Sexy Little Thug

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Sexy Lil' Thug
Single by Beyoncé
from the album Speak My Mind
Released March 2003
Genre Hip Hop/R&B
Length 3:16
Label Columbia
Beyoncé Knowles singles chronology
'03 Bonnie & Clyde
(2002r.)
Sexy Little Thug
Crazy in Love
(2003r.)
Speak My Mind track listing
What's It Gonna Be
(10)
Sexy Little Thug
(11)
Fever
(12)

"Sexy Lil' Thug" is a remake by Beyoncé, of 50 Cent’s hit single "In da Club". Recorded and released just weeks after the original, it samples the original’s instrumental and melody, with Beyoncé singing her own, newly-added verses.[1]

It isn’t known if the song was actually meant to serve as the first single from Beyoncé’s upcoming solo album Dangerously in Love, or if it was put out simply for promotion. Yet, perhaps due to contractual reasons, Beyoncé’s father and manager Mathew Knowles did state to MTV News in April, that the song was just a buzz cut and would not appear on the album.[2]

But despite the impending permission issues, the song managed to stay on the US Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart for 7 weeks, peaking at #67,[3] as well as the US Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay chart for 4 weeks, where it also peaked at #67.[4]

The song eventually received an official release in November 2005, on Beyoncé's Speak My Mind mixtape.[5]

Charts[change | change source]

Chart (2003) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs 67
U.S. Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay 67

References[change | change source]

  1. "Beyonce - in da Club". YouTube.
  2. "Beyonce's First Solo Single Will be a Club Banger". MTV.
  3. "Billboard". 5 April 2003.
  4. "Billboard". 12 April 2003.
  5. "Beyoncé - Speak My Mind Album Reviews, Songs & More | AllMusic". AllMusic.