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"Lean wit It, Rock wit It"
Single by Dem Franchize Boyz featuring Peanut and Charlay
from the album On Top of Our Game
ReleasedDecember 13, 2005 (2005-12-13)
Recorded2005
GenreSnap[1]
Length3:51
Label
Songwriter(s)Carlos A. Valente
  • Jamall Willingham
  • Gerald Tiller
  • Bernard Leverette
  • Maurice Gleaton
  • D'Angelo Hunt
  • Charles Hammond
  • Robert Hill
Producer(s)Classic Buck$ aka Buck, Maurice "Parlae" Gleaton
Dem Franchize Boyz singles chronology
"I Think They Like Me"
(2005)
"Lean wit It, Rock wit It"
(2005)
"Ridin' Rims"
(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 Billboard Hot 100[3] 7
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard)[4] 2
US Hot Rap Songs (Billboard)[5] 1
US Pop Airplay (Billboard)[6] 26
US Pop 100 (Billboard) 21
US Rhythmic (Billboard)[7] 1

Year-end charts

Chart (2006) Position
US Billboard Hot 100[8] 25
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard)[9] 6
US Rhythmic (Billboard)[10] 10

Release history

Region Date Format(s) Label(s) Ref.
United States December 20, 2005 Rhythmic contemporary radio So So Def, Virgin [11]

References

  1. ^ Breihan, Tom (November 15, 2022). "T-Pain - "Buy U a Drank (Shawty Snappin')" (Featuring Yung Joc)". The Number Ones: Twenty Chart-Topping Hits That Reveal the History of Pop Music. New York: Hachette Book Group. p. 257.
  2. ^ Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 78.
  3. ^ "Dem Franchize Boyz Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard.
  4. ^ "Dem Franchize Boyz Chart History (Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs)". Billboard.
  5. ^ "Dem Franchize Boyz Chart History (Hot Rap Songs)". Billboard.
  6. ^ "Dem Franchize Boyz Chart History (Pop Songs)". Billboard.
  7. ^ "Dem Franchize Boyz Chart History (Rhythmic)". Billboard.
  8. ^ "Hot 100 Songs – Year-End 2006". Billboard. Retrieved January 22, 2020.
  9. ^ "Year-End Charts – Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs Titles – 2006". Billboard.biz. 2006. Archived from the original on October 3, 2012. Retrieved October 2, 2021.
  10. ^ "Rhythmic Songs – Year-End 2006". Billboard. Retrieved January 22, 2020.
  11. ^ "CHR – Available for Airplay". FMQB. Archived from the original on February 19, 2009. Retrieved December 29, 2023.