"P-Poppin'" is the first single from Ludacris's fourth album '' Chicken-n-Beer''. It features Shawnna and Lil Fate, and was jointly produced by Zukhan Bey and

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. The song samples " Danger (Been So Long)" by Mystikal, and depicts what goes on in a strip club and a dance that can be done with or without clothes.

Controversy

This song and

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's song "Tip Drill" were attacked for influencing younger audiences to be sexually active. The chorus repeats, "Head down pussy pussy poppin'." The explicit version of the music video was not shown on

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because it was so sexually explicit, and there were several scenes of naked women. The words "pussy poppin'" were replaced by "booty poppin'" to make the lyrics less explicit. Some of the women posed sexually, exposing their vulvas, and Ludacris smacks their buttocks. The uncut version that BET and MTV showed allowed the words "pussy poppin'" to be said but the women were blurred; however, the video was still more explicit than the Tip Drill video. The song received limited airplay due to its lyrics.

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* 2003 songs 2003 singles Ludacris songs Dirty rap songs Def Jam Recordings singles Songs written by Shawnna Songs written by Ludacris Songs written by Pharrell Williams Songs written by Chad Hugo Songs written by Mystikal {{2000s-hiphop-single-stub