Tuesday 10 February 2009

pimp

is a song written by 50 Cent and Kon Artis for 50 Cent's commercial debut album Get Rich or Die Tryin' (2003), released as the third single from it. The song is recognised with its steel drum tune. An official remix of the song was made, featuring Snoop Dogg, Lloyd Banks and Young Buck.

The music video was directed by Chris Robinson and features the four rappers rapping with topless women, including Adriana Sage and Francine Dee. On July 15, 2003, the video debuted on MTV's Total Request Live at number nine and stayed on the chart for fifty days. At the 2004 MTV Video Music Awards, it was nominated for Best Rap Video, but lost to Jay-Z's "99 Problems"

the women are the most controversial part of the video, as there was alot of criticisms as to why 50 cent needed to place a certain image of women in the video. they are seen as sex slave and as objects to which are being controlled by the men, which again brings up superiorty complex within the everyday man, it could be said that chris robinson is planting seeds of thought into the audiences mind.