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“Drop It Like It's Hot” by Snoop Dogg featuring Pharrell Williams
From the album R&G (Rhythm & Gangsta): The Masterpiece (2004) Featuring Pharrell Williams
“Drop It Like It's Hot” by Snoop Dogg featuring Pharrell Williams appears on 2 radio countdowns from 2 stations between 2022 and 2024. It was first released in 2004 on the album R&G (Rhythm & Gangsta): The Masterpiece. Its best result is #90 on the 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the 2000s.
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Snoop Dogg opened the campaign for his seventh album, R&G (Rhythm & Gangsta): The Masterpiece, with "Drop It Like It's Hot", the lead single that dropped in September 2004 with Pharrell Williams riding shotgun. Pharrell takes the first verse and Snoop handles the chorus and the other two, over a track the Neptunes, Pharrell and Chad Hugo, built out of next to nothing: tongue clicks, white noise, keyboards and a drum machine. Critics fixated on how bare it was, and that empty space is the hook.
It gave both men their first Billboard Hot 100 number one, three weeks on top, and handed Snoop his first chart-topper on the R&B/hip-hop chart too. It earned Grammy nominations for Best Rap Song and Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group, and in 2009 Billboard crowned it the decade's most popular rap song.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 90 | 90.9 The Bridge | 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the 2000s | 907 |
| 2024 | 790 | WXPN | WXPN The 885 Greatest Songs of the 21st Century (2024) | 885 |
Also listed as: Drop It Like It's Hot (feat. Pharrell Williams).
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