"Hit 'Em Up Style" Quotes
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Source: "Hit 'Em Up Style"
Speaker: Blu Cantrell
"When your man wanna get buckwild…"
When your man wanna get buckwild, just go back and hit 'em up style.
Context
This line is from the song "Hit 'Em Up Style (Oops!)" by Blu Cantrell, from the album So Blu (2001).
Blu Cantrell hit it big with "Hit 'Em Style," which went to #2 in the US and #12 in the UK. Though this song is about a lady who gets back at her cheating boyfriend by buying a bunch of stuff with his credit cards, Cantrell claims she's never done such a thing (though one of her friends did). The song's slightly jazzy sound might've been influenced by Blu's mom, Susan Cantrell, a jazz singer. Hit up this link for the video.
Where you've heard it
What we desperately hope is that you've heard the 2010 cover by the Carolina Chocolate Drops, because it is awesome. Don't believe us? Here you go. You also might've caught the version performed by the marching band in the movie Drumline.
Pretentious Factor
If you were to drop this quote at a dinner party, would you get an in-unison "awww" or would everyone roll their eyes and never invite you back? Here it is, on a scale of 1-10.
No pretension to see here—any song that includes the word "buckwild" can't possibly be pretentious.