Hood Hottest Princess

Hood Hottest Princess is the second mixtape by American rapper and singer-songwriter Sexyy Red. Released on June 9, 2023, via Open Shift, the mixtape was supported by the singles "Born By the River", "Female Gucci Mane", "Pound Town 2", "SkeeYee" and "Hellcats SRTs",^[1] and has received positive reception from critics.^[2] The mixtape contains guest appearances from Nicki Minaj, Juicy J, ATL Jacob, and Sukihana. A deluxe edition was released on December 1, 2023 and featured additional guest appearances from Chief Keef, 42 Dugg, G Herbo and Summer Walker.

Hood Hottest Princess
Mixtape by Sexyy Red
Released	June 9, 2023 (2023-06-09)
Genre	Hip hop
Length	30:19
Label	Open Shift
Producer	Don Alfonso ATL Jacob BanBwoi MacFly Beatz Captain Curt DJ Meech DJ Paul Shawn Ferrari Omar Guetfa Juicy J Jupyter Tay Keith Melz menace NoahInHisBag Okazaki TheRechordz ToddGleeFul Truebeatzz YakBeats
Sexyy Red chronology
Pound Town (2023) Hood Hottest Princess (2023) In Sexyy We Trust (2024)
Singles from Hood Hottest Princess
"Born By the River" Released: August 9, 2022 "Female Gucci Mane" Released: April 21, 2023 "Pound Town 2" Released: May 26, 2023 "SkeeYee" Released: June 9, 2023 "Hellcats SRTs" Released: September 15, 2023

Reception

Critical reception

Editors at AllMusic rated this album 2.5 out of 5 stars, with a staff review writing that the album has "brazen yet humorous lyrics and simple, gleeful hooks".^[3] Jude Noel of HipHopDX rated this release a 3.9 out of 5, comparing the work to Three 6 Mafia and continuing that it "is packed back to front with hard-hitting nu-crunk energy and pornographic quotables".^[4] The staff of Okayplayer published individual picks for the year on July 12 and editorial director Dimas Sanfiorenzo chose this as his top album and it placed third for culture and news editor Elijah Watson, Sr.^[5] Alphonse Pierre of Pitchfork scored Hood Hottest Princess an 8.0 out of 10, noting that you could play the album "at a party or club without killing the vibe; it's 30 minutes of straight-up standing-on-the-table raps".^[6]

Walden Green of The Fader reviewed "SkeeYee" and called it the "song you need in your life today", for Sexyy Red's vocals and Tay Keith's instrumentation.^[1]

Hood Hottest Princess in best-of lists

Outlet	Listing	Rank
BrooklynVegan[7]	BrooklynVegan's Top 55 Albums of 2023	—
The Fader[8]	The 50 Best albums of 2023	13
NPR Music[9]	The 50 Best Albums of 2023	—
Pitchfork[10]	The 50 Best Albums of 2023	41
Slate[11]	The best albums of 2023.	Runner-up
Stereogum[12]	The 50 Best Albums of 2023	46

Track listing

1. "I'm the Shit" (Paul Williams and Janae Wherry)  – 2:31
2. "SkeeYee" (Brytavious Chambers, Marquell Jones, Demetrius Moore Jr. and Wherry)  – 2:37
3. "Hellcats SRTs" (Ernest Day Jr. and Wherry)  – 2:33
4. "Pound Town 2" (Chambers, Onika Maraj, and Wherry)  – 3:14
5. "Looking for the Hoes (Ain't My Fault)" (Craig Bazile, Jean Marcel Day Jr., Wolf-Afonso Hasselman, Joseph Johnson, Adnan Khan, Vyshonn King Miller, Armel Potter, Wardell Joseph Quezergue, and Wherry)  – 2:10
6. "Sexyy Walk" (Paul Beauregard, Jordan Houston, Patrick Houston, and Wherry)  – 2:33
7. "Strictly for the Strippers" (Jacob Canady, Omar-Rayan Guetfa, J. Houston, and Wherry)  – 4:02
8. "Nachos" (Ilya Blinov, Noah Steed, and Wherry)  – 2:50
9. "Mad at Me" (Elon Brown, Chambers, Donny Flores, Antoine Edwards, Christopher Lee, Juan Madrid, Ayatullah Muhammad, and Wherry)  – 2:39
10. "Born by the River" (Destiny Lanette Henderson, Josus Ortiz, LiCurtis Philson, and Wherry)  – 2:35
11. "Female Gucci Mane" (Day, Marquise Romell Todd, and Wherry)  – 2:29

Personnel

• Sexyy Red – rapping, vocals
• 42 Dugg – rapping on "Perfect Match"
• Don Alfonso – production on "Looking for the Hoes (Ain't My Fault)"
• ATL Jacob – vocals on "Strictly for the Strippers"
• BanBwoi – production on "SkeeYee"
• MacFly Beatz – production on "I'm the Shit"
• Captain Curt – production on "Born by the River"
• Chief Keef – rapping on "Ghetto Princess" featuring
• DJ Meech – production on "SkeeYee"
• DJ Paul – production on "Sexyy Walk"
• Shawn Ferrari – production on "Hellcats SRTs" and "Female Gucci Mane"
• G Herbo – rapping on "Perfect Match"
• Juicy J – vocals on "Strictly for the Strippers", production on "Sexyy Walk"
• Jupyter – production on "Mad at Me"
• Tay Keith – piano on "Pound Town 2"; Roland 808 on "Pound Town 2";^[1] performance on "I Don't Wanna Be Saved", production on "SkeeYee", "Pound Town 2", and "Mad at Me"
• Melz – production on "Looking for the Hoes (Ain't My Fault)"
• menace – production on "Looking for the Hoes (Ain't My Fault)"
• Nicki Minaj – vocals on "Pound Town 2"
• NoahInHisBag – production on "Nachos"
• Okazaki – production on "Nachos"
• TheRechordz – production on "Mad at Me"
• Sukihana – vocals on "Born by the River" and "Hoodrats"
• ToddGleeful – production on "Female Gucci Mane"
• Truebeatzz – production on "Looking for the Hoes (Ain't My Fault)"
• Summer Walker – vocals on "I Might"
• YakBeatz – production on "Born by the River"

Charts

Weekly charts Weekly chart performance for Hood Hottest Princess Chart (2023) Peak position US Billboard 200[13] 62 US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[14] 21

Year-end charts Year-end chart performance for Hood Hottest Princess Chart (2024) Position US Billboard 200[15] 156 US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[16] 54

Certifications

Certifications for Hood Hottest Princess

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA)[17] Deluxe edition	Gold	500,000‡
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

See also

• 2023 in American music
• 2023 in hip hop music