"Hood Boy" is the first single from Fantasia Barrino's second album, Fantasia (2006). Produced by Tone Mason, it features a guest appearance from Big Boi from OutKast and has peaked at number 21 on Billboard's Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs and the Bubbling Under Hot 100 chart at number three (roughly equivalent to number 103).
The song was written by R&B singer Johnta Austin, Anthony McIntyre, and Big Boi. It is built around a sample of The Supremes' tenth number-one hit "The Happening", originally written by Motown songwriting team Holland-Dozier-Holland and film/TV composer Frank DeVol for the 1967 film of the same name.
[edit] Reception
The song received considerable praise from music critics. Rolling Stone called the song "a thrilling burst of Motown...to which Fantasia adds an amped-up ode to around-the-way boys".[1] Allmusic's Stephen Erlewine stated that (it is) "a dynamite single built on a blaring Supremes sample...It's inspired in concept and delivery, as Barrino pours her all into it and it works: with this one track, she sheds her AmIdol past and remakes herself into a vibrant, vital diva".[2] Entertainment Weekly called the song "one of the best R&B numbers of the year." [3]
[edit] Music video
The video premiered on BET. It features Fantasia in various locations, first in a barber shop as she attracts many men, then driving on a motorcycle as she carresses a boy sitting in front of her. She arrives at a party, where she dances and Big Boi appears and raps.
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