THIS IS WHY I'M HOT

'"This Is Why I'm Hot"' is a single by rapper MIMS. It has performed successfully on the ''Billboard'' Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs and ''Billboard'' Hot Rap Tracks charts peaking at number two and number one respectively thus far. This song features samples from Kanye West's "Jesus Walks", E-40's "Tell Me When to Go", Dr. Dre's "Nuthin' But a "G" Thang" and Mobb Deep's "Shook Ones Pt. II". Each sampled song is played when MIMS mentions the area from which each artist originated ("''Shook Ones, Pt. II''" for New York, "''Tell Me When To Go''" the Bay Area, "''Nuthin' But a "G" Thang''" Compton, and "''Jesus Walks''" Chicago).
On February 23, 2007 the song reached the top spot on the U.S. iTunes Store 100 most-downloaded songs, surpassing Justin Timberlake's "What Goes Around.../...Comes Around Interlude". The song debuted at number one on the ''Billboard'' Hot Digital Songs chart, selling 140,874 downloads.
By early March 2007, the online release of the song had propelled it from number 32 to number one on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 in one week; this was the third-greatest rise to number one in the history of the ''Billboard'' Hot 100.^[1] It remained at number one in the next week^[2] until it was surpassed by "Glamorous", by Fergie and Ludacris the week after in the issue dated March 24, 2007.
MIMS performed the song on ''Wild 'N Out: Spring Break Edition''.
Radio stations in the UK took notice of the song's success in the USA and it is B-Listed on UK Radio.
On June 3,2007 it entered the full UK Singles Chart at the peak of #18. If the chart was only physical, it would have reached #6.

Contents

Song highlights

Remixes, adaptations and parodies

Charts

See also

References

External links

Song highlights

The main chorus, particularly the line "You ain't cuz you not", is considered a logical fallacy, however "you ain't" may refer to not being 'hot' and 'you not' refer to not being 'fly' (see begging the question). In light of this, the song's faulty logic was parodied in a comic strip called "Cyanide and Happiness". Of course MIMS may claim poetic licence wherein you can express something without adhering to the strictest rules of logic.
The Village Voice published a humorous article analyzing and diagramming the various claims made in the lyrics.^[3]
In the song MIMS states "I can sell a million sayin' nothing on the track", yet as of July 9 2007 MIMS' record "Music Is My Savior" has only sold 231,000 copies meaning it's yet to go gold in the United States.

Remixes, adaptations and parodies

★ Possibly the most played remix of the song is a Reggae remix, called the Blackout Remix, featuring Junior Reid and Baby Cham. The remix appears in the album.

★ Tego Calderon is featured in a remix with MIMS and Calle 13, also Tego Calderon and Calle 13 are featured in a sepearate remix with Baby Cham and MIMS.

★ Che'Nelle has made a version of this song.

★ Indian-American rapper Nivla has released his version of this song.

★ Lil Wayne and Pitbull have released a freestyle to the instrumental of the song, separately.

★ There is a Southern remix to the song featuring Unk where Unk is speculated to be dissing Nas and the Hip Hop is Dead movement with the line "Hip-Hop ain't dead, we just so Illmatic".

★ There is a remix to the song featuring Remy Ma and Jae Millz.

★ Australian act The Saturday Club released a rock-influenced remix.^[4]

★ Marques Houston has released his version of the song.

★ TJA released a version entitled "This is What I Bought" ^[5]

★ RL, of the group Next, has released his version of the song.

★ R. Kelly,Twista & Da Speedknot Mobstaz released a Midwest remix to the song titled "This Is Why I'm Cold"

★ Hip Hop/Reggaeton star, Tego Calderon, released a verse on a Reggaeton remix of the song.

★ Ya Boy release a version called "On My Jock" talking about the girls not leaving him alone.

★ There is also a remix called "This Is Why I'm 50" by 50 Cent

★ A BMP Beats Remix has been made. It is available at YouTube.^[6]

★ Toronto rapper, Mayhem Morearty, released a version entitled "This Is T Dot".^[7]

★ Denver Shock-rapper Brontosaurus Rex released a parody called "This Is Why I'm Gay" as the b-side to his debut single. ^[8]

★ Talib Kweli has released a song titled "Niggas Lie Alot" to the instrumental of the song, criticizing artists whom he believes lack true talent, especially MIMS.

★ A remix featuring Purple Popcorn was put onto iTunes stores, entitled as: "This is Why I'm Hot (Rock Mix)." The song is currently used in a television commercial for the Zune mp3 player, titled as "This Is Why I Rock". This remix, along with most others, is also available to download off of the internet.

★ Underground Washington based rapper Reklez released a remix which he added a verse on to the song.

★ South Dakotan rapper Tha DLP made a remix of the song called "This Is Why I'm Throwed".

★ In a suprising move, Latin pop Singer, Enrique Iglesias released a "singy-songly freestyle" over the song while at a studio in Miami.

★ Minneapolis-based live hip-hop group Heiruspecs play a remix of the song at their live shows called 'This Is Why They Flop', directed at mainstream rap today. The opening line is changed to 'This is why they flop/They don't even rap/They say nothing but bullshit on the track'.

★ Additionally, there is a remix available which features verses from DJ UNK's, Twista's, R.Kelly's, Lil' Wayne's and Marques Houston's remixes (as well as the MIMS opening verse) which are all rolled into one song. The song has a total playing time of 6:18.

★ Daddy Yankee has a song called "Por Eso Estoy Pegao" which is an official remix of "This Is Why I'm Hot which features MIMS. This song is produced by Nely "El Arma Secreta"

★ Various parodies of the song can be heard on YouTube as well as other sources around the net, including one which targets Duke basketball. Another one features the online baseball fansite ''The Dugout'' in one story by having Jim Thome inadvertedly say the chorus of the song. http://dugout.progressiveboink.com/archive/b71.html

Charts

Chart (2007)	Peak position
U.S. ''Billboard'' Hot 100	1
U.S. ''Billboard'' Hot 100 Airplay	1
U.S. ''Billboard'' Hot Digital Songs	1
U.S. ''Billboard'' Hot RingMasters	1
U.S. ''Billboard'' Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs	2
U.S. ''Billboard'' Hot Rap Tracks	1
U.S. ''Billboard'' Pop 100	4
U.S. ''Billboard'' Rhythmic Top 40	1
Canada BDS Airplay	2
United World Chart	7
Australian ARIA Singles Chart	30
UK Singles Chart	18
French Singles Chart	47

See also

★ Hot 100 number-one hits of 2007 (USA)

References

1. Katie Hasty, "Mims Puts The 'Hot' In The Hot 100 At No. 1", Billboard.com, March 1, 2007.
2. Jonathan Cohen, "Mims Remains 'Hot' At No. 1, Akon Stays Close", Billboard.com, March 8, 2007.
3.
Hot Hot Heat: A graphical dissertation on the number one song in America
4. Screw Rock 'n' Roll site
5. http://myspace.com/tjawilleatyoualive
6. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GOhPQrbYpKk
7. http://myspace.com/mayhemmorearty
8. http://myspace.com/fuckmeintheassrecords

External links

★ Official MIMS website

★ MIMS on MySpace

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