It's Okay (One Blood)

"It's Okay"
Song

It's Okay (One Blood) is the first single from The Game's second album, Doctor's Advocate. The Game himself revealed that the song would be released on July 31, 2006, but actually was revealed on July 24. The song was originally to be released on July 4, but got pushed back by The Game. Jimmy Rosemond, head of Czar Entertainment and The Game's manager, explained how One Blood would receive positive radio airplay and prove the talent that The Game has.[1] When news of The Game's first single was announced by Rosemond, it was revealed simply as One Blood and is the name it commonly goes by (also, the words Blood and One Blood are repeated through out the song). The song samples Junior Reid's One Blood and features Junior Reid himself. According to Reefa, the producer of the song, "One Blood" was mixed by Rap-A-Lot/Tha Dogg Pound affiliated producer Mike Dean for Dean's List Productions.

The Game made a music video for the song, which debuted on BET on August 22, 2006.[2]

The video features revised lyrics in order to accommodate television decency standards. The Game is walking alone for most of the video to symbolize that he is the one Blood. There are appearances in the video by Juice, Ya Boy, Nu Jerzey Devil, DJ Skee, and Tyrese.

Remixes

An official remix was released on November 7, 2006. It features 24 other hip-hop artists including The Game. They rap in this order:

• Jim Jones, Snoop Dogg, Nas, T.I., The Game, Fat Joe, Lil Wayne, N.O.R.E., Jadakiss, Styles P., Fabolous, Juelz Santana, Rick Ross, Twista, Kurupt, Daz Dillinger, WC, E-40, Bun B, Chamillionaire, Slim Thug, Young Dro, The Clipse, Ja Rule.

The song is 11:50 long.

In addition to the original remix, several regional remixes are also available, including:

• "One Blood (East Coast Remix)" (featuring Jim Jones, Fabolous, The Clipse, Juelz Santana, Nas, Jadakiss, Styles P, Fat Joe, N.O.R.E., and Ja Rule)
• "One Blood (West Coast Remix)" (featuring Snoop Dogg, Tha Dogg Pound, WC, E-40, Crooked I, Glasses Malone, and a new verse by The Game)
• "One Blood (Dirty South Remix)" (featuring Lil' Wayne, Rick Ross, Twista, T.I., Chamillionaire, Pitbull, Slim Thug, Young Dro, and Bun B)
• "One Blood (Street Mix) (featuring Mitchy Slick)

The top 3 remixes listed can be heard at The Game's MySpace: [3]

In The Games verse, he takes a shot a Lloyd Banks with the line "She givin' one blood, one love, on dubs/140 thousand in the first week, UHHH!", mocking Banks due to his poor first week selling. Fat Joe later takes a shot at 50 Cent with the line "Somebody go and get this nigga a pine box/and I ain't just talking 'bout a measly nine shots", once again questioning 50 about his real shooting.

Track listing

Side A

1. It's Okay (One Blood) (Clean) [4:20]
2. It's Okay (One Blood) (Dirty) [4:20]
3. It's Okay (One Blood) (Instrumental) [4:08]
4. It's Okay (One Blood) (Acapella) [4:13]

Side B

1. It's Okay (One Blood) (Clean) [4:20]
2. It's Okay (One Blood) (Dirty) [4:20]
3. It's Okay (One Blood) (Instrumental) [4:08]
4. It's Okay (One Blood) (Acapella) [4:13]