If I Had No Loot
| "If I Had No Loot" | ||||||||
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U.S. commercial cassette single
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| Single by Tony! Toni! Toné! | ||||||||
| from the album Sons of Soul | ||||||||
| Released | June 1, 1993 | |||||||
| Format | Cassette,12-inch | |||||||
| Recorded | 1993 | |||||||
| Genre | New jack swing | |||||||
| Length | 4:01 | |||||||
| Label | Polygram, Wing | |||||||
| Writer(s) | Juan Bautista, Will Harris, Raphael Wiggins | |||||||
| Producer(s) | Tony! Toni! Toné! | |||||||
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"If I Had No Loot" is a song by American R&B group Tony! Toni! Toné!. It was released on June 1, 1993, as the lead single from their 1993 album Sons of Soul. The song was produced by Tony! Toni! Toné! and co-written by group member Raphael Wiggins, who said that it is about . It has a new jack swing beat, pronounced guitar licks, and vocal samples from Boogie Down Productions' 1987 song "Remix for P Is Free" and Ice Cube's 1991 song "The Wrong Nigga to Fuck Wit".
The song became a hit for the group, peaking at number seven on the Billboard Hot 100. It was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) and sold 500,000 copies in the United States. "If I Had No Loot" was named the tenth best single of 1993 by The Village Voice's annual Pazz & Jop critics' poll.
"If I Had No Loot" was recorded for the group's third album Sons of Soul, which was recorded and released in 1993. The song was produced by Tony! Toni! Toné! and written by group member Raphael Wiggins, Juan Bautista, and Will Harris. Session musician John "Jubu" Smith played a Fender Telecaster on the song.
"If I Had No Loot" incorporates a New jack swing beat, pronounced guitar licks, and a tempo of 108 beats per minute. It has 1960s Stax southern soul influences. The song also contains vocal samples from hip hop songs, including the "da-da-da-day" chant from Boogie Down Productions' 1987 song "Remix for P Is Free" and the line "and you can new jack swing on my nuts!" from Ice Cube's 1991 song "The Wrong Nigga to Fuck Wit". According to Raphael Wiggins, the song is about "" and "people who come around you for fraudulent reasons".Newsday found its theme similar to the O'Jays' 1972 song "Back Stabbers".
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