Laffy Taffy (song)

Laffy Taffy (song)

Infobox Single
Name = Laffy Taffy |

Artist = D4L
from Album = Down for Life
Released = October 25, 2005
Format = CD single
Recorded = 2005 in Atlanta, Georgia
Genre = Southern Hip Hop, Snap Music
Length = 3:44
Label = Atlantic/WEA
Writer = Fabo, Adrian Parks, Richard Wayne Sims, Dennis Butler,Maurice Starr, Michael Johnson
Producer = K-RAB
Last single =
This single = "Laffy Taffy" (2005)
Next single = "Betcha Can't Do It Like Me" (2005)

"Laffy Taffy" is a song by Atlanta-based hip-hop group D4L which reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 in January 2006. The song's success on the charts was largely due to its enormous online sales. The song samples and interpolates elements of "Candy Girl" by New Edition.

Lyrical Meaning

There has been some debate regarding the meaning of the phrase "Laffy Taffy." Many understand the term to mean a woman's labia minora because of its resemblance to "stretched out taffy." It is a phrase commonly used by men who attend strip clubs. Women with larger labia minora lips are said to have "laffy taffy". The song's music video is set in a strip club.

Criticism

During "The Champ" from 2006's "Fishscale", Ghostface Killah asks "Y'all stuck on Laffy Taffy/Wonderin' how'd y'all niggas get past me?" Ghostface had mocked the "snap dance" during his 2005 tour. [ [http://www.perfectpeople.net/biography/2949/ghostface-killah.htm Perfect People » Ghostface Killah Biography ] ] [ [http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/ghostfacekillah/thechamp.html Ghostface Killah Lyrics - The Champ ] ]

There has also been controversy on who wrote "Laffy Taffy". Rapper Liam "Smack Eyes" Thomas claims that the group had stolen the lyrics from his rhyme book. [ [http://www.channelu.tv/default.asp?sec=1&artist=92 D4L - Biography - D4L ] ]

Chart positions

References


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