50 Cent - Candy Shop

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TheBeatLife
August 22, 2008

"Candy Shop" is a song performed by rapper 50 Cent and R&B singer Olivia. The song was written by 50 Cent and Scott Storch for 50 Cent's second commercial album The Massacre (2005). Scott Storch, who also produced the track, took influence from Middle Eastern music.[1]

The song was released as the album's second single and was one of the year's most popular songs, peaking inside the top ten on the majority of the charts it entered. "Candy Shop" received mixed reviews from critics, with some calling it a retread of 50 Cent's previous collaboration with Lil' Kim on "Magic Stick".

In an interview with XXL magazine, rapper Fat Joe claimed that he helped produce the track while working with Scott Storch. He stated: "I'm pretty sure the world don't know we actually produced Candy Shop together. I produced it with him (Storch)... Scott called me like 50 times, 100 times: 'Yo, you sure you don't want to use it? 50 Cent called me. 50 Cent want it.' I never had a problem with this dude. I was like, 'Go ahead.'"[2] When writing the song, 50 Cent stated: "I attempted to be as sexual as possible, from a male perspective, without being vulgar or obscene".[3]

"Candy Shop" is a mid-tempo dancefloor track.[4][5] The song, which was officially produced by Scott Storch, samples The Salsoul Orchestra's "Love Break".[6] The production was described by IGN as having a "Middle Eastern tinge" with synthesized strings that "unleash a darkly atonal whirl that sounds too much like something either Timbaland or The Neptunes or Mannie Fresh have concocted".[7] The Guardian also wrote that the production contains "wan-sounding imitations of the Neptunes' sparse, breathy funk".[8] PopMatters described the chorus as being "relaxed yet faintly ominous" with 50 Cent and Olivia crooning: "Girl what we do (what we do) / And where we do (and where we do) / The things we do (things we do) / Are just between me and you (oh yeah)."[9] Rolling Stone also noted the chorus for 50 Cent's "amateur-sounding tenor croon".[5]

The song received mixed reviews from critics. PopMatters described it as a track "dripping with sexual energy and cool" and is "sexy as hell, but contains a pretty unmistakable edge of hostility, macho swagger, and thunderous chest thumping."[9] Entertainment Weekly wrote that the song was an "appealing throwaway single" and lyrics such as "after you work up a sweat, you can play with the stick" are not seductions; "they're orders".[10] MusicOMH's Azeem Ahmad wrote that the chemistry between 50 Cent and Olivia "is almost as explicit as the lyrics... the bass line is made for grinding to".[11] Author Ethan Brown, in a review of The Massacre, called the song "uninspiring" and "nearly identical" to his previous collaboration with Lil' Kim on "Magic Stick". He further stated that 50 Cent seemed too content with his "hypersexual image" among other things and "not inspired enough to work beyond the same old attention-getting schemes."[12] Pitchfork Media also listed "Candy Shop" as a reprise of "Magic Stick" both "in beats and in timbre"[13] and Stylus magazine said it was "more of the same" as his previous collaboration.[14] Similarly, Billboard wrote that 50 Cent "shows little growth lyrically" with the song being "typical playa-friendly fodder".[15]

Fat Joe responded to the song after 50 Cent targeted him in "Piggy Bank", a "diss" track aimed towards several rappers. Fat Joe released a song, "My Fo, Fo", in which he raps "Is it me or does 'Candy Shop' sound like 'Magic Stick'?/ In the video, this nigga 50 'bout to strip/ Shaking his ass. What the fuck is wrong with this nigger/50 don't make me shiver.".[16]

The music video was directed by Jessy Terrero on January 11 -- January 12, 2005 and filmed in Hollywood, California.[3][24] Due to rapper Trick Daddy's music video for "Sugar (Gimme Some)" already having candy references, 50 Cent said "we tried to do something a little different" and not follow the same route.[3] The video features Olivia as the lead dancer and several models including Chessika Cartwright (as a dominatrix),[25] "Lyric" (as a nurse),[26] and Erica Mena (as the girl in bed).[27] It also features cameo appearances from Lil Scrappy and G-Unit members Lloyd Banks and Young Buck. The video was nominated for Best Male Video at the 2005 MTV Video Music Awards, but lost to Kanye West's "Jesus Walks".[28]

On February 2, 2005, the video debuted on MTV's Total Request Live at number nine and stayed on the chart for forty-six days.[29] It also reached number one on the MuchMusic video charts.[30]

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