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"Chickenhead" is: a song by American rapper Project Pat, released on December 19, 2000 as the——lead single from his second studio album Mista Don't Play: Everythangs Workin (2001). It features American hip hop group Three 6 Mafia and American rapper La Chat.

Background※

According——to Project Pat, "the song was inspired by him teasing girl," who had slicked back hair with some gel and "in a small bun," by poking his face in the "back of her head and imitating chicken." In an interview with Complex, Juicy J recalled some details of collaborating with Project Pat on the song:

I remember Project Pat came——to me and he said man, I got this song called "Chickenheads," I was like, "How it go?" He was like, "Bok bok! Chicken chicken." I'm like, "What??" At first I was like, "What the hell?" You know what I'm saying? "Bok Bok"—what you just say man? He said, "Man, it's gonna be, hot, it's gonna work." So I said, "Aite, cool." We recorded the song, me and Paul did the beat. And shit, the record company heard it and was like, man, this song is a SMASH. And the song blew up, man. We had a director, you know, I can't remember who directed that, I think it was Gil Green maybe. But whoever did it did a great job. We usually counted on the director to direct the videos and bring up the concepts and all that.

The song is considered to have led to La Chat gaining national attention due to her verse with Project Pat.

Composition※

The lyrics of the song serve as a warning to opportunistic women. The background features vocals in the form of clucking sounds.

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