Beat Box (SpotemGottem song)

"Beat Box"
Single by SpotemGottem
from the album Final Destination
ReleasedApril 20, 2020
Length1:50[1]
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Damn E
SpotemGottem singles chronology
"Street Gossip"
(2020) 		"Beat Box"
(2020) 		"Survivor"
(2020)

"Beat Box" is the debut single by American rapper SpotemGottem. It was released on April 20, 2020, while the first remix, titled "Beat Box 2", featuring SpotemGottem linking up with American rapper Pooh Shiesty, was released on December 18, 2020, alongside a video, and as part of Spotem's debut mixtape, Final Destination. The first remix pushed the song to viral status on the video-sharing app TikTok, spawning the "#JunebugChallenge", and later became SpotemGottem's first chart entry.

American rapper DaBaby released a freestyle version of the song, which was worked into a second remix, titled "Beat Box 3", released February 18, 2021. A third remix of the song with vocals from American rapper Latto, accordingly dubbed the "Big Latto Mix", was released on March 13, 2021. A fourth remix followed on March 26, 2021, with Jamaican dancehall artist Shenseea,[2] following her freestyle version.[3] A fifth remix, titled "Beat Box 4", was released April 16, 2021[4] featuring rapper NLE Choppa. A remix with BigKayBeezy[5] was released on April 22, 2021. On April 23, 2021, another remix entitled "Beat Box 5" featuring Polo G was released.[6] On May 1, 2021, a remix with the rapper Dee Watkins was released.[7] Two days later, on May 3, 2021, another remix was released featuring Young M.A.[8]

Lyrically, "Beat Box" is about how SpotemGottem's pistol is so loud it can "make a beat box". The song contains violent rhymes, with a heavy bass production by Damn E.

  1. ^ "Beat Box / SpotemGottem". Tidal. Retrieved May 24, 2021.
  2. ^ "Shenseea Jumps On Official 'Beat Box' Remix With Florida Rapper SpotemGottem". DancehallMag. March 28, 2021. Retrieved March 28, 2021.
  3. ^ Baugh, Claudine (January 25, 2021). "Shenseea Swaps Dancing The 'Junebug Challenge' For Another Fire Freestyle". Dancehall Mag. Retrieved March 8, 2021.
  4. ^ Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: "SPOTEMGOTTEM ft. NLE Choppa - Beat Box 4 (First Day Out) [Official Lyric Video]". YouTube.
  5. ^ "Beat Box (Freestyle)". April 22, 2021.
  6. ^ Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: "SPOTEMGOTTEM ft. Polo G - Beat Box 5 (Official Audio)". YouTube.
  7. ^ "Beat Box (with Dee Watkins)". May 1, 2021.
  8. ^ "Beat Box (Freestyle)". May 3, 2021.