As Freak Nasty put it, it's a song for everyone who loves to dance, and dance to this song at one point or another everyone definitely has. After all, twerking-or attempts to twerk-are bound to draw attention, and reluctant would-be twerkers might ask themselves: Isn't it only for certain people? Like those who would go to a club, and twerk? Or the sexually promiscuous among us? And who wants to advertise that?Įnter Freak Nasty, whose words of wisdom at the beginning of his indisputable twerk anthem "Da Dip" serves to remind the world that twerking, really, is for everyone: " This goes out to all the women in the world/Especially her/You know it/Don't even matter your age/Don't even matter yo color." He also didn't neglect to mention those of his own gender who should twerk as they see fit. Not just for those who do it, but those who have thought about doing it, too. One of the many (but nonetheless absurd) reasons twerking isn't an internationally recognized Olympic sport? It has as image problem. Big Sean will later go on to famously discuss the delicate matter of ass-quakes, sure, but really, his greatest contribution to shaking it starts right here. It's arrogant, it's strong, and the dance-heavy bass just pounds. Who better than Nicki Minaj-one of the leading female presences in hip-hop right now-to really show us how to twerk? In one of the most GIF-worthy videos from 2012, Big Sean's "Dance (A$$)" employs a hypnotizing melody along with a heavy beat to make a song, essentially, about asses (as if the opening lyrics-"ASS ASS ASS ASS ASS ASS ASS ASS ASS"-didn't clue you in). Nicki's verse is another list entirely, but as for her video spot? Nicki takes center stage shaking and bumping her butt throughout the clip-a perfectly addictive and compelling accompaniment to the music, a twerk enthusiast's version of Barishnakov floating his way through Adolphe Adam's Giselle (or something).īig Sean sounds so confident that it makes the "Hammer Time" phrase that's littered throughout the song tolerable. There’s an art to making the perfect twerking anthem, the type of song that not only lifts your body but your spirit.įrom Uncle Luke of 2 Live Crew’s “I Wanna Rock (Doo Doo Brown)” to French Montana’s “Pop That” (which samples Uncle Luke’s anthem) to Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion’s “WAP,” these are the most classic twerking songs. Most importantly, they’re not just songs to shake it to, but the songs that go hand in hand with twerking, the kind of songs you hear in the club in the wee hours of the morning. The music videos are flooded with beautiful people demonstrating their most proper twerking technique. It has a heavy beat, and is best heard as loud as you can listen to it without blowing out speakers (or eardrums). Songs encouraging (or demanding) one to twerk have been around more than two decades, and while we can argue that one can twerk to literally anything-D’Angelo, Juvenile, Barbara Streisand, if that’s your thing-we’ve narrowed the canon of great twerking songs not just down to the classics, but the anthems.Īnd what constitutes a “twerking anthem”? It hits hard. Calling all Twerk Team wannabes-here’s what we know: Twerking, a portmanteau word of twist and jerk, has infiltrated nearly every aspect of music culture.
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