In Atlanta, virtually every three blocks you can find a strip club, and most of them are pretty damn good. We decided to speak to few girls at some of ATL’s select stripper spots and got insight into what they feel are some of the all time best stripper songs. “I think the best stripper song of all time is Nelly’s ‘Tip Drill.’ That’s the best song as far as getting paid, it kinda created a movement.” Ricochet (The Body Tap) “I can’t even lie, I like that Akon song, ‘I Wanna Fuck You.’” Sinna (Magic City) “My favorite song to strip to is an old one, Master P’s ‘Bout It, Bout It’.” - Holiday (Queen City) “You gon’ laugh, but I used to like dancing to D4L’s ‘Laffy Taffy’ a lot last year.” Ms. Lady* (Blue Flame) “My favorite stripper song of all time is ‘2 Step’ by Unk.” - I Candy (Queen City) “I love T-Pain’s ‘In Luv Wit’ A Stripper.’ I don’t know why.” - Cleopatra (Magic City) “I like that DipSet song ‘Ballin,’ and anything by Jeezy.” - Isis (Dancer’s Elite) “I made the most money to Jim Jones’ ‘Ballin,’ so that’s probably my favorite stripper song.” - Ginger (The Body Tap) “My favorite songs to dance to are Jeezy’s ‘I Do This Shit’ and Jim Jones’ ‘Ballin.’” - Foxy (The Body Tap) “It isn’t the best stripper song, but I like Crime Mob’s ‘Rock Ya Hips.’” - Candy* (Strokers) * Fictitious name
You really can’t decipher who tips good because when they come in the club, some people reserve where they’re gonna sit. So they could be dipped off in the corner and you don’t know how much money they spend. Some people will sit there and get dances all night and have big ass piles of money underneath ‘em. Some people will sit by the stage and tip all the stage sets. Jeezy comes in and spends a lot of money. Lil Wayne spent a lot of money when he came in. Allen Iverson spends a lot of money when he comes in. If you had to guess how much money they probably spend, how much do you think it would be? They be getting stacks of $5,000, sometimes $10,000 one [dollar bills], you know what I’m saying? They be getting money. Ron Artest was in there one night; he must have got about $20,000 dollars in ones. They be spending money! Damn! So have any of the celebrities ever said anything out of pocket to you that made you go off on them? When the Da Brat came in the club I was just trying to introduce myself because she’s from Chicago, and that’s where I’m from, so I was just trying to say what’s up to her and she kinda didn’t want to speak and she was real conceited. I didn’t say nothing else to her, I just walked off. Why do you think rappers are so obsessed with strippers? I wouldn’t necessarily say they’re obsessed, but rappers are guys and a guy is gonna be a guy. If he sees a lady that has a big ass, or some big ass titties, or whatever it is that attracts him to that woman, it doesn’t have anything to do with him being a rapper. It’s the same thing as a normal guy off the street. Rappers could probably pull almost any female they want and get them to strip without even having to pay money, but they continue to go to places like Magic City and spend thousands. Why is that? That’s the thing, it really doesn’t have nothing to do with the girls. I think it has to do with them trying to stunt, trying to show out, trying to see who has the most money. They do it all the time, the DJ even gets involved with it at Magic City. For instance, when a rapper is in the club they’ll play his song, and say Jeezy’s in the club for example, when his song comes on; they expect him to tip, tip, tip, tip, tip. If DipSet is in there, they’ll play “Ballin’” and they expect them to tip, tip, tip, tip, and if they don’t, they’ll get to talking about you. So it’s really kinda like a competition for niggas to let other niggas know they got more money than them. It’s just like a car, just like your bitch, just like your clothes, it’s just stuntin’, trying to show off. Damn, you really broke it down. So what do you think is the best stripper song of all time? I don’t know, but I can’t even lie, I like that Akon song, “I see you windin’ and grindin’, up on that pole…” That’s crazy, I was just listening to that song in my car on my way over here. So, do you think stripping is addictive? Anything can be addictive; it just depends on the person fighting the temptation. It’s not addictive for me. I could stop now if I wanted to. It’s just that the things I’ve acquired can’t be obtained from a regular job. It’s hard to find a job here in Atlanta paying the amount of money I need. If you had to rate how good of a stripper you are from 1 - 10, what would you give yourself? I guess overall, I’d say I’m about an 8.
So what’s the worst part about being a stripper? Working the pole, getting bruises on your legs. People think it’s real easy, but its not. Some days I’ll just feel so exhausted and it won’t even be from not sleeping, it’ll be from my body being so sore and tired and worked out. Moving to the next topic, do you think prostitution is a big problem at strip clubs? I mean, yeah. Some clubs they do it openly and some clubs it’s like you might be getting a dance from a girl and you slip her your number and you might meet afterwards, but at Magic City, they’re not involved in any of that. If anything like that goes on, they don’t have any knowledge of it. But it goes on a lot at strip clubs, especially with rappers, because a lot of them don’t wanna have to deal with these court cases and shit like that when some crazy bitch they was dealing with is trying to take them to court. So, they would rather pay a girl to have sex with them or give them some other sexual favors just so they can get off their nut and go on about they way. They just want they nut and you just want your money. So in your opinion, what percentage of girls who dance at strip clubs go out and prostitute on the side? Once again, it all depends on the club, but I’d say about 85%. Damn, that’s a lot. So what do you have to say about the lack of respect some strippers have for themselves? These strippers that are out giving strippers this bad name, like we only have sex for money and all types of different stuff, they need to start respecting their bodies more and respecting themselves more. Not even just because you’re a stripper, but purely because you’re a woman and you’re supposed to. The rappers, they need to respect us more too. A lot of them don’t realize that yeah, because we’re strippers we are kind of degrading ourselves, but still, we don’t anymore degradation. They might try to smack you with stacks of money and they think that shit be funny, but it’s not. They need to respect us more because this ain’t no shit we wanna do. It’s not fun, it’s not something we be excited about, it’s not fun at all. What are you looking to do after you’re done stripping? I currently go to Clark Atlanta University, majoring in music. and I sing as well. That’s what I plan to be, a professional singer, and dancing has helped me in some ways, like networking and meeting different people. Being a fulltime college student, how are you able to manage dancing, school and your singing career at the same time? I’ve just gotten used to it. I just have to do it. I try to schedule my work and school as best as I can and I just do it. I can go to bed at 4 o’clock in the morning and get back up at 6 or 7 o’clock that same morning. My body has gotten used to it. What advice can you give girls who are considering becoming a stripper? If you’re interested, don’t be stupid. I think there are stupid strippers and smart strippers; I would consider myself a smart stripper. There are so many strippers I know that have been stripping for 10, 20 years and have nothing to show for it. If you’re gonna become a stripper you need to save some of the money you make and invest it in something that will benefit you, you just gotta hustle.
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