Snoop Dogg, Drop It Like It’s Hot | Bangerz N Bopz 🔥

In the 93rd edition of Bangerz N Bopz 🔥 (2024), we highlight “Drop It Like It’s Hot” performed by Snoop Dogg featuring Pharrell Williams.

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 stir the pot.  Featured records can be classic or brand new. In the 93^rd edition of Bangerz N Bopz 🔥 (2024), we break down “Drop It Like It’s Hot” performed by Snoop Dogg featuring Pharrell Williams.

“Snoop / Snoop!”  Ooh wee! Snoop Dogg (Calvin Broadus) earned his first no. 1 hit on the Billboard Hot 100 with “Drop It Like It’s Hot”. The 16-time Grammy-nominated rapper (who should have won at least one) got a huge lift from the production of The Neptunes.  Beyond the distinct, minimalist accompaniment crafted by the duo, Pharrell Williams serves as a featured guest. 20 years old, “Drop It Like It’s Hot” remains fresh, and well deserving of the title of a rap classic.  With innovative production and two big personalities collaborating (Snoop and Pharrell), magic was inevitable.

The chorus, first and foremost, is the section to beat regarding lyrics:

“When the pimp’s in the crib, ma

(Drop it like it’s hot, drop it like it’s hot, drop it like it’s hot)

When the pigs try to get at you

(Park it like it’s hot, park it like it’s hot, park it like it’s hot)

And if a nigga get a attitude

(Pop it like it’s hot, pop it like it’s hot, pop it like it’s hot)

I got the Rollie on my arm and I’m pourin’ Chandon

And I roll the best weed, ’cause I got it goin’ on.”

Gah-day-um! One of the best, most infectious hooks, hands down.  Beyond the hook, which ignited the popularity of the phrase ‘drop it like it’s hot,’ Snoop says his fair share of memorable lines. “I keep a blue flag hangin’ out my backside / But only on the left side, yeah, that’s the Crip side,” he raps in the second verse, referencing his gang affiliation. In the third verse, the former pimp asserts, “I’m a bad boy with a lotta hoes / Drive my own cars and wear my own clothes.” Translation: he’s rich, bi-otch! Pharrell also deserves his flowers for the first verse, confidently and raunchily rapping, “Eligible bachelor, million dollar beat / That’s whiter than what’s slippin’ down your throat.” Oh, snap! No deep analysis is necessary for “Drop It Like It’s Hot”, one of the best rap songs to come out of the 2000s. SNOOP!

Snoop Dogg // R&G (Rhythm & Gangsta): The Masterpiece // Geffen // 2004

Snoop Dogg, Drop It Like It’s Hot: Bangerz N Bopz 🔥 No. 93 (2024) [📷: Brent Faulkner / The Musical Hype; Geffen; cottonbro studio, Harry Shelton, Kool Shooters, Lucas Pazeta, Mavluda Tashbaeva, Teddy Yang, Wesley Souza from Pexels]