candy shop

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"Candy Shop" is the second single from 50 Cent's second album, The Massacre. Released in 2005, the single (which features Olivia) reached number one in the United States, becoming 50 Cent's third, and thus far his lastest, number-one single (following "In Da Club" and "21 Questions"), and Olivia's first and only number-one single; it also reached number four in the United Kingdom. It was nominated at the Grammy Awards of 2006 for Best Rap Song, but Kanye West's "Diamonds From Sierra Leone" won the award.

The song was written by 50 Cent and Scott Storch and produced by Storch. The intro has a sample from The Salsoul Orchestra's "Love Break", whereas the single version has an interpolation of the sample that goes up in melody. The song was number one on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart for nine weeks. Coincidentally, "Love Break" was also used on Eric B and Rakim's "Paid in Full".

The song caused some controversy as the lyrics feature thinly veiled references to 50 Cent receiving oral sex, with lines such as "I'll let you lick the lollipop" and 'I melt in your mouth girrrrl, not in your hand,”— a reference to M&M's chocolates’ tagline: "M&M's- the chocolate that melts in your mouth- not in your hand". The song was heavily censored when played on many commercial radio stations to remove swearing and sexually explicit language. Some critics also derided the song as being a retread of his earlier collaboration with Lil Kim, "Magic Stick."

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The music video (directed by Jessy Terrero) was made on January 11-12, 2005 in Hollywood, and was later nominated at the MTV Video Music Awards in 2005 for Best Male Video (losing to the clip for the song "Jesus Walks") It follows a plot where 50 Cent drives to a mansion which turns out to be the "Candy Shop" and meets several attractive women inside. At the end, the cashier (played by Olivia) wakes him up from the daydream he was having in the drive-thru of a burger joint. The video features several top models including "Lyric" (as the nurse), Chessika Cartwright (as the dominatrix) and Erica Mena (as girl in bed) and of course Olivia as the lead dancer. Some G-Unit protégés also appear in it; they are Lil' Scrappy and Young Buck.

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