report Card. The song features American singers T-Pain and Kandi Girl, and it was produced by Lil Jon. A remix was released in early August with Juelz Santana, Snoop Dogg, and Lil' Flip. It was featured on an Amp'd mobile commercial. Although it is considered a West coast hip hop song, the song's beat structure incorporates typical southern hip hop dance claps as well as Lil Jon's signature crunk synths and whistles. The song peaked at number 13 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100, which remains E-40's highest-charting single as lead artist to date. The track is credited to have popularized the use of T-Pain as a hook singer on hip hop tracks. The song was certified platinum by the RIAA on March 31, 2016.

Music video

The music video is set in a nightclub and within a car. Most of the video includes T-Pain and E-40 scouting various women, Kandi Burruss and Ashalee Albar being just to name a few. Kandi's role in the video is to push off men around her.

Lil Jon and Katt Williams make a cameo appearance in the video.

Chart performance

Year-end charts

Chart (2006)Position
US Billboard Hot 100[2] 52
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard)[3] 57
US Rhythmic (Billboard)[4] 4

Notes and References

  1. Web site: My Ghetto Report Card - E-40. AllMusic. All Media Network. April 4, 2016.
  2. Hot 100 Songs – Year-End 2006. Billboard. January 22, 2020.
  3. Web site: Year-End Charts – Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs Titles – 2006. Billboard.biz. 2006. September 27, 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.
  4. Rhythmic Songs – Year-End 2006. Billboard. January 22, 2020.
  5. Web site: CHR – Available for Airplay . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090219164931/http://fmqb.com/Article.asp?id=69239 . February 19, 2009 . December 28, 2023 . FMQB.