^ "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2003 Singles" (PDF).^ "Top 100 Songs of 2003 - Billboard Year End Charts".^ "The Official UK Singles Chart 2003" (PDF).^ "ARIA Charts – End of Year Charts – Urban Singles 2003".^ "Ja Rule Chart History (Pop Songs)".^ "Ja Rule Chart History (Hot Rap Songs)".^ "Ja Rule Chart History (Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs)".^ "Official R&B Singles Chart Top 40".^ "Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart Top 100".^ " Nederlandse Top 40 – Ja Rule feat.^ " Issue 682" ARIA Top 40 Urban Singles.^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. The entire campus was the site of the old Calvary Cemetery, Northeast of downtown Los Angeles. The carnival scenes were filmed in Los Angeles at Cathedral High School's graveyard field. The song peaked at number 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 on January 2003, behind Jennifer Lopez and LL Cool J's 'All I Have', making it Ashanti's and Ja Rule's fourth top ten hit as a duet. The song was produced by Irv Gotti and features R&B artist Ashanti. It was released in December 2002 as the second single from his fourth album The Last Temptation. The street scene was filmed outside Cathedral High School on Bishops Road (formerly Stadium Way), an up-hill climb towards Dodger Stadium. 'Mesmerize' is a song by American rapper Ja Rule. The video ends with a crowd of men marching the streets and holding up various signs, including tributes to late rappers Tupac Shakur and DJ Jam-Master Jay from Run-D.M.C. They enter the van and after a few quick cuts they emerge and Ja Rule begins rapping "Destiny", the closing track from the album. After he hesitates and turns to Ashanti, she accepts. The song ends abruptly with Ja Rule's friends emerging from a black van and asking him if he's riding with them. As they sing, they partake in various carnival attractions, such as game booths and bumper cars. The song begins with the two meeting up at an amusement fair. Ja Rule - Mesmerize (Letra e msica para ouvir) - Girl your stare, those eyes I (love it when you look at mebaby / Your lips, your smile I (love it when you. Meanwhile, some of Ashanti's friends are having a slumber party (with the Ashanti album cut "Movies" playing in the background) and playing scrabble when Ashanti emerges dressed in flashy black leather attire, explaining that her guy wants her to be more street. Ja Rule enters dressed in a preppy sweater, greatly surprising the other men, and explains that his girl wants him to forsake the street life. Inspired by the musical number " You're the One that I Want" from the 1978 musical film Grease, the music video begins with a group of men dressed in black discussing their plan for a revolution in a strategy room.