Country Grammar (Hot Shit)

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"Country Grammar (Hot Shit)"
Single by Nelly
from the album Country Grammar
Released February 29, 2000
Format CD single
Recorded 1999
Genre Midwest hip hop
Length 4:48 (album version)
4:19 (radio edit)
3:50 (UK Edit)
Label Universal Records
Writer(s) Cornell Haynes, Jr., Jason Epperson
Producer Jason "Jay E" Epperson
Certification Gold (RIAA)
Nelly singles chronology
"Country Grammar (Hot Shit)"
(2000)		 "E.I."
(2000)
Alternative cover

"Country Grammar (Hot Shit)" is the debut single by American rapper Nelly. The song was produced by Jason "Jay E" Epperson. It was released in 2000, taken from Nelly's debut album Country Grammar. It peaked at #7 in both the US and UK and hit #56 in Sweden.

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[edit] Composition

The song's melody and chorus were taken from a song popularly sung by children with clapping games called "Roller Coaster". On the clean version, the word "shit" is backmasked, and most of the explicit words are replaced by radio-friendly words and/or bleep-related sound effects. For instance, the lyrics "street sweeper baby cocked" in the chorus are replaced with "boom boom baby" due to its reference to a weapon. Fellow St. Louis rapper Jibbs would later use the same tactic employed by Nelly in creating his first hit single. He would go on to imitate the popular children's song "Do Your Ears Hang Low?," with his song, "Chain Hang Low". The song also references Beenie Man's 1998 dancehall single "Who Am I (Sim Simma)" with the line, "Keys to my beemer, man, holla at Beenie Man".

[edit] Versions

[edit] Remixes

Another unofficial remix of the song with "Sweet Home Alabama" has been made and has received over 19,600,000 views on Youtube.

The official remix features E-40 and was produced by Jason "Jay E" Epperson.

[edit] Parodies

The song was also parodied in the TV show MADtv, having recalibrated the song into a rap-duet titled "Country Slammer" done by 2000 presidential and vice presidential candidates George W. Bush and Dick Cheney.

[edit] Track listings

  • U.S. Promo CD[1]
  1. (Hot S**t) Country Grammar [Clean Edit w/ Effects] 4:15
  2. (Hot S**t) Country Grammar [Clean Edit w/ Mutes & Boom Booms] 4:15
  3. (Hot S**t) Country Grammar [Instrumental] 4:49
  4. (Hot S**t) Country Grammar [Dirty Edit] 4:15
  5. (Hot S**t) Country Grammar [Call Out Hook] 0:11
  • U.S. Single
  1. (Hot S**t) Country Grammar [Clean Edit] 4:15
  2. (Hot S**t) Country Grammar [Dirty Edit] 4:15
  3. Greed Hate Envy [Snippet] 0:30
  4. E.I. [Snippet] 0:30
  5. Ride Wit Me [Snippet] 0:30
U.S. Vinyl, 12", 33 ⅓ RPM
  1. A1 (Hot S***) Country Grammar [Clean Version] 4:49
  2. A2 (Hot S***) Country Grammar [Dirty Version] 4:49
  3. A3 (Hot S***) Country Grammar [Instrumental] 4:49
  4. B1 (Hot S***) Country Grammar [Clean Version] 4:49
  5. B2 (Hot S***) Country Grammar [Dirty Version] 4:49
  6. B3 (Hot S***) Country Grammar [Instrumental] 4:49

US Vinyl, 12", Promo

  • A1 Country Grammar (Hot....) [Dirty Version] 4:49
  • A2 Country Grammar (Hot....) [Clean Version] 4:49
  • B1 Country Grammar (Hot....) [Instrumental] 4:49
  • B2 Country Grammar (Hot....) [Acapella] 3:58

UK 12", Promo

  • A1 E.I.
  • A2 Ride Wit Me
  • B1 Country Grammar (Hot S***)
  • B2 Steal The Show

UK Vinyl, 12"

  • A1 Country Grammar [Album Version] 4:47
  • A2 Country Grammar [Acapella] 3:58
  • B Country Grammar [Instrumental] 4:48

Europe Single

  • 1 Country Grammar [New Radio Edit] 3:04
  • 2 Country Grammar [Superclean Radio Edit W/FX] 3:50

Europe Maxi-CD Released November 13, 2000

  • 1 Country Grammar [New Radio Edit] 3:04
  • 2 Country Grammar [Superclean Radio Edit W/FX] 3:50
  • 3 Country Grammar [2 Step Mix] 5:56
  • 4 Country Grammar [Album Version] 4:47

Australia Maxi-CD

  • 1 Country Grammar [New Radio Edit] 3:04
  • 2 Country Grammar [Superclean Radio Edit W/FX] 3:50
  • 3 Country Grammar [2 Step Mix] 5:56
  • 4 Country Grammar [Album Version] 4:47

[edit] Charts

Chart (2000) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 7
U.S. Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs 5
U.S. Billboard Hot Rap Songs 1
Australian ARIA Singles Chart 20
Canadian RPM Singles Chart 10
UK Singles Chart 7

[edit] End of year charts

End of year chart (2000) Position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[2] 29

[edit] References

  1. ^ http://www.discogs.com/Nelly-Country-Grammar-Hot/master/130087
  2. ^ "Billboard Top 100 - 2000". http://longboredsurfer.com/charts.php?year=2000. Retrieved 2010-08-31. 

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