Southern Hospitality (song)

"Southern Hospitality"
Single by Ludacris
from the album Back for the First Time
ReleasedJanuary 2001
Recorded2000
StudioMaster Sound Studios (Virginia Beach, Virginia)
GenreHip hop
Length4:40
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)The Neptunes
Ludacris singles chronology
"What's Your Fantasy"
(2000)
"Southern Hospitality"
(2001)
"Bia' Bia'"
(2001)

"Southern Hospitality" is a song by American rapper Ludacris, released by Disturbing tha Peace and Def Jam Recordings in January 2001 as the second single from his second album Back for the First Time (2001). It was written alongside Pharrell Williams and Chad Hugo, both of whom produced the song as members of the production duo the Neptunes. Williams also performs the line "nigga, throw dem bows", heard in the song's hook and outro.

"Southern Hospitality" debuted at number 86 on the Billboard Hot 100 on the issue dated January 20, 2001, and peaked at number 23 on the issue dated March 24.