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Ms. Fat Booty

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B-side
  
Mathematics

Genre
  
Hip hop

Label
  
Rawkus Records

Released
  
August 2, 1999

Length
  
3:43

Format
  
12-inch single, CD, Vinyl

"Ms. Fat Booty" is the first single from Mos Def's 1999 album Black on Both Sides. It is produced by Ayatollah. The song and its chorus are both driven by multiple samples of Aretha Franklin's "One Step Ahead", a rare Columbia single released in 1965.

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The song was placed at #144 on Pitchfork Media's Top 200 Tracks of the 90s. It reached #54 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart.

A-Side

  1. "Ms. Fat Booty (Clean)"
  2. "Ms. Fat Booty (Dirty)"
  3. "Ms. Fat Booty (Instrumental)"
  4. "Ms. Fat Booty (A Cappella)"

B-Side

  1. "Mathematics (Clean)"
  2. "Mathematics (Dirty)"
  3. "Mathematics (Instrumental)"
  4. "Mathematics (A Cappella)"

References

Ms. Fat Booty Wikipedia
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