"Freaky Gurl" is a song by rapper

Gucci Mane Radric Delantic Davis (born February 12, 1980), known professionally as Gucci Mane, is an American rapper and record executive. He helped pioneer the hip hop subgenre of trap music alongside fellow Atlanta-based rappers T.I. and Young Jeezy, ...

from his 2006 album ''

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'' and his 2007 album ''

Trap-A-Thon ''Trap-A-Thon'' is the third studio album by American rapper Gucci Mane. It was released on October 11, 2007 through Big Cat Records with distribution via Tommy Boy Entertainment. Production was handled by Zaytoven, Cyber Sapp, G-Fresh, Slim Majo ...

''. The song was produced by Cyber Sapp for

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; its catchy beat interpolates "

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" by

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, who is credited as a songwriter. The song performed poorly in 2006. Remixed and released as a single by

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, it entered the

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pop chart at position 94 on October 6, 2007, then rose for two months to a peak of number 62 in early December. It peaked at number 19 on the R&B/Hip-Hop chart at the end of October. The remixed song served as the lead single to Mane's first album with Atlantic: ''

Back to the Trap House ''Back to the Trap House'' is the fourth studio album by American rapper Gucci Mane. It was released on December 11, 2007. Critical reception The album received mixed reviews from critics. Jordan Sargent of ''PopMatters'' gave the album a rat ...

''. The song sparked a lawsuit by

against Marlon Rowe, CEO of

. Mane had been signed to Big Cat and had released ''Hard to Kill'' in 2006 with "Freaky Gurl" on it, with little success. Mane jumped to Atlantic, buying out his Big Cat contract for $300,000 plus royalties. Mane and Atlantic remixed the song with original producer Cyber Sapp, and released the new version as a single in September 2007. When the remix entered the charts, Rowe quickly put together another Mane album—''

''—to capitalize on Mane's new fame, using the original mix of "Freaky Gurl" and Mane's rejected songs that had not made the album cut in 2006. Mane asked his fans not to purchase ''Trap-A-Thon'', saying it was "unfinished and does not represent who I am today as an artist." Atlantic sued Rowe for interfering with their album project ''

'', which carried the popular remix. Big Cat argued that the remix was based on a song they still owned, and that Sapp used the original multi-track recordings to produce the remix without permission. Rowe and Atlantic resolved their dispute with a "seven-figure deal" benefiting Rowe at the end of 2007. The remix features

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and

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also remixed the song under the name "Wanna Minaj?" for her mixtape '' Sucka Free''. Her remix features Mane's chorus, Lil' Kim's verse and new verse by Minaj.

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