"Hood Nigga" ( edited for radio as "Hood Figga") is a song by American hip hop recording artist

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, released as the lead single from his debut album, ''

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''. It was officially released via

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, on April 24, 2007. The song was produced by Chris Flame and Dee Jay Dana.

Music video

This

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was premiered on

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on June 18, 2007 and

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on June 19, 2007.

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, Block,

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, Eightball, and

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made cameo appearances in the music video.

Remixes

*The song "Get It Up" by

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, M.I.A.,

is part remix, part mash-up and features a large portion of the Gorilla Zoe single in the beginning of the song. It was produced by Radioclit and has brought renewed interest in the original. *The 1st official remix, called "Hood Figga" (The Block Remix), features

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, and

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(in that order), the remix was released as an explicit version. *The 2nd official remix, called "Hood Figga" (The Block Remix), features

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, and

(in that order) and a new verse by Gorilla Zoe, the remix was released as an edited version. *Initially, another leaked remix featured just Jeezy's verse, while yet another featured Jeezy and Big Boi's verses, as well as a verse by Trae. There is also another remix featuring

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. Also a Miami Remix featuring

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has made its way onto the mixtape circuit. Another remix featuring Lil Wayne and Birdman has also made its way into the song. *Philadelphia rapper

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released a remix over the instrumental featuring his

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rap group. *New York rapper

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released a remix over the instrumental called "Fly Nigga" on his "Zone Out Season" mixtape. *California rapper

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released a remix over the instrumental of the same name of the Jae Millz's instrumental (Fly Nigga) which was supposed to be in the album

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and of which there is an official video available on

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. *West Coast rapper

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released a remix over the instrumental called "Blood Nigga" along with a video available on

Chart performance

"Hood Nigga" debuted on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 on the week ending August 11, 2007 at number 100. Twelve weeks later, it peaked at number 38 on the week ending November 3, 2007 and stayed on the chart for twenty weeks after leaving the chart. This is Gorilla Zoe's only top 40 hit on that chart, to date.

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

References

External links

The Hip Hop Dictionary
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