"Drop It Like It's Hot" is a song by American rapper

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featuring American musician

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. It was released on September 27, 2004, as the lead single from Snoop Dogg's seventh studio album, '' R&G (Rhythm & Gangsta): The Masterpiece'' (2004). The song was produced by Williams alongside

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. It is regarded as an iconic song, with Snoop performing the chorus and the second and third verses while Pharrell performs the first verse. The song topped the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100 for three weeks, making it both artists' first number one on the chart. It was also Snoop's fourth top-ten as a solo artist, first since 2003's " Beautiful" featuring Williams and Uncle Charlie Wilson (the others being 1993's " What's My Name?" and 1994's "

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"). The song also gave him his first number one on the

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chart. It also peaked at number one for four consecutive weeks in

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, and number ten in the UK Singles Chart. It gained some critical attention for its minimal, extremely sparse production, consisting of tongue clicks, keyboards, a drum machine beat and white

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. It was nominated at the 47th Annual Grammy Awards in 2005 for Best Rap Song and Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group. Two songs "

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" by

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and "

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" by

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respectively won the former and latter awards. The single was Williams' biggest hit worldwide, until 2013's " Get Lucky" with

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and

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, " Blurred Lines" with Robin Thicke and

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, and "

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", the latter being his biggest single as a lead artist. On December 10, 2009, "Drop It Like It's Hot" was named the most popular rap song of the decade by ''

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''. In 2024, the song appeared on Williams' soundtrack album '' Piece by Piece (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)''.

Origin of song title

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's 1992 album '' The Skills Dat Pay da Bills'', in the song "Ain't No Crime." Fat Pat used the phrase in his single "Ghetto Dreams" recorded in 1997 from the 1998 album of the same name. It was also used by

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as a guest rapper on Juvenile's 1999 hit single "

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" from his album '' 400 Degreez'', and in his own song called "Drop It Like It's Hot" from his 1999 debut album '' Tha Block is Hot'' featuring B.G. and

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said "drop it like it's hot" in the song "Cashmere Thoughts" from

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's 1996 debut album, ''

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''.

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used the phrase in the song "Sexuality" from his 2000 album ''

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''. Another song with the same name is "Drop It Like It's Hot", sung by the

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, and featuring Chilli, Juvenile, and Lac. This version of the song was featured in the Big Tymers' 1998 rerelease of their debut album, '' How You Luv That Vol. 2''. Outside of

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, it was also the title of a song on

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's 2002 EP ''Bands Like It When You Yell "Yar!" at Them''.

Critical reception

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'' called the song "scorching". ''

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''s Tom Moon said "The serpentine down-tempo single 'Drop It Like It's Hot', produced by

, links Snoop's slyly exuberant delivery to a relentless dance-floor bounce". Steve "Flash" Juon of ''Rap Reviews'' wrote: "the stripped down sound of the Neptunes produced 'Drop it Like It's Hot' has produced one of Snoop's biggest hits to date. Ironically it may be in some ways more gangsterish than his "

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" debut in some aspects, but he's so chill about his delivery it doesn't sound the least bit menacing: That's quintessential Snoop for you - hard when you're not looking, but still velvet enough to appeal to the ladies and drive off in a fly Mercedes". Similarly,

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's David Jeffries stated: "the ultrahot production team the Neptunes' contribution to the killer single 'Drop It Like It's Hot' had been duly noted, but lost in all the chatter was how inspired and on-fire Snoop sounds".

Music video

The music video of the single was released in 2004. It was directed by

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and shot in

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. It shows Snoop Dogg doing the dance step known as the

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in the very beginning and end. The video included both of Snoop Dogg's sons, Corde and Cordell Broadus. Other appearances in the video include Terry Kennedy,

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, Pharrell Williams' fellow Neptunes member

, and

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. The video won the award for the Best Hip Hop Video at the 2006 MTV Australia Video Music Awards and a

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for Best Video in 2005.

Radio edits

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s for the song: one is a standard radio edit that removes profanities and drug references while the other is an "Extra Clean" edit that removes phrases with gun and gang references (and the word "roll" from the chorus) as well.

Commercial performance

North America

"Drop It Like It's Hot" was the highest-ranking debut for the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart dated October 2, 2004, entering the chart at number 51. The song topped the US ''Billboard Hot'' 100 for three weeks from December 10, 2004. The song also reached number one on

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and

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. Since its release the song has been certified Gold by the

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. The Mastertone (ringtone) version received certification of double platinum by the RIAA.

Europe

The single reached number ten on the UK Singles Chart, and reached the top ten in several countries.

Oceania

The song topped the

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for four weeks, making it Snoop Dogg's first number one on the chart.

