Hot Boyz
Missy Elliott featuring Nas, Eve & Q-Tip
2000
Annual listening-list association, not an original-release-date field. Original release year reconciled with reviewed recording-specific Artist Essentials evidence in v3.6.
Release: 1999
Release: 1999Source checked | Recent carryover
V3.6 reconciles the original release year with the reviewed Artist Essentials entry for this exact retained recording ID. Year precision is used; an album-first release is not silently replaced by a later single, reissue or annual-list year. Nas's publisher dates this collaboration to 1999. The distributor identifies the remix and its featured lineup. The later digital listing date and its inconsistent copyright fields are deliberately not used as first-release dates.
The large badge identifies this listening list, not a newly issued recording. Later reissues and renewed chart popularity do not replace an original release date. How years are assigned.
Owner-supplied release annotations
Reported dates in 2000.html. Not independently established; neighboring dates can reflect album/single or regional differences.
Universal Music Publishing Group: Nas artist biography
Nas's publisher identifies his Missy Elliott Hot Boyz collaboration in 1999. Used for the year of the Nas-bearing remix, not a chart day or the original album recording.
Qobuz: Hot Boyz featuring Nas, Eve and Q-Tip
The distributor names Nas, Eve and Q-Tip in the release credit, explicitly labels the Remix Original Version and credits Lil' Mo with ad-lib vocals. Its later digital-release and inconsistent copyright dates are not first-release evidence.
Inspiration and background
Supplied note - not independently verified
This note came with the supplied collection and has not been independently verified.
Missy Elliott was inspired to write a song celebrating attractive and successful men.
Evidence scope: Attributed owner-supplied note; NOT independently verified songwriter testimony
Sources for this information
Owner-supplied 2000.html, position 37
Original annotation, retained with an explicit unverified label
Other appearances and versions
catalog version unspecified
Textual recording candidate, not an audio fingerprint or pressing-level verification.
An annual chart year and an original release date are different. Similar titles may be covers or different masters; no audio fingerprint has been performed.
Sources and scope
Supplied annual selection; independent annual corroboration remains open
Editorial artist-repertoire classification
Owner-supplied 2000.html
Supplied annual selection, not independently corroborated.
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