"Fiesta (Remix)" is a song by singer R. Kelly featuring rappers Jay-Z & Boo & Gotti. The hit song spent five weeks at number-one on the US R&B chart and peaked at number six on the US pop chart. R. Kelly and Jay-Z have worked several times together. In 2002, they released the album "The Best of Both Worlds" which sold 285,000 copies in its first week. The single is ranked by Billboard as the best selling and most played R&B/Hip Hop song of 2001.[1]
Background
"Fiesta (Remix)" follows the previous single and music video, "The Storm Is Over Now". In 2001, the song spent five weeks at #1 on the US R&B chart and also reached #6 on the US Pop chart. The original "Fiesta" featured rapper Jadakiss. However, his verse was replaced by Boo & Gotti before the track was added as one of the 19 tracks on TP-2.com.
Music video
The music video for the single was directed by R. Kelly and Little X in Florida.[2][3]
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^"Music Videos and The Illuminati (with guest DirectorX) (Ep. 15) - Good Luck! with Gino". YouTube. Retrieved 2023-09-28.
^"R. Kelly feat. Jay-Z's 'Fiesta (Remix)' - Discover the Remixed Track". WhoSampled.
^Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 152.