His freestyle was worked into a remix and officially released as "Beat Box 3" on February 26. "Beat Box 3" "Beat Box 3"ĭaBaby released his own freestyle version of the song on February 18, 2021, alongside a video in which he performs the song's dance challenge. As such, Pooh Shiesty and DaBaby are both credited on the song, meaning the 2nd and 9th entry in the top 10 for Pooh Shiesty (following " Back in Blood") and DaBaby respectively. On top of becoming SpotemGottem's first entry to the component chart's top 10, the song received a joint credit on the website due to both Beat Box 2 and Beat Box 3 having significant impact on the song's performance. Following the release of remixes "Beat Box 3" and "Beat Box 4", the song reached number 12 on the Hot 100, and at number 6 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop charts both dated April 24, 2021. Thanks to its viral success, the song debuted at number 84 on the Billboard Hot 100, on the chart dated January 30, 2021, becoming SpotemGottem's first entry on the chart. By January 2021, the visual amassed nearly 14 million views on YouTube. The dance challenge is not featured in the video, as it only originated on TikTok in December 2020. It consists of SpotemGottem breaking out of a straitjacket and showing off a range of weapons. The official video was released along with the song on April 20, 2020. HipHopDX 's Mark Elibert called the song an undeniable hit and a "banger". Noisey's Kristin Corry compared SpotemGottem's vocals to Kodak Black and No Ceilings-era Lil Wayne, stating that "At 18, he has got the energy and charisma to make you forget that 'Beat Box' is actually about a shootout". "Beat Box 2" is essentially the same song, apart from the addition of Pooh Shiesty's verse. The line, "Oh, he the plug, riding round with 4 bricks / Call me Kobe, 24 Kobe", sees SpotemGottem distorting his voice towards the end of the bar, similar to Playboi Carti's "baby" voice. The songs's refrain, "Ready to get it started/Bitch, I got no sensе", was popularized in video clips on TikTok. The production of "Beat Box" was described as containing "bass drums that taser your skin", with SpotemGottem delivering violent narratives about a shoot-out and how his draco is so loud, it "make a beat box". SpotemGottem embraced the dance, and met Junebug in January 2021. The dance, as noted by HipHopDX 's Marisa Mendez, involves "a spastic movement of your entire body in every and any random location you can find" it includes flailing both arms, while leaning backwards and slightly limping. He posted his first #JunebugChallenge video to TikTok and Instagram on December 24, and continued posting a new video until it started going viral. It was aided by viral TikTok videos of its accompanying dance, the #JunebugChallenge, named after its creator, Junebug, a social media personality and digital creator. By January 2021, the remix had garnered over 2.8 million streams on Spotify. Prior to the release of the Pooh Shiesty remix, the original version of "Beat Box" had already accumulated over six million views on YouTube. "Beat Box" was released in April 2020 as a standalone single. The song contains violent rhymes, with a heavy bass production by Damn E. Lyrically, "Beat Box" is about how SpotemGottem's pistol is so loud it can "make a beat box". Two days later, on May 3, 2021, another remix was released featuring Young M.A. On May 1, 2021, a remix with the rapper Dee Watkins was released. On April 23, 2021, another remix entitled " Beat Box 5" featuring Polo G was released. A remix with BigKayBeezy was released on April 22, 2021. A fifth remix, titled " Beat Box 4", was released Ap featuring rapper NLE Choppa. A fourth remix followed on March 26, 2021, with Jamaican dancehall artist Shenseea, following her freestyle version. A third remix of the song with vocals from American rapper Mulatto, accordingly dubbed the "Big Latto Mix", was released on March 13, 2021. 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.Īmerican rapper DaBaby released a freestyle version of the song, which was worked into a second remix, titled " Beat Box 3", released February 18, 2021. 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. " Beat Box" is the debut single by American rapper SpotemGottem.
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