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"Satisfaction" - Eve

from the album Eve-Olution (2002)

Billboard Hot 100 peak: #27 (one week)

Weeks in the Top-40: 4

 

Today's song comes from rapper Eve, who scored a top-ten crossover hit on Billboard magazine's Hot 100 in the autumn of 2002 with her collaboration with Alicia Keys on "Gangsta Lovin'".  The second single pulled from her third album on Ruff Ryders Records, Eve-Olution, was "Satisfaction". The song was written by Eve with producers Dr. Dre and Mike Elizondo, and the verses basically have Eve posturing about her success and how she defied the odds and is never going back to the bottom again. She positions herself as an independent woman, but there's really not much backup to the boasts (as is usual in the genre), while summarily needing to name-check Dr. Dre. But the best thing about this is the loose and funky production from Dr and Elizondo, though Eve rides the groove sufficiently. With a West Philly-style music video, Eve got enough airplay and sales to make the pop top-40 again...

"Satisfaction" became Eve's sixth lead-artist top-40 hit on the Hot 100 in January of 2003, while climbing to #22 on Billboard's R&B Singles chart and #8 on the Rap Songs list. On the radio, the song peaked at #20 on the Mainstream R&B Airplay chart and #9 on the dance/R&B-oriented Rhythmic format. Internationally, the single reached the top-40 in the United Kingdom (#20) and Ireland (#36). At the Grammy Awards in 2004, "Satisfaction" was nomination for Best Female Rap Solo Performance, losing to Missy Elliott for her "Scream" (Fun fact, the "Female solo" category only lasted two years, and Missy won both times). 

Eve will be back to the series.

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Eve included "Satisfaction" in her Verzuz battle with Trina in 2021..

Up tomorrow: A New Orleans rapper breaks free from his duo for this single.