Background
"Can't Hold Us Down" was penned by Aguilera, Matt Morris and Scott Storch, and was also produced by Storch, E. Dawk, and Aguilera. The original version of the song bring Eve instead of Lil' Kim, who came to record the verses, but was replaced in the final version. As mentioned in the picture, the single features the rapper Lil' Kim, who had previously worked with her on the "Lady Marmalade" cover from the Moulin Rouge! soundtrack in 2001. Besides becoming casual friends from "Lady Marmalade", Aguilera reached out to Kim due to her "girl power" attitude. The song samples Diddy's "Can't Nobody Hold Me Down".
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