Drop It Like It's Hot
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| Single by Snoop Dogg featuring Pharrell | ||
| From the album R&G (Rhythm & Gangsta) The Masterpiece | ||
| Released | October 2004 | |
| Format | 12" single, CD | |
| Genre | Rap | |
| Length | 4:26 | |
| Label | Doggystyle/Star Trak/Geffen | |
| Writers | Chad Hugo Calvin Broadus Pharrell Williams |
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| Producers | The Neptunes | |
| Director | Paul Hunter | |
| Certification | Double Platinum | |
| Snoop Dogg singles chronology | ||
| "Beautiful" (2003) |
"Drop It Like It's Hot" (2004) |
"Let's Get Blown" (2005) |
| Pharrell singles chronology | ||
| "Change Clothes" (feat. Jay-Z) (2003) |
"Drop It Like It's Hot" (2004) |
"Let's Get Blown" (2005) |
"Drop It Like It's Hot" is a 2004 hip-hop number-one hit single by Snoop Dogg featuring Pharrell. Snoop performs the chorus and the second and third verses (of three). Pharrell performs the first verse. It was produced by The Neptunes and contains vocal samples from Laid Back's "White Horse".
The lyrics demonstrate that Snoop is still supporting The Crips:
- I'm a gangsta, but y'all knew that
- Da big Boss Dogg, yeah I had to do that
- I keep a blue flag hanging out my backside
- But only on the left side, yeah that's the Crip side
It was a Billboard number one hit for three weeks from December 11, 2004, making it Snoop's first number one on the Hot 100. It has won at the MTV Australia Video Music Awards 2006 the award for the best hip hop video and a MOBO Award for Best Video in 2005. A remix for this song was also produced by The Neptunes, but only was noticed in the underground scene.
The song gained some critical attention for its very sparse production, which was essentially just tongue clicks, keyboards and a drum machine beat, which compared to much early 2000s rap was very minimalist. Still, it was nominated at the Grammy Awards of 2005 for Best Rap Song and Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group, though it lost both awards to the songs "Jesus Walks" and "Let's Get It Started", respectively.
The song is included in Weird Al Yankovic's newest album, Straight Outta Lynwood, on the polka-medley Polkarama!
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[edit] History of the Expression
The existence of the expression "drop it like it's hot" in pop culture predates this song, originating with its use by Lil' Wayne as a guest rapper on Juvenile's 1999 hit single "Back That Azz Up". Lil' Wayne also has a song called Drop It Like It's Hot, which was released in 1999. The expression is basically a call for a female to perform a suggestive dance that involves shaking her lower body until it touches or nearly touches the floor. Since 1999, and especially after the success of Snoop Dogg's single, the expression became a common phrase among adolescents and young adults. Also, the expression "drop it like it's luke-warm" has emerged as a frequent term teens and rappers use alike as a parody.[citation needed]
The Seattle-based indie rock band Minus the Bear released a song titled "Drop It Like It's Hot" on their 2002 EP "Bands Like It When You Yell Yar At Them".
[edit] Remixes
- MADtv did a parody music video of "Drop It Like It's Hot" called "Smokin' Too Much Pot". However, parts of the real song also contain references to pot.
- Jay-Z did a remix of the song dissing R. Kelly for suing him, which appeared on the Boss'n Up bonus CD MTV
- Stanton Warriors used a sped-up sample of the 'Drop It Like It's Hot' loop in their underground single 'Pop Ya Cork'.
- Australian artists Weapon X & Ken Hell performed a parody song and video clip, entitled "Drive It Like It's Hot".
- British comedian Lenny Henry performed an elaborate parody of the song — complete with a music video closely mimicking that of Snoop's — at the end of the second episode of his 2005 comedy series, The Lenny Henry Show.
- "Weird Al" Yankovic recently put the song in "Polkarama".
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[edit] Chart Trajectories
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[edit] Trivia
- In 2006 a one-hour European concert DVD recorded in Bruxelles February 23, 2005 in Forest National featuring Snoop Dogg and The Game was released under the same name by ABC Entertainment and Charly Films.
[edit] Audio sample
- White Horse, by Laid Back (file info) — play in browser (beta)
- Released in 1984 originally in the Netherlands in 12"-vinyl, this effect-oriented synth song is the main sample of "Drop It Like It's Hot".
- Problems listening to the file? See media help.
[edit] See also
[edit] External link
| Preceded by: "My Boo" by Usher and Alicia Keys |
Billboard Hot 100 number one single December 11, 2004 |
Succeeded by: "Let Me Love You" by Mario |
| Preceded by: "Do They Know It's Christmas?" by Band Aid 20 |
RIANZ (New Zealand) number one single December 27, 2004 - January 24, 2005 |
Succeeded by: "Swing" by Savage |
| Preceded by: "My Boo" by Usher and Alicia Keys |
Billboard's Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks number one single November 13, 2004 |
Succeeded by: "Let Me Love You" by Mario |
[edit] References
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