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Captain Save a Hoe
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Wikipedia article
{{Infobox song
| name = Captain Save a Hoe
| cover =
| type = single
| artist = E-40 featuring The Click
| EP = The Mail Man
| released = July 27, 1994
| recorded = 1993
| genre = Hip hop
| length = 4:47
| label = Sick Wid It
| writer =
| producer = Studio Ton
| chronology = E-40
| next_title = 1-Luv
| next_year = 1995
| misc =
}}
"'Captain Save a Hoe'" is an early 1990s song by American rapper E-40 featuring hip hop group The Click. It is the lead single from E-40's EP 'The Mail Man' (1993). It is E-40's breakthrough hit and one of his most well-known songs.
Background
The slang phrase "captain save a hoe" has become to mean a man who spends an excessive amount of time and money trying to please a woman, usually a promiscuous one. According to E-40, his inspiration for writing the song was that a lot of his friends were acting like that. Producer Studio Ton produced a "heavy mobbed out baseline" for the track, while E-40 came up with the idea and title. D-Shot of The Click thought of the hook, which was inspired by the song "Double Dutch Bus" by Frankie Smith.
The song criticizes a man who tries to "save" and impress women, especially when their help is unneeded. It ironically depicts this man as a superhero-like character called "Captain Save A Hoe".
The single was released through E-40's independent record label Sick Wid It Records. The song became more successful than expected and a clean version of the song was subsequently made, with the title "Captain Save Them Thoe". Following its regional popularity, E-40 signed to Jive Records. The label re-released the single on 12". The song also popularized the phrase used in the title.
Critical reception
The song was praised by music critics for its 1970s-sounding "radio-friendly, laid-back groove".Single reviews - Captain Save Them Thoe by E-40 Billboard; New York106.22 (May 28, 1994): 51.
Some feminists critiqued the song. Historian and cultural critic Davarian Baldwin notes that it portrays black women as gold-diggers who use their sexuality to take black men's meager earnings.
Other versions
The song "Saved", by American singer Ty Dolla Sign featuring E-40, interpolates and pays homage to "Captain Save a Hoe". In 2020, American musician Fantastic Negrito reinvented the song in a track called "Searching for Captain Save a Hoe", which also features a verse from E-40.
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References
Category:1993 songs
Category:1994 debut singles
Category:E-40 songs
Category:Songs written by E-40
Category:Songs about fictional male characters
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