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Jill Scott

You Got Me

1999 · via Drake

Jill Scott’s recording of “You Got Me” came out in 1999, the earliest year on file; The Roots’ and Erykah Badu feat. The Roots’ came out the same year. Jill Scott shares the writing credit with Black Thought, ?uestlove and Scott Storch. Also recorded by The Lullabeats (released 2022), among 41 recordings of this work on MusicBrainz. Drake’s “6 Man” (2015) carries this song’s writers on its credit.

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"6 Man" carries the writing credit of "You Got Me," which Jill Scott put on record first, and Black Thought and ?uestlove of The Roots share that credit with her. Start with her take, then follow those two drummers-and-MCs back to The Roots, who recorded it too.

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Liner notes

Credited writers: Black Thought, ?uestlove, Jill Scott and Scott Storch.

Earliest release on file: this one, 1999, the same year as The Roots and Erykah Badu feat. The Roots.

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Drake’s “6 Man” (2015) carries this song’s writers on its credit, the mark of a cleared sample or an interpolation.

Other recordings on file · first release year

41 recordings of this work on MusicBrainz.

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