"Sensual Seduction", also known as "Sexual Eruption", is a song by American rapper

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. It was released on November 20, 2007 as the first single of his ninth

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'' Ego Trippin''', with the record label

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. The song was produced by Shawty Redd. Snoop Dogg sings the majority of the song using

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. The video's style visually references the style of

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, as part of its retro imagery.

Writing and background

Snoop Dogg originally heard the single "Drifter", produced by

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-based producer Fatboi, and was prepared to purchase the song. Snoop Dogg's cousin —

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affiliate rapper-producer

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— began to facilitate mediations between the two artists. Dillinger, in a good connection with Shawty Redd, organized an arrangement in which Shawty agreed to send Dillinger the rights, but also offered to make an exclusive track for Snoop with a similar sound to that of "Drifter". Daz also organized an audition meeting for the two while Snoop was touring Georgia. Shawty Redd was unable to attend the meeting, but later conversed about the beat with Snoop via telephone. He sent a demo instrumental to Los Angeles, and was ultimately surprised by the changes Snoop made to the track. Originally, Redd didn't intend to use the auto-tuned effect on the vocals. The tape was sent back, vocals included, and Shawty began to play it in his local club. The song was leaked in early October 2007. This song was released as downloadable content for the ''

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'' series. On the song Snoop Dogg notably used the

vocal effect for his singing. The rapper explained his Auto Tune usage in 2022, saying that he wanted to emulate the musical style of R&B singer

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. T-Pain stated he appreciated Snoop's usage, although he told in a 2021 interview that "Sensual Seduction" made his feature appearances on hip hop artists' songs obsolete, because they realized they could've used the effect by themselves.

Music video

The

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for "Sensual Seduction" was directed by Melina and produced by Steven Johnson, and premiered November 28, 2007 on

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. The video features Snoop in retro eighties outfits holding a

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while using a

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, and includes direct homages to Prince's " When Doves Cry" video. It also features him in a retro seventies outfit dancing in a colored background. It is the second time Snoop Dogg has made a retro style video. The first was in " Doggy Dogg World". ''

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'' parodied this video as "Sensible Deduction," featuring

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as Snoop Dogg. A remixed version of the video as ''Wideboys Club Mix'' also exists, and sees Snoop Dogg singing in the Wideboys club, while the club dancers are seeing dancing in background.

Remixes

There are 2 official remixes of the song that add new featured artists, the first remix using the clean version, "Sensual Seduction", and featuring

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. The second remix uses both versions of the song and is called "Sensual Seduction (Fyre Department Remix)" or "Sexual Eruption (Fyre Department Remix)", and features Swedish artist

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and Snoop's 1st and 3rd verses are switched; on the clean version of this remix, the word "bitch" was not censored. Other official remixes include those done by American DJs David Garcia & High Spies, German DJ

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, Australian DJ Dirty South, and

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DJs the

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. There is also an unofficial remix by

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called "Sexual Seduction". A remix called "The Art of Sensual Seduction" has not been officially released, although it is available in online shops, and a merengue/hip hop remix produced by Guary & Cleyton has been released titled "Seduccion Sensual".

Versions

*Album Version (as it appears on Ego Trippin' titled "Sexual Eruption") *"Sensual Seduction" (Radio Edit) *"Sensual Seduction" emixfeaturing

(Official Remix #1) *"Sensual Seduction" yre Department Remixfeaturing

(Official Remix #2) *"Sensual Seduction" (

Club Mix) *"Sensual Eruption" DPG Mix featuring

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& Daz *"Sensual Eruption" (David Garcia & High Spies Remix) *"Sensual Eruption" (

Remix) *"Sensual Eruption" ( Dirty South Remix) *"Sensual Seduction" olly Bmore Remix*"Sexual Eruption" imon Sez Remixfeaturing

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Remix)

Commercial performance

In the United States, the single debuted at number 76 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart, dated on December 15, 2007. The song peaked at number seven on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, making it Snoop Dogg's fifth top-ten single as a lead artist and eleventh overall."Snoop Dogg - global chart positions and trajectories"
aCharts.us. Retrieved January 17, 2008. As of February 2009, "Sexual Eruption" sold 869,000 digital downloads in the United States. The song saw renewed popularity in early 2023 after its use in many videos on

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Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

Video credits

*Melina, director for Black Dog Films *Steven Johnson, producer *Factory Features, production co *Omer Ganai, DP , *Jarrett Fijal, editor *Baked FX, vfxIn Depth: Snoop Dogg "Sexual Eruption"
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References

External links

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