Still Tippin'

"Still Tippin'"
Single by Mike Jones featuring Slim Thug & Paul Wall
from the album Who Is Mike Jones?
Released	April 12, 2004
Format	CD, digital download
Recorded	2004
Genre	Hip hop
Length	4:37 (Explicit version)
Label	Asylum, Swishahouse, Warner Bros
Producer	Salih Williams
Certification	Platinum (RIAA)
Mike Jones singles chronology "Still Tippin'" (2004) "Back Then" (2005)

"Still Tippin" is the first official single taken from the Mike Jones' album Who Is Mike Jones?. The last verse was given to rapper Paul Wall after a feud between Jones and fellow artist Chamillionaire, resulting in Chamillionaire's departure from Swishahouse.

The beat, produced by Salih Williams, the chorus features a very slowed-down, hypnotic refrain from an older Swishahouse song of Slim Thug from year's past. In an interview with MTV, Jones stated that the "tippin'" of the title is a synonym for "cruising" (i.e. driving). He also added that the following lines refer to "the spokes that you see sticking out" wrapped in vogue tires, which he states "were made in 1984 by Cadillac and those were the most popular ones at the time": "Still tippin' on four 4's[rims], wrapped in four vouges [tires]".

The song featured an innovative video directed by Dr. Teeth who earned a Video Music Award nomination for his work. After the success of "Still Tippin'", Dr. Teeth's name became attached to some of the hottest videos of 2006 year, including Paul Wall's "Sittin' Sideways" and Mike Jones' "Back Then," among others. Dr. Teeth vision crafted the vision for the Houston explosion setting The career for Paul Wall Mike Jones & Slim Thug, but for those not familiar with the rising director, he has been putting in work in various places like BET and CBS, working behind-the-scenes for years.

According to CD Now the album was released in 2003 on Swishahouse's The Day Hell Broke Loose 2 AKA Major Without A Major Deal album, but due to word of mouth, and the infamous X-rated version seen on BET: Uncut released in spring of the following year, by late 2004 the song received major radio rotations, and an edited version of the video was released. A remix of the song, featured 50 Cent, Young Buck and Spider Loc. The remix is called "Bitch What U Know About". Also as freestyle of this song by Ludacris in the mixtape The Preview called Still Spittin'. The official remix is called "Still Tippin (It's a Man's World Remix)", it features singer Nicole Wray, it can be found the soundtrack of the movie, Hustle & Flow.

Original version

The version of "Still Tippin'" released on Mike Jones's album is actually a remix of the original version featuring Slim Thug, Chamillionaire and Mike Jones. When Chamillionaire and Mike Jones started their rivalry, Jones took the track, placed it on a different beat and cut Chamillionaire off it. He then got Paul Wall to record a verse and used it as a substitute for the cut verse. The original version of the song can be heard on the Rap-a-Lot Records compilation, The Day After Hell Broke Loose.

Chart positions

Charts (2005)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	60
U.S. Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks	26
U.S. Billboard Hot Rap Tracks	14
U.S. Billboard Pop 100	62

Switch

The beat for the song "Still Tippin", was used on Lupe Fiasco's mixtape in a song called "Switch". It is one of Lupe's most popular mixtape songs, garnering millions of views on YouTube.