"Comin' from Where I'm From" is an R&B

Contemporary R&B

Contemporary R&B is a music genre that combines elements of hip hop, soul, R&B and funk.Although the abbreviation “R&B” originates from traditional rhythm and blues music, today the term R&B is most often used to describe a style of African American music originating after the demise of disco in...

–soul

Soul music

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 song written by American

United States

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 singer-songwriter Anthony Hamilton

Anthony Hamilton (musician)

Anthony Hamilton is an American R&B, and soul singer-songwriter, and record producer who rose to fame with his platinum-selling second studio album Comin' from Where I'm From , which featured the singles "Comin' from Where I'm From" and "Charlene."-Life and career:Hamilton was born in Charlotte,...

 and songwriter/producer Mark Batson

Mark Batson

Mark Batson is an American record producer, arranger, and songwriter from Bushwick, Brooklyn, now based in Los Angeles.As a co-writer and producer with Dr. Dre, he is responsible for Jay-Z's 2006 single "Lost One", as well as tracks for Eminem, 50 Cent, Game and Snoop Dogg. As a co-writer and...

 for Hamilton's second studio album, Comin' from Where I'm From

Comin' From Where I'm From

Comin' from Where I'm From is the second studio album by American R&B and soul singer-songwriter Anthony Hamilton, released July 15, 2003 on Arista Records in the United States. It debuted and peaked at number thirty-three on the U.S. Billboard 200 chart in October 2003 with first-week sales of...

(2003). Released as the album's lead single

Lead single

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, it was produced by Batson. Initially, it was released as an airplay

Airplay (song)

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-only single, entering the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs

Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs

Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, is a chart released weekly by Billboard in the United States.The chart, initiated in 1942, is used to track the success of popular music songs in urban, or primarily African American, venues. Dominated over the years at various times by jazz, rhythm and blues, doo-wop, soul,...

 chart at number eighty-nine the week of August 16, 2003, spending twenty weeks and in the process and peaking at number sixty. In October 2003, the song was issued as a proper physical single. It was nominated for two Grammy Award

Grammy Award

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s in 2004: "Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performance

Grammy Award for Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performance

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" and "Best R&B Song

Grammy Award for Best R&B Song

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".

"Comin' from Where I'm From" was sampled by G-Unit

G-Unit

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 for the song "Where I'm From", from their 2004 mixtape G-Unit Radio Part 5: All Eyez on Us.
"Comin' from Where I'm From" was remixed by Lupe Fiasco's Mixtape Fahrenheit 1/15.
"Comin' from Where I'm from" was also sampled by Akon

Akon

Aliaune Damala Badara Thiam, better known as simply Akon , is a Senegalese American R&B recording artist and songwriter.According to Forbes, Akon grossed $21 million in 2010, $20 million in 2009 and $12 million in 2008. He rose to prominence in 2004 following the release of "Locked Up", the first...

 for the song "Senegal".

Hamilton performed the song on an episode of Chappelle's Show

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 and One on One

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.

This song was also featured in the movie Coach Carter

Coach Carter

Coach Carter is a 2005 American film directed by Thomas Carter. It is based on a true story, in which Richmond High School basketball coach Ken Carter made headlines in 1999 for benching his MVP and undefeated team due to poor academic results....

, but not on the soundtrack to the movie.

Track listing

American 12" single
Side A:

1. "Comin' from Where I'm From" (Radio Mix) – 4:01
2. "Comin' from Where I'm From" (Instrumental) – 4:01

Side B:

1. "Comin' from Where I'm From" (Radio Mix) – 4:01
2. "Comin' from Where I'm From" (Acappella) – 3:37

Charts

Charts (2003)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, is a chart released weekly by Billboard in the United States.The chart, initiated in 1942, is used to track the success of popular music songs in urban, or primarily African American, venues. Dominated over the years at various times by jazz, rhythm and blues, doo-wop, soul,...	60