50 Cent and Roddy Ricch were in B minor, with the song switching up once Pop Smoke raps his verse in G minor. Dean said to Jackson: "Why don't you just do a chord change in the whole song?" Jackson sat down and did a key change for the song. Jackson was thinking of melodizing the vocals and tuning them, but could not do it because Pop Smoke would not have liked it. Producer Jess Jackson explained instead of not using the song at all, he talked to Mike Dean. The verse that Pop Smoke wrote for the song was in a different key. He had a studio set up at the house and did it in one night. He recorded his verse while he was in quarantine. Roddy Ricch had heard a couple of other songs from Pop Smoke but felt like "The Woo" was a good one because it was different from what Pop Smoke would usually record. There were three records that he recorded, but he did not want to over-feature on the album, and just decided to be featured on "The Woo". 50 Cent recorded his verse while he was going through all Pop Smoke's records to find the right tone for the album. When 50 Cent invited Roddy Ricch to be on the album, he felt like he should have been a part of it general.
50 Cent took to Instagram, reaching out to Roddy Ricch to help with the song, captioning a post of his: looking for him, i need him on Pop album". There was no verse taken off of it, so the chorus played. 50 Cent explained that the song's chorus was written and that Victor had left it all the way open. Victor commented that 50 Cent took over the song. Victor described it as a "most obscure joint". Victor stated he did not even remember Pop Smoke doing it. 50 Cent called Victor and was singing the hook of the song. When he first started talking to 50 Cent about producing the album, Victor sent him a folder of all of Pop Smoke's songs. Steven Victor recalled he had never heard the song before. He admitted to 808Melo he was struggling with writer's block. This is what I want." Pop Smoke had not made a verse for the song but made a hook. The rapper said: "Oh, yeah, this is something different. Pop Smoke asked 808Melo to play some of his beats, one of which Pop Smoke liked. "The Woo" was created the month Pop Smoke died. The video received positive reviews, with one critic saying it was sentimental.
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It features old archival footage edited on vintage TV screens of Pop Smoke performing various tasks while showing 50 Cent and Roddy Ricch being surrounded by expensive cars and women wearing bikinis. The music visual was directed by Eif Rivera, who had directed several videos for 50 Cent in the past. It reached the top-10 in the United Kingdom, Canada, New Zealand, and Portugal.Īn accompanying music video was released on July 20, 2020, on what would have been Pop Smoke's twenty-first birthday. The song reached number 11 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and was certified a double-platinum certification by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). It was nominated for Song of Summer at the 2020 MTV Video Music Awards. "The Woo" was featured in 2020 year-end lists by Vice and Complex. The song received positive reviews from music critics, who praised 50 Cent's and Roddy Ricch's features. Pop Smoke interpolates 50 Cent's single, " Candy Shop".
"The Woo" is a Latin-influenced trap song that features flickers of Spanish acoustic guitar. It was written by the artists alongside producer 808Melo, co-producers Rxcksta and JW Lucas, and Jess Jackson, who is also credited as an additional producer alongside 1801 Records, Billy J, DJ Drewski, Jer-Z, K. The song was released as the second single from the album on July 10, 2020, by Victor Victor Worldwide and Republic Records. " The Woo" is a song by American rapper Pop Smoke featuring fellow American rappers 50 Cent and Roddy Ricch, from the former of the three's posthumous debut studio album, Shoot for the Stars, Aim for the Moon (2020) as well as the EP For The Night (2020). Single by Pop Smoke featuring 50 Cent and Roddy Ricchįrom the album Shoot for the Stars, Aim for the Moon For the city with the nickname, see Worcester, Massachusetts.
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