Ludacris & Field Mob, Georgia | Bangerz N Bopz 🔥

In the 12^th edition of Bangerz N Bopz 🔥 (2024), we highlight “Georgia” performed by Ludacris and Field Mob, featuring Jamie Foxx.

Bring on the bold, fierce songs! Bangerz N Bopz 🔥 serves up background info and insight into songs of various styles, especially songs that raise eyebrows and/or stir the pot.  Featured records can be classic or brand new. In the 12^th edition of Bangerz N Bopz 🔥 (2024), we break down “Georgia” performed by Ludacris and Field Mob, featuring Jamie Foxx.

“We on the grind in (Georgia) all the time / It ain’t nothin’ on my mind but (Georgia) we ain’t playin’ with ya,” Ludacris, assisted by Jamie Foxx asserts on “Georgia.” Notably, “Georgia” samples “Georgia On My Mind” by Ray Charles (it also samples vocals and lyrics from Boogie Down Productions’ “100 Guns”). During the chorus, it embraces more of the traditional track, with Foxx channeling his inner Ray.  However, during the verses, “Georgia” embraces those ATL, southern rap vibes. Ludacris is turnt up in the first verse, over a sensational minor-key instrumental, anchored by a mean beat courtesy of Vudu Spellz. “Yeah, dirty words, dirty birds, it’s mean in the Dirty South / If you ever disrespect it, then we’ll clean out ya dirty mouth,” Luda threatens. He adds, “We some ATL thrashers, scope ya punk and then smash ya / We’ll come through ya hood worse than a tsunami disaster.” Ooh-wee! 

It’s not all Ludacris and Foxx though – gotta bring Field Mob into the fold! Smoke gets into the mix beginning in the chorus prior to the second verse. He begins the verse with a bang, spitting, “I’m from the home of neckbones / Black eyed peas, turnip and collard greens / We the children of the corn, dirtier than Bob Marley’s pee-pee…” Moving on, Shawn Jay takes the third and final verse, confirming how Field Mob came up with their name: “When you see them confederate flags, you know what it is / Yo’ folks picked cotton here, that’s why we call it the field.” On the Billboard Hot 100, this song, that’s all things Georgia, peaked at no. 39 in 2006.  “Georgia” is a Grammy-nominated, aughts rap banger that deserved far more love.

🎙 Ludacris • 💿 Ludacris Presents… Disturbing Tha Peace • 🏷 The Island Def Jam Music Group • 📅 2005

Ludacris & Field Mob, Georgia: Bangerz N Bopz 🔥 No. 12 (2024) [📷: Brent Faulkner / The Musical Hype; The Island Def Jam Music Group; cottonbro studio, Harry Shelton, Kool Shooters, Lucas Pazeta, Mavluda Tashbaeva, Teddy Yang, Wesley Souza from Pexels]