2003Released
3:44

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Interesting facts and trivia about 21 Questions. By Songfacts®.

Inspiration for this song came when 50 Cent heard a romantic LL Cool J song, and the girl riding next to him was clearly enjoying it. This convinced him to write a song revealing his softer side and his appreciation for women - something that most gangsta rappers shied away from. The song finds 50 asking a girl if she would still love him even if he wasn't rich and famous.

This samples a 1978 song called "It's Only Love Doing Its Thing," which was written by Jimmie and Vella Cameron. The Canadian producer Dirty Swift (Kevin Risto), who was half of the Midi Mafia production team, put the track together. He delivered the beat to an executive at Universal Music, which was trying to sign 50 Cent to a record deal. This executive passed the track on the 50, who put lyrics to it. When 50 signed with Dr. Dre's Shady/Aftermath label, he recorded the song for his first album.

Nate Dogg sings the chorus on this song, which was Dr. Dre's idea (50 planned to do it himself). Nate had a great track record in this line of work, dating back to his 1994 Warren G. collaboration "Regulate," and continuing on the Snoop Dogg track "Never Leave Me Alone" and the Ludacris song "Area Codes."

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Song Analysis

Key, BPM (tempo) and time signature of 21 Questions.
F♯Key
MinorMode
4/4Time Signature
90BPM

Album

The album 21 Questions is released on.

Released By

The record label that has released 21 Questions.
Shady Records
© 2003 Shady Records/Aftermath Records/Interscope Records
℗ 2003 Shady Records/Aftermath Records/Interscope Records

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