The song was written by Shad Moss, Phalon Alexander, Rahman Griffin and Clifford Harris (aka then-unknown T.I.).

'Let's Get Down' was produced by Jazze Pha, who previously did production for other rappers like Erick Sermon and Ludacris. Everything is just 'Bow Wow,' no 'Lil' Bow Wow.'' I'm Bow Wow.' Besides, I'm growing up, I'm not little anymore. 'All these Lil' rappers, I’m just kind of getting real irritated by it. In an interview with MTV, he said he wanted to distinguish himself from the other rappers who had the word in their moniker: In 2002, after finishing production on his debut film Like Mike and releasing his cover of ' Basketball' for the film's soundtrack, In 2003, Bow Wow dropped the 'Lil'' moniker from his name completely. A music video by Bryan Barber was made to promote the single that features Bow Wow getting his driver's license. It also peaked at numbers 6, 8 and 12 on the Hot Rap Songs, Rhythmic Top 40 and Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs charts respectively.

It peaked at number 14 on the Billboard Hot 100, his highest charting single on that chart until 2005's ' Like You' and ' Let Me Hold You'. 'Let's Get Down' garnered a positive reception from critics who credited Bow Wow for displaying some maturity in his music. Bow Wow said that following the name change, he wanted to do the same with his music by contributing more into the songwriting process of the album and release a single that matched his new image. It's the first song to be released by Bow Wow without the 'Lil'' moniker in his name after making his film debut in 2002's Like Mike and releasing his cover of ' Basketball' for the film's soundtrack. It was produced by Jazze Pha and features rapper Birdman under his former alias 'Baby'. The song was written by Shad Moss, Phalon Alexander, Rahman Griffin and a then-unknown T.I. ' Let's Get Down' is a song by American rapper Bow Wow, released on Jas the first single off his third album Unleashed (2003). Shad Moss, Phalon Alexander, Rahman Griffin, Clifford Harris

2003 single by Bow Wow featuring Baby 'Let's Get Down'

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