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Father (LL Cool J song)

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B-side
  
"4, 3, 2, 1"

Recorded
  
1997

Released
  
January 13, 1998

Length
  
4:44

Format
  
CD single CD maxi single 12" cassette

Genre
  
Christian hip hop gospel

"Father" is the third single from LL Cool J's seventh album, Phenomenon. It was released on January 13, 1998 for Def Jam Recordings and was produced by the Trackmasters.

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"Father", which was an auto-biographical song that detailed LL's abuse from his mother's boyfriend, would prove to be the most successful single from the album, it made it to #18 on the Billboard Hot 100 and became his eighth single to reach #1 on the Hot Rap Singles. It sold 500,000 copies. The song's main sample is "Father Figure" by George Michael.

The music video was directed by Samuel Bayer.

A-Side

  1. "Father" (Radio Edit)- 3:57
  2. "Father" (Instrumental)- 4:42

B-Side

  1. "4,3,2,1" (Remix Instrumental)- 5:00
  2. "4,3,2,1" (Instrumental)- 4:15

References

Father (LL Cool J song) Wikipedia
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