When Joe heard the demo, he insisted on doing the record with Ashanti instead. The single was also a success internationally, reaching the top five in Australia, New Zealand, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom.įat Joe claimed that Ashanti recorded vocals for the demo, with the plan being to replace her on the record with Jennifer Lopez to appeal to the Latin market. 'What's Luv?' made Ashanti the first female artist to simultaneously occupy the top two positions on the Hot 100. The song additionally topped the Billboard Hot Rap Songs and Rhythmic charts. The single stayed on the chart for 20 weeks, giving Ashanti her second top-10 single, Fat Joe his first, and Ja Rule his seventh. 'What's Luv?', released in the United States on February 4, 2002, peaked at number two on the Billboard Hot 100 chart that April. Fat Joe, Ja Rule, and the song's two producers are credited as the writers of 'What's Luv', as are Big Pun and the lyricist of 'What's Love Got to Do with It', Terry Britten. The song additionally includes a lyric ('I'm not a hater, I just crush a lot') that references the 1997 song ' Still Not a Player' by Big Pun. The lyrics of the song's chorus are based in part on the title refrain of the 1984 Tina Turner hit ' What's Love Got to Do with It'.

'What's Luv' was produced by Irv Gotti and Chink Santana. The song features additional vocals from singer Ashanti and from rapper Ja Rule on the remix and album version on the song. ' What's Luv?' is a song by American rapper Fat Joe, released as the second single from his fourth studio album, Jealous Ones Still Envy (J.O.S.E.) (2001).

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