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{{short description|1998 single by Jay-Z}}
{{Infobox song
| name = Can I Get A... (Soundtrack Version)
| cover = Jayzcanigeta.jpg
| alt =
| caption = Sticker from shrink wrap of the U.S. 12-inch vinyl single
| type = single
| artist = [[Jay-Z]] featuring [[Ja Rule|Jah]] and [[Amil]]
| album = [[Rush Hour (soundtrack)|Def Jam's Rush Hour Soundtrack]] and [[Vol. 2... Hard Knock Life]]
| released = {{Start date|1998|8|22}}
| recorded =
| studio =
| venue =
| genre = {{hlist|[[Hip-hop|Hip hop]]|[[electro-disco]]<ref>{{cite web|first=Rob|last=Sheffield|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/the-98-best-songs-of-1998-pops-weirdest-year-628131/jay-z-feat-amil-and-ja-rule-can-i-get-a-628389/|title=The 98 Best Songs of 1998: Pop's Weirdest Year|date=June 4, 2018|access-date=June 11, 2022|work=[[Rolling Stone (magazine)|Rolling Stone]]|quote=Bounce with me, bounce with me, Jay chants in his glossiest club track, an electro-disco gold-digger symposium with Amil speaking up for the ladies.}}</ref>}}
| length = 5:11
| label = {{hlist|[[Roc-A-Fella Records|Roc-A-Fella]]|[[Def Jam Recordings|Def Jam]]|[[PolyGram]]}}
| writer = {{hlist|[[Jay-Z|Shawn Carter]]|[[Ja Rule|Jeffrey Atkins]]|[[Irving Lorenzo]]|Robin Mays}}
| producer = {{hlist|[[Irving Lorenzo|Irv Gotti]]| Lil' Rob}}
| prev_title =
| prev_year =
| next_title =
| next_year =
| misc = {{Extra chronology
| artist = [[Jay-Z]]
| type = singles
| prev_title = [[Money Ain't a Thang]]
| prev_year = 1998
| title = Can I Get A...
| year = 1998
| next_title = [[Hard Knock Life (Ghetto Anthem)]]
| next_year = 1998
}}
{{Extra chronology
| artist = [[Ja Rule|Jah]]
| type = single
| prev_title =
| prev_year =
| title = Can I Get A...
| year = 1998
| next_title = [[Grand Finale (song)|Grand Finale]]
| next_year = 1998
}}
{{Extra chronology
| artist = [[Amil]]
| type = singles
| prev_title =
| prev_year =
| title = Can I Get A...
| year = 1998
| next_title = [[Nigga What, Nigga Who (Originator 99)|Jigga What, Jigga Who (Originator 99)]]
| next_year = 1999
}}
}}

"'''Can I Get A...'''" is a song recorded by American rapper [[Jay-Z]], featuring [[Ja Rule]] (credited as Jah) and [[Amil]]. It was released on ''[[Rush Hour (soundtrack)|Def Jam's Rush Hour Soundtrack]]'' in promotion of the film ''[[Rush Hour (1998 film)|Rush Hour]]'', but also appears on Jay-Z's third album ''[[Vol. 2... Hard Knock Life]]'' as its first single. The song is produced by [[Irv Gotti]] and Lil' Rob. The song is notable for popularizing a young Amil and Ja Rule, as well as becoming one of Jay-Z's most commercially successful singles at the time, peaking at number 19 on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]].

The chorus of the original song starts with "Can I Get A 'Fuck You'?", but it was censored to "Can I Get A 'What What'?" for radio airplay. The song deals with the question of whether Jay-Z's girlfriend would stick with him if he weren't wealthy.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=7055 |title=Jay-Z's Can I Get A meaning |website=Songfacts |access-date=3 September 2016}}</ref> Producer [[Irv Gotti]] claimed Ja Rule gave Jay-Z the chorus and lyrical flow for the record.<ref name="b777">{{cite web | last=Partridge | first=Ken | title=Remembering Irv Gotti With A Look Back At His 5 Biggest Songs On Genius | website=Genius | date=2025-02-06 | url=https://genius.com/a/remembering-irv-gotti | access-date=2025-02-28}}</ref>

The vinyl "Can I Get A..." single was released in 1998 with two tracks that do not feature Jay-Z: [[Ja Rule]]'s "Bitch Betta Have My Money" and [[Wu-Tang Clan]]'s "And You Don't Stop". The CD single was released in 1999 with two different tracks that do not feature Jay-Z: [[Case (singer)|Case]] and [[Joe (singer)|Joe]]'s "Faded Pictures" as well as [[Dru Hill]] and [[Redman (rapper)|Redman]]'s "[[How Deep Is Your Love (Dru Hill song)|How Deep Is Your Love]]". All songs were included in the ''Rush Hour'' soundtrack.

