Pimp Juice
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- This article is about the song. For the energy drink, see Pimp Juice (drink).
| "Pimp Juice" | ||
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| Single by Nelly | ||
| from the album Nellyville | ||
| Released | April 2003 | |
| Format | CD single | |
| Genre | Rap, R&B | |
| Length | 4:52 | |
| Label | Universal Records | |
| Writer(s) | Nelly | |
| Producer(s) | Nelly | |
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| Nelly singles chronology | ||
| "Work It" (2003) |
"Pimp Juice" (2003) |
"Shake Ya Tailfeather" (2003) |
"Pimp Juice" is a single by the rapper Nelly, released in 2003, from the 2002 album Nellyville. This song did not achieve the commercial success of hits such as "Hot in Herre", "Dilemma", and "Work It"; it topped out at #58 on the US Charts.[citation needed]
[edit] Controversy
The song received backlash[citation needed] for its apparent glorification of prostitution. The rapper caused another uproar when he announced his plans to release a new line of energy drinks named after the song.
In response to the public's outrage, Nelly stated that the term "Pimp Juice" is not meant to be gender specific. He pointed to the lyrics of the song that clearly explain the term's intent:
| “ | Now your pimp juice is anything, attract the opposite sex
It could be money, fame, or straight intellect It don't MATTER! [Women] got the pimp juice too Come to think about it dirty, they got more than we do They got mo'...juice in they talk, got mo' juice in they walk They got mo'...juice in they pants, OOH GODDAMN ANd some big pussies! |
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Nonetheless, women's and Civil Rights' groups rallied against the song and energy drink.[citation needed] In 2004, students at Spelman College, the historically Black women's college in Atlanta, protested Nelly's bone-marrow drive -- which he had started after discovering his sister had contracted leukemia.[citation needed]
