"What's Your Fantasy" is the debut single by American rapper

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from his independently released debut album '' Incognegro'' and his first major label studio album '' Back for the First Time''. As a single, it was released on September 12, 2000, via

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. Produced by Shondrae "Bangladesh" Crawford, it features guest appearance from fellow DTP signee

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. The song is focused around the narration of explicit

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. In addition to discussion of sexual intercourse and

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, Ludacris hints at

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and role-playing in the song. The song peaked at #21 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, at #19 on the Official Singles Chart Top 100, and was certified Platinum by the

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. It was included in the

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album for

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's 2001

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''. In 2008, the song was ranked number 58 on

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's 100 Greatest Hip-Hop Songs.

Remix and sequel

The official

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of the song features verses from

Trina Katrina Laverne Kearse (née Taylor; born December 3, 1974), is an American rapper. She rose to prominence in the late 1990s for her collaborations with Trick Daddy on the singles " Nann Nigga", " Shut Up", and " Take It to da House". In 2000, ...

, Shawnna and Foxy Brown. The single version runs 4:50 (clean radio edit) or 5:44 (explicit) and includes a new verse by Ludacris on the single version, while the album version runs 4:36 and only features him on the chorus In the remix, the three female artists go even further with explicit lyrics referencing

, analingus, and other sex acts. The fifth song off

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's six-track

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''X Files'' is titled "Fantasy 2" which features Ludacris. He raps the famous "lick lick lick you from your head to your toes" line from "What's Your Fantasy" prior to his verse. The mixtape was released on November 19, 2013.

Live performances

On April 2, 2015, in promotion of his eighth studio album '' Ludaversal,'' Ludacris performed a special acoustic rendition of the song with

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on ''

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''.

Track listing

CD single

#"What's Your Fantasy" (Radio edit) #"What's Your Fantasy" (Album version explicit) #"What's Your Fantasy" (Remix) feat. Trina, Shawna and Foxy Brown #"What's Your Fantasy" (Video)

12" single

A side

#"What's Your Fantasy" (Album version clean) #"What's Your Fantasy" (Instrumental)

B side

#"What's Your Fantasy" (Album version explicit) #"What's Your Fantasy" (Remix explicit) feat. Trina, Shawna and Foxy Brown

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

References

External links

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