Hit Da Pavement

"Hit Da Pavement" is a song by American funk duo 7 Days of Funk. It is the opening track on their eponymous debut studio album in 2013. The song was written by Calvin Broadus and Damon Riddick. Mixed by Shon Lawon and Cole M.G.N., it was produced by Riddick under his stage name Dâm-Funk and the vocals were performed by Broadus under his moniker Snoopzilla. The song features backing vocals from Shon Lawon and Val Young, and additional vocals from Parliament-Funkadelic bassist Bootsy Collins.

"Hit Da Pavement"
Song by 7 Days of Funk (Dâm-Funk & Snoopzilla)
from the album 7 Days of Funk
Released	December 10, 2013
Recorded	2013 Funkmosphere Lab (Los Angeles, California)[1]
Genre	G-funk
Length	4:16
Label	Stones Throw
Songwriter(s)	Calvin Broadus Damon Riddick
Producer(s)	Dâm-Funk
Music video
"Hit Da Pavement" on VEVO

Stones Throw Records released "Hit Da Pavement" along with "Faden Away" on a cassingle on December 10, 2013, with both vocal and instrumental versions. The cassette was given away exclusively with the first week's orders of the LP and 45 box set.[2]

Background

Dâm-Funk and Snoopzilla initially got together for an impromptu performance at the opening of The Dogg House at HVW8 Art + Design Gallery in Los Angeles on February 16, 2011.[3][4][5] A month after the meeting, the two began to collaborate when Snoop invited Dâm to perform with him at show at the SXSW Music Festival.[6][7] They forged a mutual admiration; then unexpectedly, Snoop sent Dâm a cryptic SoundCloud message: "I need some of that heat."[8] Months went by and Snoop went to Dâm's house. "Hit Da Pavement" is the first track 7 Days of Funk recorded.[9][10]

We went through some tracks and [Snoop] stumbled on one, and we recorded the vocals right there. It's called 'Hit Da Pavement'," Dâm-Funk told Life+Times. "After it stopped, he was like, 'Man, this is too good, I wanna do an EP.' We went on from that and started gelling organically, no business people involved, no labels, no management. From that point, we got down and here we are with an EP.

Music video

The music video for "Hit Da Pavement" premiered on VEVO on December 10, 2013. Directed by Henry DeMaio, the video picks up from the house party in the video for the album's lead single "Faden Away".[11] The retro video finds the West Coast duo driving around the streets of Los Angeles at night with their ladies in Snoop's baby blue Lincoln Continental, and rapping in parking lots.[12][13] Along the way, a couple bags of cannabis are purchased from a sidewalk dealer and two ladies get picked up in the Lincoln.[14]

Track listing

Cassingle

Side A: Pave

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Hit Da Pavement" (Vocal)	C. Broadus, D. Riddick	Dâm-Funk	4:16
2.	"Hit Da Pavement" (Instrumental)		Dâm-Funk	4:16

Side B: Fade

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Faden Away" (Vocal)	C. Broadus, D. Riddick	Dâm-Funk	5:40
2.	"Faden Away" (Instrumental)		Dâm-Funk	5:40

45 Box Set[15]

Side 1A

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Hit Da Pavement"	C. Broadus, D. Riddick	Dâm-Funk	4:16

Side 1B

No.	Title	Producer(s)	Length
2.	"Hit Da Pavement" (Instrumental)	Dâm-Funk	4:16

Credits and personnel

Recording[1]

• Recorded at Funkmosphere Lab, Los Angeles, California.
• Mixed at The Compound, Los Angeles, California.
• Mastered at Bernie Grundman Mastering, Hollywood, Los Angeles.

Personnel[1]

• Calvin Broadus – composer, vocals
• Cole M.G.N. – mixing
• Bootsy Collins – additional vocals
• Brian "Big Bass" Gardner – mastering
• Shon Lawon – background vocals, engineering, mixing
• Damon Riddick – instrumentation, production
• Frank Vasquez – additional engineering
• Val Young – background vocals

Release history

Date	Format	Label
December 10, 2013	Digital download[16]	Stones Throw Records
	Cassette[2]
February 5, 2014	7-inch Vinyl[15]

References

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3. "adidas, HVW8 and Snoop present The Dogg House". HVW8.com. February 2011. Retrieved 10 Dec 2013.
4. "Snoop Dogg & Dam Funk | Stones Throw Records". Stones Throw. 17 Feb 2011. Retrieved 25 Oct 2013.
5. Carbone, Bradley (16 Feb 2011). "Exhibit See The Dogg House Opens Tonight at HVW8 Gallery in L.A." Complex.com. Retrieved 10 Dec 2013.
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7. Weiss, Jeff (20 Mar 2011). "SXSW 2011 Snoop Dogg, Dogg Pound, Warren G, Dam-Funk and Mayer Hawthorne pay tribute to Nate Dogg, reconfigure modern funk". latimes.com. Retrieved 13 Dec 2013.
8. Weiss, Jeff (29 Nov 2013). "Dam-Funk Drives Us Around L.A., Discusses 'Invite the Light' Album and 7 Days of Funk". self-titledmag.com. Retrieved 10 Dec 2013.
9. Cohen, Ian (16 Oct 2013). "Update: Snoopzilla and Dâm-Funk". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved 25 Oct 2013.
10. Edwards, Gavin (9 Dec 2013). "Snoopzilla Talks '7 Days of Funk,' Dr. Dre's 'Detox' | Music News". RollingStone.com. Retrieved 11 Dec 2013.
11. "Video: 7 Days of Funk (Snoopzilla x Dam-Funk) – 'Hit Da Pavement'". Rap-Up.com. 10 Dec 2013. Retrieved 23 Dec 2013.
12. Ortiz, Edwin (10 Dec 2013). "7 Days Of Funk (Snoopzilla & Dam-Funk) 'Hit Da Pavement' Video". Complex. Retrieved 18 Dec 2013.
13. Jackson, Glenn (10 Dec 2013). "Snoop Dogg and Dam-Funk Drop New Video for "Hit Da Pavement"". XLR8R.com. Archived from the original on 14 August 2014. Retrieved 23 Dec 2013.
14. Adams, Gregory (10 Dec 2013). "7 Days of Funk - 'Hit Da Pavement' (video) • Music _ Video". exclaim.ca. Archived from the original on 22 December 2013. Retrieved 23 Dec 2013.
15. "7 Days of Funk | 7 Days of Funk (45 Box Set)". StonesThrow.com. Retrieved 18 Dec 2013.
16. "iTunes - Music - 7 Days of Funk by 7 Days of Funk". iTunes.apple.com. 10 Dec 2013. Retrieved 23 Dec 2013.