"Pimp Juice"
Single by Nelly
from the album Nellyville
B-side"Ride wit Me"
ReleasedMarch 10, 2003 (2003-03-10)[1]
Length4:52
LabelUniversal
Songwriter(s)Nelly
Producer(s)Epperson
Nelly singles chronology
"Work It"
(2003) 		"Pimp Juice"
(2003) 		"Shake Ya Tailfeather"
(2003)

"Pimp Juice" is the fourth US and Canadian single by American rapper Nelly, released on March 10, 2003, from his 2002 album, Nellyville. The song peaked at number 58 on the Billboard Hot 100.[2] It samples UGK's song Wood Wheel from their album Dirty Money.

In the song, Nelly states that women only want him for his "pimp juice", which he needs to let loose. He later explains that "pimp juice" is anything used to "attract the opposite sex/It could be money, fame, or straight intellect" and that "Pimp juice is color blind/You find it work on all color creeds and kinds". The song was featured in VH1's "50 Most Awesomely Bad Songs...Ever" at number 30.[3]

Controversy

The song received backlash for its apparent glorification of prostitution. In 2004, students at Spelman College, the historically black women's college in Atlanta, protested Nelly's bone-marrow drive—which he had started after discovering his sister had been diagnosed with leukemia.[4]

Remix

The official remix features Ronald Isley of The Isley Brothers and The Feed's David Grelle on keyboard, and the song is on Nelly's remix album, Da Derrty Versions: The Reinvention. It contains a sample of "Curtains" by The Jeff Lorber Fusion.[5]

Track listing

US 12-inch vinyl

A1. "Pimp Juice" (clean album version) – 4:52
A2. "Pimp Juice" (dirty album version) – 4:52
A3. "Pimp Juice" (instrumental) – 4:52
B1. "Pimp Juice" (clean album version) – 4:52
B2. "Pimp Juice" (dirty album version) – 4:52
B3. "Pimp Juice" (instrumental) – 4:52

Charts

Chart (2003) Peak
Position
US Billboard Hot 100[6] 58
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard)[7] 27
US Hot Rap Songs (Billboard)[8] 11
US Rhythmic (Billboard)[9] 20

See also

References

  1. ^ "Going for Adds". Radio & Records. No. 1494. March 7, 2003. p. 50.
  2. ^ "Nelly - Billboard Legacy", Billboard.com., accessed September 19, 2011.
  3. ^ "VH1's 50 Most Awesomely Bad Songs...Ever". Accessed November 18, 2020.
  4. ^ D'Angelo, Joe (September 10, 2003). "Nelly's Pimp Juice Threatened By Anti-Pimp Campaign". MTV News. Retrieved April 26, 2008.
  5. ^ "Pimp Juice (Da Derrty Version Remix)". Who Sampled. Retrieved March 3, 2021.
  6. ^ "Nelly Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved March 11, 2019.
  7. ^ "Nelly Chart History (Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved March 11, 2019.
  8. ^ "Nelly Chart History (Hot Rap Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved March 11, 2019.
  9. ^ "Nelly Chart History (Rhythmic)". Billboard. Retrieved May 29, 2022.
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