"Baby Boy" is a song by American singer Beyoncé (pictured) from her debut solo studio album Dangerously in Love. Featuring Jamaican rapper Sean Paul, the song was released by Columbia Records and Music World Entertainment as the second single from the album on August 3, 2003. Both artists co-wrote the song with Scott Storch, Robert Waller and Jay-Z; Beyoncé also co-produced the song. Containing a lyrical interpolation of "No Fear" by hip hop group O.G.C, "Baby Boy" is an R&B; and dancehall song with reggae and Arabic music influences. The lyrics detail a woman's fantasies. The song topped the US Billboard Hot 100 for nine consecutive weeks, and was Beyoncé's longest-running solo number- one single until 2007, when it was surpassed by "Irreplaceable". It reached the top ten in many countries, and was certified platinum in Australia and the US. The song's music video was directed by Jake Nava and mostly shows Beyoncé dancing in various locations. "Baby Boy" has remained a staple of Beyoncé's concert set lists.
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_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:
1903:
Macedonian rebels in Kruševo proclaimed a republic, which existed for only ten days before Ottoman forces destroyed the town. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kru%C5%A1evo_Republic
1913:
A strike in Wheatland, California orchestrated by agricultural workers degenerated into a riot, becoming one of the first major farm labor confrontations in California. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wheatland_hop_riot
1936:
African American athlete Jesse Owens won the first of his four gold medals at the Berlin Summer Olympics, dashing Nazi leaders' hopes of Aryan domination at the Olympics. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesse_Owens
2005:
President of Mauritania Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya was overthrown in a military coup while he was attending the funeral of King Fahd of Saudi Arabia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2005_Mauritanian_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat
_____________________________ Wiktionary's word of the day:
unwittingly: In an unwitting manner; inadvertently, obliviously, unintentionally, unknowingly. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/unwittingly
___________________________ Wikiquote quote of the day:
It would seem to me that by the time a race has achieved deep space capability it would have matured to a point where it would have no thought of dominating another intelligent species. Further than this, there should be no economic necessity of its doing so. --Clifford D. Simak https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Clifford_D._Simak