Throw Some D's

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“Throw Some D's”

Single by Rich Boy featuring Polow Da Don
from the album Rich Boy

Released

October 2006

Format

Digital download, CD single

Genre

Rap/Hip-Hop
Dirty South

Length

4:24

Label

Interscope Records

Writer(s)

M. Richards, R. Crawford, Jiggaboo Jones, R. Debarge, G. Williams

Producer

Butta & Polow Da Don

Rich Boy singles chronology

"Get to Poppin"
(2005)

"Throw Some D's"
(2006)

"Boy Looka Here"
(2007)

"Throw Some D's" is the first single off the self-titled album of rap artist Rich Boy, and his most commercially successful song to date. The single was produced by Butta and co-produced by Polow Da Don. The music video was released in October 2006 and was in heavy rotation on BET and MTV. Fellow labelmate Keri Hilson can be seen making a cameo. The single charted on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 and peaked at number 6, in March 2007. The track saw greater success within the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs and Hot Rap Tracks charts, peaking at number 3 and 2 respectively. The song contains samples from the 1979 song "I Call Your Name" by the R&B Group Switch. This song was #37 on Rolling Stone's list of the 100 Best Songs of 2007.^[1]

[edit] Remixes

The remix was produced by Lil' Jon. It features André 3000, Jim Jones, Nelly, Murphy Lee, and The Game.
G-Unit member Lloyd Banks released a song called "On My Hip" which also uses the beat of "Throw Some D's".
Kanye West released a remix of the song, with the term "D's" referring to breast augmentation surgery as opposed to 20" Inch Rims.
Papoose released a song called "Got My Ratchet Back" to the beat of "Throw Some D's".
Lil' Wayne released a song called "Put some keys on that" on Da Drought 3 mixtape.
Hell Rell released a song called "Throw Some Keys" to the beat of "Throw Some D's".
Young Buck released a song called "Blow Some Peepee" which also uses the beat of "Throw Some D's".
Soulja Boy sampled the vocals from "Throw Some D's" in his song "Report Card."
Expensive Taste in collaboration with DJ Skee released a song called "Them OG's" also known as "Them Are G's On That Bitch" to the beat of "Throw Some D's"
Tommie Green from WhiteWood Entertainment recorded a comedy parody of the the song entitled 'Throw Some Cheese', where he pretends to be a rapper called 'Po' Boy'

[edit] Charts

Chart (2007)	Peak Position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	6
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 Airplay	13
U.S. Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs	3
U.S. Billboard Hot Rap Tracks	2
U.S. Billboard Pop 100	11
U.S. Billboard Rhythmic Top 40	9
Finland Singles Top 20	9
United World Chart	22