[[Janet Jackson]]'s 2004 song "Strawberry Bounce", from her album ''[[Damita Jo (album)|Damita Jo]]'', [[Sampling (music)|samples]] "Can I Get A...".

[[VH1]] ranked "Can I Get A..." at No. 57 in the network's ''100 Greatest Songs of the 90s''.

[[Chris Penn]] appears in the video as a bartender. [[Jermaine Dupri]] also makes a cameo.
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==Formats and track listings==
===CD===
# "Can I Get A..." – 5:13
# "Faded Pictures" – 3:48
# "[[How Deep Is Your Love (Dru Hill song)|How Deep Is Your Love]]" – 3:58

===Vinyl===
====A-side====
# "Can I Get A..." (radio edit)
# "Bitch Betta Have My Money" (radio edit)
# "And You Don't Stop" (radio edit)

====B-side====
# "Can I Get A..." ([[TV track]])
# "Bitch Betta Have My Money" (TV track)
# "And You Don't Stop" (TV track)

==Charts==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!Chart (1998–1999)
!Peak<br />position
|-
{{singlechart|Canadatopsingles|36|artist=Jay-Z|chartid=7495|publish-date=February 1, 1999|access-date=November 16, 2025}}
|-
{{singlechart|Germany|12|artist=Jay-Z feat. Amil & Ja Rule|song=Can I Get A...|songid=3911|access-date=October 14, 2018}}
|-
{{singlechart|Dutch40|30|artist=Jay-Z|access-date=June 29, 2017}}
|-
{{singlechart|Scotland|55|date=1999-03-13|access-date=June 18, 2022}}
|-
{{singlechart|Switzerland|26|artist=Jay-Z|song=Can I Get A...|access-date=June 29, 2017}}
|-
{{singlechart|UKrandb|5|date=1999-03-13|access-date=June 18, 2022}}
|-
{{singlechart|UK|24|date=1999-03-13|access-date=June 29, 2017}}
|-
{{singlechart|Billboardhot100|19|artist=Jay-Z|access-date=June 18, 2022}}
|-
{{singlechart|Billboardrandbhiphop|6|artist=Jay-Z|access-date=June 18, 2022}}
|-
{{singlechart|Billboardrapsongs|22|artist=Jay-Z|access-date=June 18, 2022}}
|-
{{singlechart|Billboardpopsongs|27|artist=Jay-Z|access-date=June 18, 2022}}
|-
{{singlechart|Billboardrhythmic|2|artist=Jay-Z|access-date=June 18, 2022}}
|}

===Year-end charts===
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|-
!scope="col"|Chart (1999)
!scope="col"|Position
|-
|align="left"|Germany (Official German Charts)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.offiziellecharts.de/charts/single-jahr/for-date-1999 |title=Top 100 Single-Jahrescharts|language=de |publisher=[[GfK Entertainment]] |access-date=April 21, 2018}}</ref>
|align="center"|80
|}

==Certifications==
{{Certification Table Top}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=United States|title=Can I Get A...|artist=Jay-Z|type=single|award=Platinum|relyear=1998|certyear=2016|access-date=October 30, 2024}}
{{Certification Table Bottom|nosales=true|noshipments=true|streaming=true}}

==See also==
*[[List of songs recorded by Jay-Z]]

==References==
{{reflist|30em}}

{{Rush Hour}}
{{Jay-Z songs}}
{{Ja Rule}}
{{Amil}}
{{MTV Video Music Award for Best Rap Video}}

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[[Category:1998 singles]]
[[Category:1999 singles]]
[[Category:Amil songs]]
[[Category:Jay-Z songs]]
[[Category:Ja Rule songs]]
[[Category:Song recordings produced by Irv Gotti]]
[[Category:Songs written by Irv Gotti]]
[[Category:Songs written by Jay-Z]]
[[Category:Roc-A-Fella Records singles]]
[[Category:1998 songs]]
[[Category:Def Jam Recordings singles]]
[[Category:Songs written by Ja Rule]]
[[Category:Music videos directed by Steve Carr]]

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