Paradise (song)

"Paradise"
Single by LL Cool J featuring Amerie from the album 10
Released	January 2003
Format	CD single, 12" single
Genre	Rap, R&B
Length	4:35
Label	Def Jam
Writer	James Todd Smith III, Jean-Claude "Poke" Olivier, Samuel "Tone" Barnes, Amerie Rogers, Kenneth Burke, Norma Jean Wright, Allan Felder
Producer	Trackmasters
LL Cool J singles chronology
"Luv U Better" (2002)	"Paradise" (2003)	"All I Have" (2003)
Amerie singles chronology
"Talkin' to Me" (2002)	"Paradise" (2003)	"I'm Coming Out" (2003)
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"Paradise" is a rap/R&B song written by American rapper/songwriter LL Cool J, American producers/songwriters Jean-Claude "Poke" Olivier and Samuel "Tone" Barnes, and American singer-songwriter Amerie Rogers for LL Cool J's ninth studio album, 10 (2002). Released in early 2003 as the album's second single, the song—which features Amerie—also appears on the soundtrack to the 2003 film Deliver Us from Eva, in which LL Cool J stars alongside Gabrielle Union. Singer Tweet was originally slated to provide vocals but they instead went with Amerie. "Paradise" samples Keni Burke's 1982 smooth jazz hit "Rising to the Top", written by Burke, Norma Jean Wright, and Allan Felder.

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