The booty genre is practically its own super-species of songwriting by now—one in which the callipygian has proven a fertile, enduring muse to many a rocker, popper, rapper, disco practitioner, R&B crooner, even country singer. The latest composition to join these esteemed ranks? The new R&B groove "Let Me See the Booty," which comes from The-Dream (the man behind Rihanna's "Umbrella" as well as his own his hit last year, "Shawty Is a 10") and features guest rhymes from the always-subtle Lil Jon. Regrettably, the track is a weaker entry into said canon, so allow us to take a look back at a handful of the genre's more memorable moments.

Fat Bottomed Girls (Queen)
Sample Lyric: "Ain't no beauty queens in this locality (I tell you)/Oh, but I still get my pleasure/Still get my greatest treasure/Heap big woman you gonna make a big man out of me."

Big Bottom (Spinal Tap)
Sample lyric: "Big bottom/Big bottom/Talk about mudflaps/My gal's got 'em/Big bottom, drive me out of my mind/How can I leave this behind?"
And with David Gilmour on guitar…!

My Humps (Black Eyed Peas)
Sample Lyric: "What you gon' do with all that junk?/All that junk inside your trunk?/I'ma get, get, get, get, you drunk/Get you love drunk off my hump."

Baby Got Back (Sir Mix-A-Lot)
Sample Lyric: "You can have them bimbos/I'll keep my women like Flo Jo/A word to the thick soul sisters, I wanna get with ya/I won't cuss or hit ya"
Oh, you know you wanna watch the video.

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