D4L has now sold more than twice as many digital downloads as CD's. Last week, the group sold 175,000 digital copies of "Laffy Taffy." That figure doesn't just set a digital-download record, it smashes the old one: the previous record-holder was Kanye West, who sold 80,500 digital copies of his hit "Gold Digger" one week last fall. In another category, though, D4L is setting sales records.
In fact, it's one of the lowest sales totals for a chart-topping act in years. That's considered a success if you're an alternative-rock group, but not if you're a Southern hip-hop group, and especially not if you're responsible for the biggest song in the country. D4L released its debut album, "Down 4 Life" (Dee Money/Asylum/Atlantic), in November according to Nielsen SoundScan, it has sold about 230,000 copies so far. There's only one problem: people aren't buying the album. It has been hanging around the upper reaches of the Billboard chart since before Christmas, and last week it officially became the most popular song in America. (It far outpaced the group's previous and better hit, 2004's "White Tee.") But snap music's best-known chant is "Shake that Laffy Taffy, shake that Laffy Taffy." That's the refrain from an utterly infectious song called "Laffy Taffy," by D4L. 15 on the Billboard Hot 100 and topped the rap chart.
It's the name some people have given to a dance-centric form of hip-hop, defined by light but propulsive beats and lyrics that often revolve around playful chants.ĭem Franchize Boyz have a snap-music hit with "I Think They Like Me (Remix)," which reached No. Lean Wit It(Lean Wit It)Rock Wit It(Rock Wit It) Na I Aint Danceing Im Just Wipping Them Grams Up Got The Stove On Medium Im Chefing Them Yams Up Gotta Nigga Waiting At The Store Anutha At My Trap House Weigh It ,Bag It,Tie It,Then I Smash Out I Betcha Cant Do It Like Me (No) Strecht Four Ways Like Laffy Taffy Betta Come Back White Like Fabos Glasses This Buisness As Usually Im A Usually Suspect Not Carlettos But Jeezy Way You Want A 125 And Thats Easy Pay Im Out Just Re'ed Up Yesterday.Over the last year, so-called snap music has made an unlikely journey from Atlanta phenomenon to hip-hop laughingstock to mainstream juggernaut. Hit The Club And Grab A Couple Of Them Hoes(Ya Dig) Re Up And Move That Shit In One Night(Ya Dig) Hit The Trap And Move A Couple Of Them O's (Ya Dig)
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