Laffy Taffy (song)
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| "Laffy Taffy" | ||
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| Single by D4L | ||
| from the album Down for Life (2005) | ||
| Released | October 25, 2005 | |
| Format | CD single | |
| Recorded | 2005 in Atlanta, Georgia | |
| Genre | Snap Music | |
| Length | 3:44 | |
| Label | Atlantic/WEA | |
| Writer(s) | Fabo, Adrian Parks, Richard Wayne Sims, Dennis Butler | |
| Producer(s) | K-RAB | |
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| D4L singles chronology | ||
| "Laffy Taffy" (2005) | Betcha Can't Do It Like Me (2005) | |
"Laffy Taffy" is a song by the Atlanta based hip-hop group D4L, which reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 in January 2006. The song's success on the charts was largely due to its enormous online sales.
There has been some debating as to the meaning of the phrase "Laffy Taffy". Many understand the term's meaning is that of a woman's labia minora because of its supposed resemblance to "stretched out taffy" and is a term commonly used by men who attend strip clubs. Women with larger labia minora lips are said to have "laffy taffy." However, most people just refer to the meaning of "Laffy Taffy" as a woman's bottom.
The song has been criticized for its sub par production and lyrics. It has been said that the rhythm section of the song is based on a Casio drum machine. Its very simplistic six-note keyboard melody, also said to be made with a Casio, is a characteristic of a new sub-genre of crunk called snap.
In "The Champ" from 2006's Fishscale, Ghostface Killah goes so far as using the song as symbolic of inauthentic, cheap hip-hop in the lyric, "Ya'll stuck on Laffy Taffy/Wonderin': how'd y'all niggas get past me?"
| Preceded by "Don't Forget About Us" by Mariah Carey |
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 number-one single January 14, 2005 — January 7, 2006 |
Succeeded by "Grillz" by Nelly featuring Paul Wall and Ali & Gipp |
