2 Step (song)

{{other uses|Two-step (disambiguation)}}

{{Infobox song

| name = 2 Step

| cover = 2 Step single.jpg

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = Unk

| album = Beat'n Down Yo Block!

| B-side = Beat'n Down Yo Block

| released = March 13, 2007 (U.S.)

| recorded = 2006

| studio =

| venue =

| genre = Southern hip hop

| length = 3:15
4:45 (remix/clean version)
5:25 (remix/explicit version)

| label = Big Oomp Records/Koch Records

| writer = Humphrey, Montay/Platt, Anthony/Shahid, Fard

| producer =

| prev_title = Walk It Out

| prev_year = 2006

| next_title = Hit the Dance Floor

| next_year = 2007

}}

"2 Step" is the second single from Unk's debut album Beat'n Down Yo Block!, released in 2007. It has an accompanying dance, called the "2 Step". The video was co-directed by Dale "Rage" Resteghini and Will Horton and was released on February 23, 2007 on Yahoo! Music. The official remix features T-Pain, Jim Jones and E-40.

The song debuted on the Billboard Hot 100 at number 94 in February 2007Jonathan Cohen, [http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/1054860/furtados-say-it-right-bests-beyonce-on-hot-100 "Furtado's 'Say It Right' Bests Beyonce On Hot 100"], Billboard.com, February 15, 2007. and peaked at number 24. It also climbed to number 9 and number 4 on the R&B/Hip-Hop Songs and Hot Rap charts, respectively.

Track listing

  1. "2 Step (Clean)"
  2. "2 Step (Explicit)"
  3. "2 Step (Instrumental)"
  4. "2 Step (A Cappella)"
  5. "Beat'n Down Yo Block (Clean)"
  6. "Beat'n Down Yo Block (Explicit)"
  7. "Beat'n Down Yo Block (Instrumental)"
  8. "Beat'n Down Yo Block (A Cappella)"

Both a cappellas are explicit.

Charts

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=Weekly charts=

class="wikitable"

!align="left"|Chart (2007)

!align="center"|Peak
position{{cite web|url={{BillboardURLbyName|artist=unk|chart=all}}|title=Unk's '2 Step': Chart Positions|accessdate=May 5, 2007}}

align="left"|U.S. Billboard Hot 100

|align="center"|24

align="left"|U.S. Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs

|align="center"|9

align="left"|U.S. Billboard Hot Rap Tracks

|align="center"|4

align="left"|U.S. Billboard Pop 100

|align="center"|32

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=Year-end charts=

class="wikitable"

!Chart (2007)

!position

US Billboard Hot 100{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2007/hot-100-songs|title=Hot 100 Songs – Year-End 2007|magazine=Billboard|accessdate=December 4, 2019}}

|align="center"|78

US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard){{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2007/hot-r-and-and-b-hip-hop-songs|title=Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs – Year-End 2007|magazine=Billboard|accessdate=December 4, 2019}}

|align="center"|43

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References