"Rock Yo Hips" is a song by American

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sextet

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featuring

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. It was recorded at

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and released on August 29, 2006 via

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as the lead single from the group's second studio album '' Hated on Mostly''. Production was handled by Crime Mob member Lil' Jay. The single peaked at number 30 on the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100. The music video directed by Dr. Teeth premiered on

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.com on November 7, 2006. The style of the video is inspired by

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, such as

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and

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, and featured African-American fraternities such as

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and

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. The official remix features fellow rappers

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and

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and new verses from the group.

Track listing

Personnel

*Jonathan "Lil' Jay" Lewis – main artist, songwriter, producer, mixing *Brittany "

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" Carpentero – main artist, songwriter *Venetia "

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" Lewis – main artist, songwriter *Jarques "M.I.G." Usher – main artist, songwriter *Chris "Killa C" Henderson – main artist, songwriter *Alphonce "Cyco Black" Smith – main artist, songwriter *Darryl "

" Richardson – featured artist *Mike Wilson – mixing, recording *Jamie Newman – assistant mixing

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Release history

References

External links

* 2006 songs Crunk songs 2006 singles Crime Mob songs Lil Scrappy songs Warner Records singles {{2000s-hiphop-song-stub