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" Pump It Up " - Joe Budden from the albums 2 Fast 2 Furious (Original Soundtrack) and Joe Budden (both 2003) Billboard Hot 100 peak: #38 (one week) Weeks in the Top-40: 1 Today's song comes from rapper Joe Budden , who grew up in New York and New Jersey where he started his music career. Discovered by popular DJ Clue, Budden was signed by Def Jam Records, where he released his self-titled debut album in 2003. Mind you, it was quite rare for a rap artist to go by their given name, and also to have their first album as such as well, so it definitely took some self-awareness to carry that off. The first single from the record was the hype track " Focus ", which featured labelmate and hip-hop royalty LL Cool J on the 12" single remix. The track climbed to #73 on Billboard magazine's R&B Singles chart. That was followed by the first "proper" single release "Pump It Up", written by Budden with producer Justin "Just Bl