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{{Infobox song
| name       = Fresh Azimiz
| cover      = Fresh Azimiz.jpg
| alt        =
| type       = single
| artist     = [[Bow Wow (rapper)|Bow Wow]] featuring [[J-Kwon]] and [[Jermaine Dupri]]
| album      = [[Wanted (Bow Wow album)|Wanted]]
| released   = October 1, 2005<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/fresh-asimiz-mo-money-mw0000311492|title=Fresh Asimiz/Mo Money - Bow Wow &#124; Songs, Reviews, Credits &#124; AllMusic|website=[[AllMusic]] }}</ref>
| recorded   = 2005
| studio     =
| venue      =
| genre      = [[Hip-hop]]
| length     = 4:31 (album version)<br>3:50 (radio edit)
| label      = [[Columbia Records|Columbia]]
| writer     = 
* [[Jermaine Dupri]]
* [[LRoc|James Phillips]]
| producer   = 
* Jermaine Dupri
* LRoc
| chronology = [[Bow Wow (rapper)|Bow Wow]]
| prev_title = [[I Think They Like Me|I Think They Like Me (Remix)]]
| prev_year  = 2005
| next_title = [[Shortie Like Mine]]
| next_year  = 2006
| misc       = {{Extra chronology
 | artist     = [[J-Kwon]]
 | type       = single
 | prev_title = Hood Hop
 | prev_year  = 2004
 | title      = Fresh Azimiz
 | year       = 2005
 | next_title = Boo-Boo (Holdin' Me Down)
 | next_year  = 2008
}}
{{Extra chronology
 | artist     = [[Jermaine Dupri]]
 | type       = single
 | prev_title = [[Get Your Number]]
 | prev_year  = 2005
 | title      = Fresh Azimiz
 | year       = 2005
 | next_title = [[Dem Jeans]]
 | next_year  = 2006
}}
}}

"'''Fresh Azimiz'''" ("fresh as I'm is") is a single by rapper [[Bow Wow (rapper)|Bow Wow]] from his fourth studio album ''[[Wanted (Bow Wow album)|Wanted]]''. It is the third song after his singles "[[Let Me Hold You]]" and "[[Like You (Bow Wow song)|Like You]]". It features [[J-Kwon]] and [[Jermaine Dupri]]. The song was produced by Dupri and [[LRoc]]. The song became his third Top 40 single from his 2005 album ''Wanted'', peaking at number 23 on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]].

Although released through [[Columbia Records]], the lyrics on the 2nd verse of the original song explains that Bow Wow still has close ties to [[So So Def Recordings]] ("Records say Columbia, but I'm So So man").

==Rumored diss to Romeo==
Rumors circulated that the song was meant to attack rapper [[Romeo Miller|Lil' Romeo]], with the line, "18 nigga, making more than your Dad see." The line in question is actually borrowed from [[LL Cool J]]'s song, "The Do Wop" on the classic album [[Bigger and Deffer]]. Bow Wow later confirmed that the line was not aimed at Miller's father,  [[Master P]] or  Miller himself. Because of that, Romeo dedicated the song of ''[[God's Gift]]'' entitled "U Can't Shine Like Me" with the line "You a Mama's boy I'm a son of a hustler".

==Live performance==
On April 1, 2006, Bow Wow performed "Fresh Azimiz" at the [[2006 Kids' Choice Awards]] as part of a musical duel with singer [[Chris Brown (American singer)|Chris Brown]] that was inspired by the 1986 [[Run-D.M.C.]] music video "[[Walk This Way#Run-DMC/Aerosmith version|Walk This Way]]".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1527638/will-smith-issues-a-warning-timberlake-thanks-his-butt-at-kids-choice-awards/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150526210649/http://www.mtv.com/news/1527638/will-smith-issues-a-warning-timberlake-thanks-his-butt-at-kids-choice-awards/|url-status=dead|archive-date=May 26, 2015|title=Will Smith Issues A Warning, Timberlake Thanks His Butt at Kids' Choice Awards|last=Moss|first=Corey|publisher=[[MTV]]|date=April 3, 2006|access-date=May 26, 2015}}</ref>

==Remix==
A remix of this song features rapper [[Mike Jones (rapper)|Mike Jones]], replacing Bow Wow's 2nd verse. There is a video for the remix, with additional scenes with Bow Wow & Jones throughout the video and Bow Wow's verse removed and Mike Jones' instead comes in and raps. [[Mike Jones (rapper)|Jones]] also makes an appearance on the original version's video.

==Charts==

===Weekly charts===
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|-
! scope="col"| Chart (2005–2006)
! scope="col"| Peak<br />position
|-
{{Single chart|Billboardhot100|23|artist=Bow Wow|rowheader=true|accessdate=September 15, 2014}}
|-
{{Single chart|Billboardrandbhiphop|13|artist=Bow Wow|rowheader=true|accessdate=September 15, 2014}}
|-
{{Single chart|Billboardrapsongs|6|artist=Bow Wow|rowheader=true|accessdate=September 15, 2014}}
|-
{{Single chart|Billboardrhythmic|11|artist=Bow Wow|rowheader=true|accessdate=September 27, 2021}}
|}

===Year-end charts===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|-
! scope="col"| Chart (2006)
! scope="col"| Position
|-
! scope="row"| US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (''Billboard'')<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/charts/yearendcharts/2006/hot-r-and-and-b-hip-hop-songs-titles|title=Year-End Charts – Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs Titles – 2006|website=Billboard.biz|year=2006|accessdate=September 27, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121003173555/http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/charts/yearendcharts/2006/hot-r-and-and-b-hip-hop-songs-titles|archivedate=October 3, 2012}}</ref>
| 58
|}

==Certifications==
{{Certification Table Top}}
{{Certification Table Entry|type=single|region=United States|artist=Bow Wow|title=Fresh Azimiz|award=Gold|relyear=2005|certyear=2006|digital=true|accessdate=December 24, 2024}}
{{Certification Table Entry|type=ringtone|region=United States|artist=Bow Wow|title=Fresh Azimiz|award=Gold|relyear=2005|certyear=2006|note=Mastertone|accessdate=December 24, 2024}}
{{Certification Table Bottom|noshipments=true}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{YouTube|z3fnTbF-rfY|"Fresh Azimiz" music video}}
* {{YouTube|BOMUjX56xIk|"Fresh Azimiz" (Remix) music video}}

{{Bow Wow}}
{{J-Kwon}}
{{Jermaine Dupri}}
{{Mike Jones}}

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[[Category:2005 songs]]
[[Category:2005 singles]]
[[Category:Bow Wow (rapper) songs]]
[[Category:Jermaine Dupri songs]]
[[Category:J-Kwon songs]]
[[Category:Mike Jones (rapper) songs]]
[[Category:Song recordings produced by Jermaine Dupri]]
[[Category:Songs written by Jermaine Dupri]]
[[Category:Songs written by LRoc]]


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