"Pound Town" | ||||
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Single by Sexyy Red and Tay Keith | ||||
from the album Hood Hottest Princess | ||||
Released | January 27, 2023 | |||
Genre | Dirty rap | |||
Length | 2:09 | |||
Label | Open Shift | |||
Songwriter(s) | ||||
Producer(s) | Tay Keith | |||
Sexyy Red singles chronology | ||||
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Tay Keith singles chronology | ||||
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Music video | ||||
"Pound Town" on YouTube | ||||
"Pound Town (Spring Break Edition)" on YouTube | ||||
Remix cover | ||||
Nicki Minaj singles chronology | ||||
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"Pound Town 2" on YouTube |
"Pound Town" is a single by American rapper Sexyy Red and American record producer Tay Keith,released on January 27,2023. It became Sexyy Red's breakout song through going viral on the video-sharing app TikTok. An official remix of the song with Trinindadian-American rapper Nicki Minaj was released on May 26,2023.
In an interview with Complex ,Sexyy Red spoke about the process of writing the song:
I was in the studio,just on some lazy stuff,and my people was like,"Come on,you got more songs to record." And I'm like,"I ain't got nothing wrote down,come on now." So I went in the booth,and this was my first time ever freestyling. I heard the beat and just started rapping from there. The whole thing was a freestyle. [1]
According to Red,she was describing what was happening in her life that day when recording the song, [1] in which she mentions looking for "hoochie daddies" and "dreadheads". [2] She also stated in the interview,"I honestly didn't even know it was going to turn up like that. When I was recording it as a freestyle,I'm like,'It's tight,' but I didn't say,'Oh,this is going to be a hit,this is going to go viral.' I just was like,it's a cool little fun song to sing with your friends." [1]
The song was first released on January 27,2023,through Open Shift Distribution. [3] When first promoting the song,Sexyy Red focused on the line "Too many bitches,where the niggas at?" because she had a dance to it. The song eventually attracted attention on TikTok,particularly due to the lyrics "My coochie pink,my booty-hole brown",which brought about lots of Internet memes in early 2023. Sexyy Red has said,"I be seeing the memes,I be seeing the captions,and I be laughing every time. I ain't think that was going to be the part of the song that they liked,though." As a result of the song's popularity,Sexyy Red has received co-signs from celebrities such as Cardi B,Post Malone and Kai Cenat. [1] The song also sparked the #PoundTownChallenge on TikTok. [4]
On social media,fellow rapper GloRilla posted a video of her rapping the song and singer Summer Walker also covered the song. [5]
An official remix of the song titled "Pound Town 2" was released on May 26,2023,and has a guest appearance from Nicki Minaj, [2] [4] [6] who wrote in a message to fans:"I met with Sexyy Red &found her to be so down to earth &sweet. I couldn't hear myself on this song at first but once I let go &decided to just have fun with a bad b!ch,I ended up LOVING how it came out!" [6]
Noah Grant of HotNewHipHop stated,"The song was already pretty dirty,but the Queen of Rap found clever ways to make it even dirtier with her verse." [6] Shawn Grant of The Source commented that Nicki Minaj's verse "gives the music an unforeseen twist and increases the song's energy." [2] Jordan Darville of The Fader wrote,"The New York rapper's verse,full of sharp bars about her prerogative for pleasure on her terms,is a nice contrast to Sexyy Red's more conversational style,which feels more like a slightly oversharing friend is confiding in you." [7]
Chart (2023) | Peak position |
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US Billboard Hot 100 [8] | 66 |
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs ( Billboard ) [9] | 21 |
US R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay ( Billboard ) [10] | 17 |
US Rhythmic ( Billboard ) [11] | 19 |
Chart (2023) | Position |
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US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard) [12] | 64 |
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