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   The version I've always considered to be the "hit" and the one I heard on MTV and CHR radio is track 2 from the promo CD: Metamorphosis Radio Version.  Track 1 (Metamorphosis Radio Edit) fades out during a chorus and doesn't have the chanting/babbling toward the end.  By contrast, the official music video does have the chanting toward end and has a cold ending with chicken sound effects.  TM Century also issued this version on HitDisc and GoldDisc as opposed to the "Edit" that fades out.

The official music video can be seen here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yjk02bR4XGk

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aaronk Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Admin Group Joined: 16 January 2005 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 224	Post Options Post Reply Quote aaronk Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 14 hours 45 minutes ago at 8:45am
	The version I've always considered to be the "hit" and the one I heard on MTV and CHR radio is track 2 from the promo CD: Metamorphosis Radio Version. Track 1 (Metamorphosis Radio Edit) fades out during a chorus and doesn't have the chanting/babbling toward the end. By contrast, the official music video does have the chanting toward end and has a cold ending with chicken sound effects. TM Century also issued this version on HitDisc and GoldDisc as opposed to the "Edit" that fades out. The official music video can be seen here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yjk02bR4XGk
	Aaron Kannowski Uptown Sound 91.9 The Peak - Classic Hip Hop

The_Bops Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 09 January 2025 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 7	Post Options Post Reply Quote The_Bops Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 3 hours 43 minutes ago at 7:47pm
	Thank you, Aaron, for the additional information. So to summarize from what I gather, there were two main versions, the album version and the Metamorphosis Mix with the latter being the more popular version (both appeared on the commercial cassingle but the Metamorphosis Mix was the one played on radio). The Metamorphosis Mix then had an additional two edit versions, Radio Version and Radio Edit. The Radio Version was the one primarily played on radio. So is it your opinion then that the Radio Version and Radio Edit are pure edits of the main Mix (with the N word removed as well as parts of the song cut out)? And by this I mean the Radio Version / Radio Edit didn't have any additional instruments or different arrangements, just pure edits of the Metamorphosis Mix?

aaronk Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Admin Group Joined: 16 January 2005 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 224	Post Options Post Reply Quote aaronk Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 2 hours 52 minutes ago at 8:38pm
	Yes, that's a good summary. I suppose the Album Version is considered the official single version (A-side of the cassette single), but it didn't get any airplay. It's not censored even on the promo CD single. As for the Metamorphosis Mix and the edits, they are all the same mix. Both the Radio Edit and Radio Version censor the "n" words, while the full Metamorphosis Mix is uncensored. Aside from the censored lyrics, both the Radio Version and Radio Edit are totally different edits of the longer mix. For example, each has an edit during the call-and-response "whoa...yeah" section at the beginning of the song, but the edit points are in different places when comparing the two. Also, as I mentioned earlier, the Radio Version retains the ending of the full Metamorphosis Mix, so it's a straight edit ending cold with chicken sound effects. The Radio Edit, however, has an out-of-sequence edit at 3:34, jumping back to the chorus that appears at 2:41 and then fading out.
	Aaron Kannowski Uptown Sound 91.9 The Peak - Classic Hip Hop