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| - %22Ooh!%22 is a song by American recording artist Mary J. Blige, taken from her sixth studio album, Love & Life (2003). Sampling interpolations of the 1991 hip-hop classic, %22I Gotta Have It%22 by Ed OG, which itself sampled Hamilton Bohannon's 1973 track %22Singing a Song for My Mother%22, it was released as the album's second single in 2003. The Diddy-produced single reached number 29 on the Billboard Hot 100. A remix, officially titled the %22G-Unit Remix%22, that featured 50 Cent, Lloyd Banks, and Young Buck, was later released. A video was shot for the song. It viewed Blige fighting/dancing different versions of herself, who all represented her inner emotions and feelings. The video was dedicated to the soldiers in the war. Stating at the beginning of the video %22This is dedicated to everyone fighting the war.....The war in your mind.......To be free....%22 This video was quickly shelved for a Greatest Hits DVD. Blige received a nomination for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance at the 46th Grammy Awards for the song.
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