Drop It Like It's Hot

The phrase "drop it like it's hot" was already in common use before Snoop Dogg and Pharrell's song of the same name was released in 2004, and had been used in various songs since the 1990s. It is a metaphorical description of a dance move commonly performed by women, and is performed by various women throughout the music video. It was used in Positive K's 1992 album The Skills Dat Pay da Bills, in the song "Ain't No Crime." Fat Pat used the phrase in his single "Ghetto Dreams" recorded in 1997 from the 1998 album of the same name. It was also used by Lil Wayne as a guest rapper on Juvenile's 1999 hit single "Back That Azz Up" from his album 400 Degreez, and in his own song called "Drop It Like It's Hot" from his 1999 debut album Tha Block is Hot featuring B.G. and Mannie Fresh. Clark Kent said "drop it like it's hot" in the song "Cashmere Thoughts" from Jay-Z's 1996 debut album, Reasonable Doubt. DJ Quik used the phrase in the song "Sexuality" from his 2000 album Balance & Options. Another song with the same name is "Drop It Like It's Hot", sung by the Big Tymers, and featuring Chilli, Juvenile, and Lac. This version of the song was featured in the Big Tymers' 1998 rerelease of their debut album, How You Luv That Vol. 2.

Outside of hip-hop, it was also the title of a song on indie rock band Minus the Bear's 2002 EP Bands Like It When You Yell "Yar!" at Them.

USA Today called the song "scorching".^[3] Rolling Stone's Tom Moon said "The serpentine down-tempo single 'Drop It Like It's Hot', produced by the Neptunes, links Snoop's slyly exuberant delivery to a relentless dance-floor bounce".^[4] Steve "Flash" Juon of Rap Reviews wrote: "the stripped down sound of the Neptunes produced 'Drop it Like It's Hot' has produced one of Snoop's biggest hits to date. Ironically it may be in some ways more gangsterish than his "Deep Cover" debut in some aspects, but he's so chill about his delivery it doesn't sound the least bit menacing: That's quintessential Snoop for you - hard when you're not looking, but still velvet enough to appeal to the ladies and drive off in a fly Mercedes".^[5] Similarly, AllMusic's David Jeffries stated: "the ultrahot production team the Neptunes' contribution to the killer single 'Drop It Like It's Hot' had been duly noted, but lost in all the chatter was how inspired and on-fire Snoop sounds".^[6]

The music video of the single was released in 2004. It was directed by Paul Hunter and shot in black-and-white.^[7] It shows Snoop Dogg doing the dance step known as the Crip Walk in the very beginning and end. The video included both of Snoop Dogg's sons, Corde and Cordell Broadus. Other appearances in the video include Terry Kennedy, Lauren London, Pharrell Williams' fellow Neptunes member Chad Hugo, and Pusha T.

The video won the award for the Best Hip Hop Video at the 2006 MTV Australia Video Music Awards and a MOBO Award for Best Video in 2005.

There are two radio edits for the song: one is a standard radio edit that removes profanities and drug references while the other is an "Extra Clean" edit that removes phrases with gun and gang references (and the word "roll" from the chorus) as well.

• CD single^[15]

1. Drop It Like It's Hot (featuring Pharrell) — 4:32
2. Get 2 Know U (featuring Jelly Roll) — 3:36

• The official remix features new verses from Snoop Dogg, Pharrell Williams, and a verse from Jay-Z dissing R. Kelly for suing him, which appeared on the bonus CD of the 2005 Boss'n Up DVD.^[16]
• English drum and bass producer Roni Size performed a remix with Dynamite MC on BBC Radio 1's Live Lounge on January 10, 2005.
• Glitch-hop producer Edit also created an unofficial, unreleased remix, which can be found on various mixtapes.^[17]
• A remix of the song uses a new sample of the Gap Band song "Outstanding". The remix features E-40, Killer Mike, Warren G and Jadakiss.
• Lil Wayne released a remix of the song, titled "Nah This Ain't the Remix", on his 2005 mixtape The Dedication. He takes shots at Snoop Dogg for using his line, with lines like "don't touch my shit nigga" and "I rock a red flag.." However, he claimed that he was not mad at Snoop, saying in the song, "When I first heard this I got a little upset but then I thought to myself, what haven't I done yet?" and later, "Nah, I ain't hatin', don't get me wrong, I made it a hot line, you made it a hot song. Peace." It can be taken as a reference to Jay-Z's song dissing Nas, "Takeover", in which Jay-Z says: "I sampled your voice, you was usin' it wrong, you made it a hot line, I made it a hot song."

• MADtv did a parody music video of "Drop It Like It's Hot" called "Smokin' Too Much Pot." (The real song also contains references to marijuana.)
• British comedian Lenny Henry performed an elaborate parody of the song, complete with a music video closely mimicking that of the original, on the second episode of his 2005 comedy series, The Lenny Henry Show.
• "Weird Al" Yankovic included a few lines from the song in "Polkarama!", a medley of popular songs set to polka music on his 2006 release Straight Outta Lynwood.
• Carlos Mencia parodied rappers who went to jail in a rap video parody on Mind of Mencia. He parodied Snoop's "Drop It Like It's Hot", DMX's "Ruff Ryders' Anthem" and Mystikal and Pharrell's "Shake Ya Ass".
• Bulgarian comedy rappers DJ Damian & Dinamit parodied the video of "Drop It Like It's Hot" and Terror Squad featuring Fat Joe and Remy's song "Lean Back (Remix)" (produced by Lil Jon) in their song "Kachak" ("Къчак") satirizing the lifestyle of the gypsies of Bulgaria.
• The music video was parodied by country group Hot Apple Pie for their 2005 video "Hillbillies".
• Snoop Dogg adapted the song to "Pocket Like It's Hot" in an advertising campaign for Hot Pockets.
• Iman "Alphacat" Crosson made a parody of the song which focuses on Barack Obama's presidency and his health care ObamaCare.
• Kendrick Lamar parodied the song on his first mixtape Hub City Threat: Minor Of The Year (2004).

• The song was covered by the German band The BossHoss on their 2007 release Stallion Battalion.
• Jimmy Fallon and Justin Timberlake covered the song in a "History of Rap" skit.
• The song was covered by German singer Lena Meyer-Landrut.

• List of number-one singles from the 2000s (New Zealand)#2005
• List of Hot 100 number-one singles of 2004 (U.S.)
• List of number-one R&B singles of 2004 (U.S.)
• List of Billboard number-one rap singles of the 2000s
• List of Billboard Rhythmic Top 40 number-one songs of the 2000s