Will 2K

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"Will 2K"
Will2K.jpg
Single by Will Smith featuring K-Ci
from the album Willennium
ReleasedNovember 8, 1999 (1999-11-08)
Length3:53
LabelColumbia
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Trackmasters
Will Smith singles chronology
"Wild Wild West"
(1999) 		"Will 2K"
(1999) 		"Freakin' It"
(2000)

"Will 2K" is the second single taken from American rapper Will Smith's second studio album, Willennium (1999). The single was released on November 8, 1999. Sampling instruments and lyrics from the chorus of the Clash's "Rock the Casbah," as well as bits from "Superrappin'" by Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five,[1] the song was co-written by Smith and produced by Trackmasters. The song features vocals from Cedric "K-Ci" Hailey of Jodeci and K-Ci & JoJo. "Will 2K" peaked at number two in the United Kingdom and pays homage to the new millennium.

Music video[]

The music video for "Will 2K" premiered in September 1999, at a total length of five minutes and two seconds. The video features Smith performing the song in a variety of settings, appearing in a series of musical eras and wearing costumes that reflect each epoch. DJ Jazzy Jeff, Eve, K-Ci, Tisha Campbell-Martin and then-husband Duane Martin, among others, make cameos in the video.[2] The music video was parodied in an episode of Family Guy, in which the Griffins are victims of a Y2K explosion.

Track listing[]

  1. "Will 2K" (featuring K-Ci) – 3:56
  2. "Just Cruisin'" (Trackmasters Remix) – 3:59
  3. "Miami" (Summer Mix) – 3:18
  1. "Will 2K" (featuring K-Ci) – 3:56
  2. "So Fresh" (featuring Biz Markie and Slick Rick) – 4:27
  3. "Just the Two of Us" (Rodney Jerkins Remix) (featuring Brian McKnight) – 4:14
  • UK cassette
  1. "Will 2K" (featuring K-Ci) – 3:56
  2. "So Fresh" (featuring Biz Markie and Slick Rick) – 4:27

Charts[]

Release history[]

Region Date Format(s) Label(s) Ref.
United Kingdom November 8, 1999 (1999-11-08)
  • CD
  • cassette
 Columbia [32]
United States November 29, 1999 (1999-11-29) CD [33]

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