"Nasty Girl" | ||||
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Single by The Notorious B.I.G. featuring Diddy, Nelly, Jagged Edge and Avery Storm | ||||
from the album Duets: The Final Chapter and Sweatsuit | ||||
Released | October 11, 2005 | |||
Genre | Dirty rap | |||
Length | 4:57 | |||
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Producer(s) | Jazze Pha | |||
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"Nasty Girl" is a song by American rapper The Notorious B.I.G.,released on October 11,2005. The song features guest appearances from Jagged Edge,P. Diddy,Avery Storm,and Nelly,and the video also contains guest appearances from Pharrell,Usher,Fat Joe,8 Ball &MJG,Teairra Mari,Jazze Pha,DJ Green Lantern,Naomi Campbell and Memphis Bleek. It can be found on the album Duets:The Final Chapter (2005), a remixed album of Biggie Smalls' work. The single reached number one in the United Kingdom and became a top-10 hit in Finland,Germany,Ireland,and New Zealand.
A slightly different version of the single also appeared on Nelly's Sweatsuit album. "Nasty Girl" was used as the opening theme for Germany's Next Topmodel,Cycle 1 .
The lyrical section rapped by Notorious B.I.G. is actually lifted from another of his songs called "Nasty Boy",featured on his second album Life After Death . Despite this,the production to the song "Nasty Boy" is completely different from that for "Nasty Girl",and apart from the lyrical sample,and the second verse (rapped by P. Diddy) rapped in the style of Biggie's second verse of Nasty Boy,the two songs bear no similarities. The chorus,sung by Jagged Edge,which has the line "Grab your titties for B.I.G.",references "Player's Anthem",which he says "Bitches,rub your titties if you love Big Poppa".
"Nasty Girl" has a music video,featuring the song's featured artists mentioned above. It was produced by Jazze Pha,set in a party to honor the Notorious B.I.G. It was shot in the black themed apartment of Cindy Gallop. [1] It includes clips of Smalls in the beginning and end of the video (the first showing Biggie and Tupac Shakur as friends before the rivalry). Just before Nelly's verse,Naomi Campbell makes a memorable entrance into the video,slapping a man in the process,when the man asks "Aren't you one of those Top Model girls?" The man is thought to represent Damon Dash because he's wearing a cap with the State Property logo on it. Dash was part owner of the State Property brand,and was frequently seen wearing caps with the logo. This episode may have been in retaliation for the movie Death of a Dynasty ,which was produced and directed by Dash,and in which Diddy was portrayed in a farcical manner.
Usher,DJ Green Lantern,Evan Ross,Christina Milian,Pharrell Williams,Teairra Mari,8Ball &MJG,Corey Clark,Fat Joe and Jazze Pha made cameos.
UK CD single 1
UK CD single 2
UK 12-inch vinyl single
Australian CD single
Weekly charts
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Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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United Kingdom (BPI) [34] | Platinum | 600,000‡ |
United States (RIAA) [35] Digital | Gold | 500,000‡ |
United States (RIAA) [36] Mastertone | Gold | 500,000* |
* Sales figures based on certification alone. |
Region | Date | Format(s) | Label(s) | Ref. |
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United Kingdom | October 11, 2005 | Digital EP | Bad Boy Entertainment | [37] |
United States | November 21, 2005 | [38] | ||
United Kingdom | January 16, 2006 | CD | [39] | |
Australia | February 13, 2006 | [40] |
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