"Hot Hot Hot" is the fourth single from LL Cool J

LL Cool J

James Todd Smith , better known as LL Cool J , is an American rapper, entrepreneur, and actor...

's seventh album Phenomenon

Phenomenon (LL Cool J album)

Phenomenon is the seventh studio album by rapper LL Cool J. After the success of his previous release Mr. Smith, the same basic principles are followed here, with several R&B-influenced tracks, and a couple of more hardcore Rap tracks. The album was not as commercially successful as Mr. Smith in...

. It was released on March 27, 1998 for Def Jam Recordings

Def Jam Recordings

Def Jam Recordings is an American record label, focused primarily on hip hop and urban music, owned by Universal Music Group, and operates as a part of The Island Def Jam Motown Music Group...

 and was produced by Puff Daddy, D-Dot and Amen-Ra of the production team, The Hitmen

The Hitmen (production team)

The Hitmen is a production team formed by Sean "Diddy" Combs to produce hip hop and R&B records for his Bad Boy label's recording artists. Because of its great success, the group has also been hired for projects outside of Bad Boy-Production:...

. Unlike the previous singles from the album, this did not make it to the Billboard charts

Billboard charts

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The bassline is sampled from the song "Pleasure of Love" by Tom Tom Club

Tom Tom Club

Tom Tom Club is an American new wave band founded in 1981 by husband-and-wife team Tina Weymouth and Chris Frantz, both also known for being bandmembers of Talking Heads.-Biography:...

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B-Side

1. "4, 3, 2, 1"- 3:38 (Featuring DMX
   DMX (rapper)
   Earl Simmons , better known by his stage name DMX, is a multiplatinum American rapper and actor who rose to fame in the late 1990s. His stage name pays tribute to the Oberheim DMX drum machine, an instrument he used when he made his own rap beats in the 80's...
   
   , Method Man
   Method Man
   Clifford Smith , better known by his stage name Method Man is an American hip hop artist, record producer, actor and member of the hip hop collective Wu-Tang Clan. He took his stage name from the 1979 film The Fearless Young Boxer, also known as Method Man. He is one half of the rap duo Method Man...
   
   , Redman)
2. "Hot, Hot, Hot" (Remix)- 3:52