Can I Get A...

{{short description|1998 single by Jay-Z}}

{{Infobox song

| name = Can I Get A... (Soundtrack Version)

| cover = Jayzcanigeta.jpg

| alt =

| caption = Sticker from shrink wrap of the U.S. 12-inch vinyl single

| type = single

| artist = Jay-Z featuring Jah and Amil

| album = Def Jam's Rush Hour Soundtrack and Vol. 2... Hard Knock Life

| released = {{Start date|1998|8|22}}

| recorded =

| studio =

| venue =

| genre ={{hlist|Hip hop|electro-disco{{cite web|first=Rob|last=Sheffield|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/the-98-best-songs-of-1998-pops-weirdest-year-628131/jay-z-feat-amil-and-ja-rule-can-i-get-a-628389/|title=The 98 Best Songs of 1998: Pop's Weirdest Year|date=June 4, 2018|access-date=June 11, 2022|work=Rolling Stone|quote=Bounce with me, bounce with me, Jay chants in his glossiest club track, an electro-disco gold-digger symposium with Amil speaking up for the ladies.}}}}

| length = 5:11

| label = {{hlist|Roc-A-Fella|Def Jam|PolyGram}}

| writer = {{hlist|Shawn Carter|Jeffrey Atkins|Irving Lorenzo|Robin Mays}}

| producer = {{hlist|Irv Gotti| Lil' Rob}}

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| misc = {{Extra chronology

| artist = Jay-Z

| type = singles

| prev_title = Money Ain't a Thang

| prev_year = 1998

| title = Can I Get A...

| year = 1998

| next_title = Hard Knock Life (Ghetto Anthem)

| next_year = 1998

}}

{{Extra chronology

| artist = Jah

| type = single

| prev_title =

| prev_year =

| title = Can I Get A...

| year = 1998

| next_title = Grand Finale

| next_year = 1998

}}

{{Extra chronology

| artist = Amil

| type = singles

| prev_title =

| prev_year =

| title = Can I Get A...

| year = 1998

| next_title = Jigga What, Jigga Who (Originator 99)

| next_year = 1999

}}

}}

"Can I Get A..." is a song recorded by American rapper Jay-Z, featuring Ja Rule and Amil. It was released on Def Jam's Rush Hour Soundtrack in promotion of the film Rush Hour, but also appears on Jay-Z's third album Vol. 2... Hard Knock Life as its first single. The song is produced by Irv Gotti and Lil' Rob. The song is notable for popularizing a young Amil and Ja Rule, as well as becoming one of Jay-Z's most commercially successful singles at the time, peaking at number 19 on the Billboard Hot 100.

The chorus of the original song starts with "Can I Get A 'Fuck You'?", but it was censored to "Can I Get A 'What What'?" and ".. whoop whoop" for radio airplay. The song deals with the question of whether Jay-Z's girlfriend would stick with him if he weren't wealthy.{{cite web |url=http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=7055 |title=Jay-Z's Can I Get A meaning |website=Songfacts |access-date=3 September 2016}} Producer Irv Gotti claimed Ja Rule gave Jay-Z the chorus and lyrical flow for the record.{{cite web | last=Partridge | first=Ken | title=Remembering Irv Gotti With A Look Back At His 5 Biggest Songs On Genius | website=Genius | date=2025-02-06 | url=https://genius.com/a/remembering-irv-gotti | access-date=2025-02-28}}

The vinyl "Can I Get A..." single was released in 1998 with two tracks that do not feature Jay-Z: Ja Rule's "Bitch Betta Have My Money" and Wu-Tang Clan's "And You Don't Stop". The CD single was released in 1999 with two different tracks that do not feature Jay-Z: Case and Joe's "Faded Pictures" as well as Dru Hill and Redman's "How Deep Is Your Love". All songs were included in the Rush Hour soundtrack.

Janet Jackson's 2004 song "Strawberry Bounce", from her album Damita Jo, samples "Can I Get A...".

VH1 ranked "Can I Get A..." at No. 57 in the network's 100 Greatest Songs of the 90s.

Chris Penn appears in the video as a bartender. Jermaine Dupri also makes a cameo.

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