"So Many Pros" is a song by American hip hop recording artist

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, featuring uncredited vocals by Charlie Wilson,

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and Rhea Dummett. It was released on April 14, 2015 as the second

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from his thirteenth

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and

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. The song was produced by The Neptunes. On the Graham Norton Show in May 2015, Snoop Dogg revealed that Pharrell Williams made him change the title of the song from "So Many Hoes" to "So Many Pros."

Background

The track "So Many Pros" was originally a track recorded by

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and featured Pharrell Williams &

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, however, due to Timbaland's album being cancelled Pharrell re-worked the final track, in which Chad Hugo, Charlie Wilson, Pharrell & Rhea Dummett feature on backing vocals. A video was also shot for "Been It", with amateur footage showing Timberlake recording his portion of the music video whilst on ''

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'' and Timbaland recording his portion on a beach with scantily clad models. The lyrics to the song seem to have remained unchanged, however the lyric "...so many hoes" has been changed to "...so many pros" which is the title of the track itself.

Music video

Snoop released the official video on April 14, 2015, to

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. The music video was directed by François Rousselet. At the

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, the music video won the award for Best Art Direction.

Commercial performance

"So Many Pros" debuted at number 47 on the United States ''

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chart dated May 2, 2015. Internationally the song peaking at number 169 in French SNEP chart.

Awards and nominations

Track listing

*Download digital #So Many Pros — 4:06

Personnel

Adapted from the credits as seen in the end of the video: *Produced -

*Recorded - Andrew Coleman and Mike Larson *Mixed - Mick Guzauski *Background Vocals - Charlie Wilson, Chad Hugo, Pharrell Williams and Rhea Dummett *Guitar - Brent Paschke

Charts

Release history

References

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