Southern Hospitality

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For the social practice in the Southeastern United States, see Southern hospitality.
“Southern Hospitality”
Single by Ludacris featuring Pharrell
from the album Back For The First Time
Released December 12, 2000
Recorded 2000
Genre Pop Rap
Length 4:40
Label Def Jam
Writer(s) C. Bridges
P. Williams
Producer The Neptunes
Ludacris featuring Pharrell singles chronology
What's Your Fantasy
(2000)
"Southern Hospitality"
(2000)
Area Codes
(2001)

Southern Hospitality is the second single released off Ludacris's album entitled Back for the First Time released in 2000. The song was composed by The Neptunes. The song showcases the term Throw Dem Bows.

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[edit] Video Summary

For the beginning of the video, the camera shows "Welcome to Atlanta" in red on a doormat, which leads to some steps that Ludacris and his associates walk out from. Coming out of the house, Luda and his friends strut as the music plays. [1] The recurring acts of the video are the men walking down the street, women dancing in a black background close to each other, the four women who stand in front of a place called the Rib shack, child versions of Ludacris and friends, and the video has many satirical elements. A random line of local people appear to be dancing.[1] Random actions occur from the people around. In a close up, one person is shown offering a plate of catfish show who since it is a close-up.[1] Randomly, he and another woman (who dances fast) appear in the black background shortly. A small crowd of people near a barbershop appears having fun. The people around constantly dance unexplainably. An interesting scene sees Ludacris and some girls behind him running around a building. runs out into the streets. Instantaneously, he sees a black tour bus meet up with him with Def Jam on the bottom. The vehicle passes by. This creates an illusion of Ludacris getting hit.[1] The video and song overall displays how the people in the south react to each other and how they look act, and dance.[1]

[edit] Billboard Chart summary

Southern Hospitality did very well for Ludacris, though its success can be credited to the Rap charts alone. He had peak positions of 5 and 6.[2], and 23 on the Billboard Hot 100.


[edit] Billboard charts

Chart Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 23
U.S. Hot Rap Tracks 5
U.S. Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks 6 [2]

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c d e The Second Single is in the South. Retrieved on 2006-12-06.
  2. ^ a b Back For The First Time song positions. Retrieved on 2006-12-06.

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