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| Single by Lil' Kim featuring Sisqo | ||||
| from the album The Notorious K.I.M. | ||||
| Released | July 1, 2000 | |||
| Format | CD single | |||
| Recorded | 1999 | |||
| Genre | Hip hop, R&B, electro hop, dirty rap | |||
| Length | 3:52 | |||
| Label | Atlantic/Queen Bee Entertainment | |||
| Writer(s) | Lil' Kim, Sisqó | |||
| Producer | Mario Winans, Diddy | |||
| Lil' Kim featuring Sisqo singles chronology | ||||
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"How Many Licks?" is a Rap-R&B song with electronic hop influences released as the second single from Lil' Kim's 2000 Lil' album The Notorious K.I.M.. The song is about Lil' Kim bragging about the various men she's been with and the effects her "dolls" have on men. The single featured R&B singer Sisqo.
The song samples the theme from the TV show, "Knight Rider".
The remix produced by The Neptunes features verses by Snoop Dogg, and Lil Cease with Pharrell & Kelis on the hook.
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[edit] Music video
The music video follows a storyline in which the protagonist, Kim, releases a line of comestible dolls in her own likeness, intended to be used by gentlemen to practice cunnilingus. In the initial stanza, Kim rhapsodizes over the large, heterogeneous population of men with whom she has engaged in intercourse, and how they have satisfied her sexually and non-sexually. The figurine introduced during this sequence is christened "Candy Kim."
The subsequent verse goes out to her African-American fans currently residing in the corrections system, specifically those individuals who enjoy cannabis and onanism while envisioning themselves coupling with Kim; the singer suggests she is so prepossessing that images of her incite fisticuffs among the internees. She dubs herself "Pin-Up Kim," whose images festoon the cells of the incarcerated.
The concluding section introduces yet another incarnation, "NightRider Kim." NightRider Kim drives an ebony Lamborghini at high velocity, decelerating only when she sees a comely man. The watchword for this final section is "She doesn't satisfy you...you satisfy her." She demands that the listener appease her, admonishing that, if he fails to do so, he must attempt the task again until he succeeds. She stresses that men should give her cunnilingus "like it's rehearsal for a tootsie commercial." This allusion reveals the basis for the title of the composition, because since 1970, Tootsie Pops has been running a television advertisement with the tagline, "How many licks does it take to get to the Tootsie Roll center of a Tootsie Pop?"
[edit] Chart performance
"How Many Licks" debuted on the Billboard Hot 100 at number 90 and rose to its peak at number 75. It did far better on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks peaking at number 36. On the Hot Rap Singles chart it did the best peaking at number 11. The song became a hit in late 2000 in The Netherlands, where it peaked at number 6 in the Dutch Top 40 and remained 13 weeks in the charts.
