Drop It Like It's Hot
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"Drop It Like It's Hot" is a 2004 hip-hop number-one hit single by Snoop Dogg featuring Pharrell Williams. 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".
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. Its music video is shot in monochrome mode with every scene following and depicting the concerning lyrics. It was directed by Paul Hunter.
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.
History
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. Jay-Z said "drop it like it's hot" in the song "Cashmere Thoughts" off his 1996 album, "Reasonable Doubt". The phrase is ultimately derived from the popular European-American traditional game of hot potato. The expression is basically a call for a female to perform a suggestive dance (usually directly in front of or with a male) 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. Outside of hip-hop, it was also the title of a song on indie rock band Minus The Bear's 2002 EP "Bands Like It When You Yell "Yar!" at Them."
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 (only referred to as "Weed", the alternative name 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
- A remix of the song uses a new sample of the Gap Band song "Outstanding". The remix features E-40, Killer Mike, Warren G and Jadakiss .
- 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 parodied the song in "Polkarama", on 2006's Straight Outta Lynwood.
- A version of the song appeared on YTMND in Fall 2006 in which the Gourmet Race song from Kirby Super Star was overlayed.
- British soul singer Beverley Knight covered the song on BBC Radio 1's Live Lounge.
- Carlos Mencia parodied rappers who went to jail in his new rap video on Mind of Mencia. He parodied Snoop's "Drop It Like It's Hot", DMX's "Ruff Ryders Anthem" and Mystikal's "Shake It Fast".
- Bastard pop artist Party Ben mashed Drop It Like It's Hot with the Led Zeppelin song Whole Lotta Love
- Rob Vincent, a.k.a. DJ Luciernaga, mashed Drop It Like It's Hot with the driving test from Sony PlayStation game Parappa the Rapper.
- German Aggro Berlin rapper Harris released also two remixes "Wo Ist Mein Gras" and "Wo Ist Mein... /Drop It Like It's Hot". Wo ist mein Gras means Where is my weed?
- Lil Wayne released a remix of the song. He claimed that Snoop used "his" line but wasn't mad saying in the song, "I made it a hot line, you made it a hot song. Peace."
Charts
| Chart | Position |
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| U.S. Billboard Hot 100 | 1 |
| U.S. Hot Rap Singles | 1 |
| U.S. Hot R & B/Hip Hop Songs | 1 |
| Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs year-end 2005 | 5[1] |
| U.S. Rhythmic Top 40 | 1 |
| U.S. Latin Tropical Airplay | 32 |
| Germany Airplay Top 100 | 46 |
| Canada Top 50 | 37 |
| Canada Airplay: The Hits Chart Top 100 | 62 |
| United World Chart Singles And Airplay | 6 |
| World RnB Top 30 | 1 |
| New Zealand Top 50 | 1 |
| Switzerland Top 100 | 3 |
| Australia Top 100 | 4 |
| Netherlands Top 40 | 5 |
| Ireland Top 50 | 7 |
| India Top 20 | 7 |
| Germany Top 100 | 8 |
| Austria Top 75 | 9 |
| Belgium Top 50 | 9 |
| Norway Top 20 | 9 |
| UK singles chart | 10 |
| Italy Top 50 | 11 |
| Finland Top 20 | 13 |
| France Top 100 | 21 |
| Brasil Top 100 | 22 |
| Sweden Top 60 | 25 |
| Tokyo Hot 100 | 32 |
| Sri Lanka Top 40 | 1 |
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