Track listing

*CD single #Drop It Like It's Hot (featuring

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) — 4:32 #Get 2 Know U (featuring Jelly Roll) — 3:36

Remixes

*The official remix features new verses from Snoop Dogg, Pharrell Williams, and a verse from Jay-Z dissing

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for suing him, which appeared on the bonus CD of the 2005 ''

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'' DVD. * English

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producer

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performed a remix with

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on January 10, 2005. *

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producer

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also created an unofficial, unreleased remix, which can be found on various mixtapes. *A remix of the song uses a new sample of the

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". The remix features

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and

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. *Lil Wayne released a remix of the song, titled "Nah This Ain't the Remix", on his 2005 mixtape ''

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''. He takes shots at Snoop Dogg for using his line, with lines like "don't touch my shit nigga" and "I rock a red flag.." However, he claimed that he was not mad at Snoop, saying in the song, "When I first heard this I got a little upset but then I thought to myself, what haven't I done yet?" and later, "Nah, I ain't hatin', don't get me wrong, I made it a hot line, you made it a hot song. Peace." It can be taken as a reference to Jay-Z's song dissing

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", in which Jay-Z says: "I sampled your voice, you was usin' it wrong, you made it a hot line, I made it a hot song."

Mashups

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artist Party Ben

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"Drop It Like It's Hot" with the

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". * DJ BC mashed up the song with

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's I Can't Wait. *A mashup by an unknown artist was featured in the 10th Victoria's Secret Fashion Show in 2005. It is mashed with the song "Plaine Ma Plaine" by French composer

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. The mashup was uploaded to the streaming platform

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in 2013 by Kurt Mamisao; however, he is not considered the artist who originally made the mashup.

Samples

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's 2009 hit "

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" (featuring

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) from his album ''

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'' sampled the song with a cameo appearance by Snoop Dogg at the 2009 BET Awards.

Parodies

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'' did a parody

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of "Drop It Like It's Hot" called "Smokin' Too Much

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performed an elaborate parody of the song, complete with a music video closely mimicking that of the original, on the second episode of his 2005 comedy series, ''

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included a few lines from the song in " Polkarama!", a medley of popular songs set to polka music on his 2006 release ''

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''. *

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parodied rappers who went to jail in a rap video parody on ''

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''. He parodied Snoop's "Drop It Like It's Hot", DMX's "

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" and

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and Pharrell's "

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DJ Damian & Dinamit parodied the video of "Drop It Like It's Hot" and Terror Squad featuring

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and Remy's song " Lean Back (Remix)" (produced by

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group

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for their 2005 video "

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". *Snoop Dogg adapted the song to "Pocket Like It's Hot" in an advertising campaign for

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. * Iman "Alphacat" Crosson made a parody of the song which focuses on

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's presidency and his health care

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. *

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parodied the song on his first mixtape ''Hub City Threat: Minor Of The Year'' (2004).

Covers and other media

*The song was covered by the German band

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on their 2007 release ''Stallion Battalion''. *

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and

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covered the song in a "History of Rap" skit. *The song was covered by German singer

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Soundtrack appearances

*The song appears in the game ''

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'' for

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on the

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, in a commercial for the soft drink

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, the 2013 animated film ''

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'' and its

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(using the clean radio version) and the 2019 animated film ''

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'' (In which Snoop Dogg also starred). *The song was featured on the ''

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'' soundtrack. *The song was featured in ''

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'',

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, episode 12, " Mission Accomplished" in 2004. *A remixed version of the song is available as downloadable content for the

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series ''

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''. The song features the original vocal track (censored to maintain an

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"Teen" rating) with an added electric guitar and bass line, as well as an expanded drum pattern. *Also, it appeared on Williams' soundtrack album '' Piece by Piece (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)'', and also appeared on the trailer of the Williams biopic of the same name.

Trivia

*Snoop Dogg's cousin

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took her stage name and persona The Boss from the lyrics "Da Big Bo$$ Dogg, yeah I had to do that" after the late

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mentioned to her about Snoop being her cousin after struggling to create a persona for the

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. *Coincidentally, at

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, Snoop escorted Banks (and performed a freestyle rap) for her entrance and also changed the lyrics "I'm a gangsta, but y'all knew that/Da Big Bo$$ Dogg, yeah I had to do that" to "She's a legit boss, but y'all knew that/Da Big Bo$$ Dogg, yeah I had to do that" in her entrance music. *The song was performed at the

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alongside " The Next Episode" with

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during the "Legendary Hip-hop stage" segment. * In 2018,

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released the ''

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'' album, which featured "Foot Fungus", an interpolation of "Drop It Like It's Hot".

Legacy

*The hand motioned dance featured near the beginning of the music video became an

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and has been used in numerous internet videos from well-known online creators. *The song was performed on August 11, 2024 in the

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during the handover segment from Paris to Los Angeles, it was recorded one day before the ceremony in

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References

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