Dip It Low

"Dip It Low" is Christina Milian's most successful to date, reaching number five on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart as well as the top five in the United Kingdom and the top ten in the Denmark, the Netherlands, New Zealand, and Norway. Milian also performed and promoted the song for a Tommy Hilfiger Jeans commercial. The song was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Rap/Sung Collaboration at the 47th Annual Grammy Awards in 2005, and was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America in early January 2005. It remains Milian's biggest hit single in the US to date, and her only one to reach the top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100.

In August 2006, Milian sued the co-writer and producer of "Dip It Low", Poli Paul, claiming that Paul "very definitively" assured her that "there were no samples whatsoever in [...] 'Dip It Low'".{{cite web |last=Kaufman |first=Gil |url=http://newsroom.mtv.com/2008/08/08/christina-milian-sues-dip-it-low-producer-for-dipping-from-another-song/ |title=Christina Milian Sues 'Dip It Low' Producer For Dipping From Another Song |publisher=MTV Newsroom |date=August 8, 2006 |access-date=October 3, 2006 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120401093929/http://newsroom.mtv.com/2008/08/08/christina-milian-sues-dip-it-low-producer-for-dipping-from-another-song/ |archive-date=April 1, 2012 }} The issue had arisen in February 2005, when Thomas Turino, Larry Crook, and Dan Dickey sued Milian over the song, claiming that it contained a sample from a track they released in 1983 called "La Sirena". The lawsuit claimed that Paul heard the album while in a record store, liked the tune and sampled twelve seconds of it for "Dip It Low". These twelve seconds are repeated in a loop throughout the entire song. This suit was successful and the plaintiffs recovered over a million dollars (after lawyer expenses) divided 40% for Turino (the composer of the theme of the song), and 30% each for Dickey and Crook. Milian claimed that she had to spend more than $300,000 defending herself in the case, which she settled in 2006, and wanted $300,000 plus damages from Paul and his associate, Spencer Cowlings Entertainment.{{cite web|url=http://uk.news.yahoo.com/wenn/20080809/ten-milian-sues-over-dip-it-low-controve-c60bd6d.html |title=Milian sues over "Dip It Low" controversy |publisher=Yahoo! News UK |date=August 9, 2016 |access-date=October 3, 2016 }}{{dead link|date=June 2016|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} In November 2006, Paul countersued the Island Def Jam Music Group and its parent company, Universal Music Group. Paul alleged that Island Def Jam was "negligent in its obligation to obtain clearance and proper licensing for any copyrighted material" used on the album.{{cite web|url=http://www.contracostatimes.com/california/ci_11751584?nclick_check=1&forced=true |title=Judge: No countersuit by songwriter against singer Christina Milian over "Dip It Low" |work=Contra Costa Times |date=February 20, 2006 |access-date=March 8, 2006 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110606233315/http://www.contracostatimes.com/california/ci_11751584?nclick_check=1&forced=true |archive-date=June 6, 2011 }} In February 2006, a superior court judge ruled that Paul's attorneys had failed to file a sworn declaration in the given period of time, but allowed them to file an amended complaint. Paul's lawyers amended the countersuit and added Milian as a defendant, saying that she was also negligent and that she should compensate him for money he spent in the copyright action. In June 2006, Universal Music Group filed a breach-of-contract suit against Milian and Paul. The record label claimed it was forced to pay attorney fees as a result of the litigation between Milian and Paul. The suit also said that Paul owes the company attorneys' fees from an earlier federal court case involving "Dip It Low".{{cite web |url=http://www.dailynews.com/news/ci_12545498 |title=Christina Milian named in record label cross-complaint |work=Los Angeles Daily News |date=June 8, 2016 |access-date=June 14, 2006 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090612080956/http://www.dailynews.com/news/ci_12545498 |archive-date=June 12, 2009 }}

The music video for "Dip It Low" was directed by Matthew Rolston. Milian is first seen sitting scantily-clad in an East Asian-themed room. She is solely wearing a bra and underwear with a robe and high heels. She dances and sings, and clips of her dressed in a sparkling green costume cut in throughout the video. She is seen in a revealing red dress, walking forward on a stage with two dancers and then begins to dance. One of the male dancers then pulls back the front of the dress, revealing a black dress underneath. Throughout the rest of the video she is shown being pulled through black paint in the black dress and continues to dance, in addition to impressive dance moves where she falls directly onto her back, unhurt. The verse that features Fabolous is completely cut out in the video, and instead a dance sequence is shown.

Different versions of the music video were created to market different remixes of the song. These videos are nearly identical to the original video but feature separate footage of their respective featured artist. One video was produced for a version of the song which features German rapper Samy Deluxe. A reggaeton remix video of the song featuring Puerto Rican rapper Voltio was made, and an Asian remix video featuring Will Pan was shown on Channel V. Another version of the video features Russian rapper Detsl.

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| note1 = featuring Fabolous

| extra1 = Poli Paul

| title2 = Dip It Low

| note2 = featuring Shawnna

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| title2 = Dip It Low

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| title2 = Dip It Low

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| extra1 = Paul

| title2 = Dip It Low

| note2 = featuring Fabolous

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| title1 = Dip It Low

| extra1 = Paul

| title2 = Dip It Low

| note2 = featuring Fabolous

| extra2 = Paul

| title3 = Dip It Low

| note3 = featuring Shawnna

| extra3 = Paul

| title4 = Dip It Low

| note4 = video

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| title1 = Dip It Low

| extra1 = Paul

| title2 = Dip It Low

| note2 = featuring Fabolous

| extra2 = Paul

| title3 = Dip It Low

| note3 = featuring Shawnna

| extra3 = Paul

| title4 = Dip It Low

| note4 = featuring S-Word

| extra4 = Paul

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Notes

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Personnel are adapted from the It's About Time album booklet.Milian, Christina. [Album liner notes]. It's About Time. Island Records. Catalog no.602498627037

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• Poli Paul – composition, production
• Teedra Moses – composition, background vocals
• Christina Milian – lead vocals, background vocals
• Collin Miller – recording engineering
• Manny Marroquin – mix engineering
• Matt Ward – additional and remix production
• Dean Gillard – additional and remix production
• Shaffer "Ne-Yo" Smith – vocal arrangement
• Fabolous – featured vocals

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