So Many Pros

"So Many Pros"
Single by Snoop Dogg
from the album Bush
ReleasedApril 14, 2015 (2015-04-14)
Recorded2014–15
Genre
Length4:06
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)The Neptunes
Snoop Dogg singles chronology
"Peaches N Cream"
(2015) 		"So Many Pros"
(2015) 		"California Roll"
(2015)

"So Many Pros" is a song by American hip hop recording artist Snoop Dogg, featuring uncredited vocals by Charlie Wilson, The Neptunes and Rhea Dummett. It was released on April 14, 2015 as the second single from his thirteenth studio album Bush, through the record labels I Am Other and Columbia Records.[1] The song was produced by The Neptunes.[2]

On The Graham Norton Show in May 2015, Snoop revealed that Pharrell Williams made him change the title of the song from "So Many Hoes" to "So Many Pros."

Background

The track "So Many Pros" was originally a track recorded by Timbaland and featured Pharrell Williams & Justin Timberlake, however, due to Timbaland's album being cancelled Pharrell re-worked the final track, in which Chad Hugo, Charlie Wilson, Pharrell & Rhea Dummett feature on backing vocals. A video was also shot for "Been It", with amateur footage showing Timberlake recording his portion of the music video whilst on The 20/20 Experience World Tour and Timbaland recording his portion on a beach with scantily clad models. The lyrics to the song seem to have remained unchanged, however the lyric "...so many hoes" has been changed to "...so many pros" which is the title of the track itself.[3]

Music video

Snoop released the official video on April 14, 2015, to VEVO.[4] The music video was directed by François Rousselet.

At the 2015 MTV Video Music Awards, the music video won the award for Best Art Direction.

Commercial performance

"So Many Pros" debuted at number 47 on the United States Billboard Twitter Top Tracks chart dated May 2, 2015. Internationally the song peaking at number 169 in French SNEP chart.

Awards and nominations

Year Awards Ceremony Award Results
2015 MTV Video Music Award Best Art Direction[5] Won

Track listing

  • Download digital[6]
  1. So Many Pros — 4:06

Personnel

Adapted from the credits as seen in the end of the video:

  • Produced - The Neptunes
  • Recorded - Andrew Coleman and Mike Larson
  • Mixed - Mick Guzauski
  • Background Vocals - Charlie Wilson, Chad Hugo, Pharrell Williams and Rhea Dummett
  • Guitar - Brent Paschke

Charts

Chart (2015) Peak
position
France (SNEP)[7] 169

Release history

Region Date Format Label Ref.
United States April 14, 2015 Digital download

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Europe April 16, 2015

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Italy May 1, 2015 Airplay

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References

  1. ^ "First Look: Snoop Dogg Goes Back To The '70s In New Posters". buzzfeed.com. 13 April 2015. Retrieved April 14, 2015.
  2. ^ "Snoop Dogg – Bush (2015, CD)". Discogs. May 2015.
  3. ^ "The Timbaland Passion: Snoop Dogg Gets Timbaland's 2013 Single 'Been It' as 'So Many Pros' Produced by the Neptunes".
  4. ^ "Snoop Dogg - So Many Pros". VEVO. Retrieved April 14, 2015.
  5. ^ "2015 MTV VMA Nominees". fuse.tv. July 21, 2015. Retrieved July 24, 2015.
  6. ^ "iTunes - Music - BUSH by Snoop Dogg". iTunes Store. Apple Inc. Retrieved March 19, 2015.
  7. ^ "Snoop Dogg – So Many Pros" (in French). Les classement single. Retrieved April 25, 2015.
  8. ^ "So Many Pros [Columbia (Sony)] :: Beatport". classic beatport. Retrieved May 16, 2016.
  9. ^ "Snoop Dogg – So Many Pros". Discogs. 16 April 2015. Retrieved May 16, 2016.
  10. ^ "Snoop Dogg: So Many Pros (Columbia) | Radio Date - May 1, 2015". radioairplay. Archived from the original on April 29, 2015. Retrieved April 29, 2015.


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