Bb minor · Camelot 3A · 84 BPM
P.I.M.P.
by 50 Cent
- 84
- BPM
- Bb minor
- Key
- 3A
- Camelot
- 68
- Danceability
- 5
- Acousticness
In June 2016, engineer Brandon Parrott and business manager Erica Tucker filed a lawsuit against nearly everyone involved with 50 Cent's album Get Rich or Die Tryin', claiming Parrott had been tricked into licensing a beat from his track "BAMBA". Aftermath Records and Universal asked for the case to be dismissed, arguing Parrott had already been compensated through an earlier settlement. Judge S. James Otero dismissed the complaint without leave to amend in November 2016.
The dispute went back to the making of "P.I.M.P." itself. Mr. Porter of D12 created the instrumental with Parrott, who received no credit for his co-production on the final record despite Mr. Porter's efforts to secure it. Porter had built a new studio in his basement and handed Dr. Dre a CD of ten new instrumentals; Dre offered to buy seven, one of which became "P.I.M.P.". Porter later suggested that 50 Cent chose the beat believing it was a Dr. Dre production.
Released on June 24, 2003, as the third single from Get Rich or Die Tryin', the song peaked at number three on the Billboard Hot 100 and was later certified gold by the RIAA. It arrived alongside a remix featuring Snoop Dogg, Lloyd Banks and Young Buck, which was added as a bonus track on some digital editions of the album. A sequel, "P.I.M.P. Pt. 2", was recorded for The Massacre but vetoed by Dr. Dre, who did not like it.
P.I.M.P. runs at 84 BPM, the tempo of boom-bap hip-hop, reggae and slow R&B. In classical terms it sits in andante territory. A bar of 4/4 lasts 2.86 seconds, and a quarter-note delay is 714 ms. It is in Bb minor, Camelot 3A, which shares its notes with Db major and mixes cleanly with Eb minor and F minor.
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