An 11-track remix extended play (EP), Dance Vault Mixes, was released on Februas a digital download. The song was released as an audio CD, which includes the radio edit and instrumental, and as a digital download. It was released on Novemas the lead single from Fantasia. The track was mixed by Manny Marroquin and engineered by Aaron Fessel, Tatsuya Sato, and Chris Caramouche. "Hood Boy" was written by Johnta Austin, Frank DeVol, Holland-Dozier-Holland, Anthony McIntyre, Antwan Patton, and produced by Austin and the Canadian production team Tone Mason. I'm able to show people what music is to me."
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Fantasia attributed the change in her musical style as an escape from her painful past, which was featured on the American reality competition series American Idol: "I'm not sad anymore I'm not hurting anymore. In her biography of Fantasia, Liz Sonneborn wrote that the singer "purposely cultivated a more daring sound" on her follow-up record.
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ĭue to the lukewarm commercial performance of – and mixed critical response to – Fantasia's 2004 debut pop album ( Free Yourself), she and J Records decided to record more R&B and hip hop for her second and eponymous album (2006). To further promote "Hood Boy", Fantasia performed it at the 2011 Artscape festival and the 2018 Essence Music Festival.Īmerican rapper Big Boi ( pictured in 2012) co-wrote "Hood Boy" and contributes several verses. In the video, Fantasia sings and dances in a barbershop and in front of a neon sign and Big Boi performs his verses. Its music video, directed by Norwegian photographer Ray Kay, was released on November 30, 2006. According to one commentator, the song was successful on urban radio. The single appeared on several United States Billboard charts, peaking at number three on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart. The song's reception was mostly positive music critics praised its composition and Fantasia's vocals. An uptempo R&B and hip hop song, "Hood Boy" explores Fantasia's appreciation for thugs. It samples the introduction of the Supremes' 1967 single, " The Happening". "Hood Boy" was written by Johnta Austin, Anthony McIntyre and Antwan Patton (and credits Holland-Dozier-Holland and Frank DeVol through its sample), and produced by Austin and the Canadian production team Tone Mason. It was released as the album's lead single by J Records on November 14, 2006. " Hood Boy" is a song by American singer Fantasia featuring American rapper Big Boi, from her second and eponymous studio album (2006).