"Lick" is a song by American funk

Funk

Funk is a music genre that originated in the mid-late 1960s when African American musicians blended soul music, jazz and R&B into a rhythmic, danceable new form of music. Funk de-emphasizes melody and harmony and brings a strong rhythmic groove of electric bass and drums to the foreground...

/soul singer Joi

Joi (singer)

Joi Elaine Gilliam , better known by her stage name Joi, is an American R&B/Rock singer, songwriter and record producer associated with the Dungeon Family collective based in Atlanta, Georgia, and as such often performs with OutKast, the Organized Noize production team, and Goodie Mob Joi Elaine...

, It was written by Joi Gilliam

Joi (singer)

Joi Elaine Gilliam , better known by her stage name Joi, is an American R&B/Rock singer, songwriter and record producer associated with the Dungeon Family collective based in Atlanta, Georgia, and as such often performs with OutKast, the Organized Noize production team, and Goodie Mob Joi Elaine...

, Sleepy Brown

Sleepy Brown

Patrick "Sleepy" Brown is an R&B singer-songwriter, and record producer. He is one-third of the successful Atlanta-based production team of Organized Noize, which has created hits for acts such as OutKast, Goodie Mob, and TLC...

, Rico Wade, Brandon Bennett, Raymon Ameer Murrey and produced by Joi

Joi (singer)

Joi Elaine Gilliam , better known by her stage name Joi, is an American R&B/Rock singer, songwriter and record producer associated with the Dungeon Family collective based in Atlanta, Georgia, and as such often performs with OutKast, the Organized Noize production team, and Goodie Mob Joi Elaine...

 for her third studio album Star Kitty's Revenge

Star Kitty's Revenge

Star Kitty's Revenge is an album by Joi, released on March 19, 2002, by Universal Records.-Track listing:#"Alright, I'm Back"#"It's Your Life"#"17" of Snow"#"Y'All Better Be Glad"#"Techno Pimp"#"Crave"#"Munchies for Your Love"...

 and later appeared in the film xXx and its soundtrack. Becoming an instant cult favorite courtesy of the film, this remains Gilliam's most successful single to date. a music video was never shot due to Gilliam parting ways with the music label and joining then fellow Lucy Pearl

Lucy Pearl

Lucy Pearl was an R&B supergroup formed in 1999, as the brainchild of former Tony! Toni! Toné! member Raphael Saadiq and D'Angelo. However, D'Angelo backed out of the group due to scheduling conflicts. The other members of Lucy Pearl were Dawn Robinson and Ali Shaheed Muhammad...

 band mate Raphael Saadiq

Raphael Saadiq

Raphael Saadiq is an American singer, songwriter and record producer. Saadiq has been a standard bearer for "old school" R&B since his early days as a member of the multiplatinum group Tony! Toni! Toné! He also produced songs of such artists as TLC, Joss Stone, D'Angelo, Mary J...

's Pookie Entertainment label at the time of its success. The song would later be sampled in rapper Gucci Mane

Gucci Mane

Radric Davis , better known by his stage name Gucci Mane, is an American rapper. He debuted in 2005 with Trap House and followed with albums such as Hard to Kill in 2006, Trap-A-Thon and Back to the Trap House in 2007. In 2009, his second studio album The State vs. Radric Davis was released...

's 2007 hit single Freaky Gurl

Freaky Gurl

"Freaky Gurl" is a song by rapper Gucci Mane from his albums Hard to Kill and Trap-A-Thon. The song was produced by Cyber Sapp and sampled elements from a 2002 song called "Lick" by Joi.-Remix:...

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Tracklistings

US CD Single

1. Radio Edit 4:19
2. LP Version 6:29

12" Single

1. Radio Edit 4:19
2. LP Version 6:29
3. Call Out Hook 0:14
4. Instrumental 4:17