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Apple Bottoms is a clothing line for women designed by rapper/artist Nelly. It is referred to in various Hip-Hop songs, such as "Overnight Celebrity" by rapper Twista, and more recently the R&B singer Flo Rida in the song "Low" featuring T-Pain. Image File history File links Question_book-3. ... For other uses, see Nelly (disambiguation). ...

"Apple Bottoms" as a brand name is derived from a slang term for a woman with large, rounded buttocks. Bottom commonly refers to the human buttocks but also has other uses. ...

In 2000, when Universal Records released Nelly's platinum debut album, Country Grammar, his clothing line for men, Vokal, had already been in production for two years. In 2002 Cornell "Nelly" Haynes Jr., by then a successful rapper and diversified entrepreneur, founded Apple Bottoms Jeans. A sister company to Vokal, Apple Bottoms bases its designs off of Nelly's idea that "The clothes should fit a woman, not the woman fit the clothes." Jeans in the Apple Bottoms collection are designed for accentuating women's shapely figures with signature details like apple-shaped back pockets. Year 2000 (MM) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full 2000 Gregorian calendar). ... Universal Records is an American record label owned by Universal Music Group. ...

The brand name of "Apple Bottoms" is meant to draw attention to the fact that not every woman has a supermodel figure. The jeans are flattering to women with curvy figures and are offered in myriad washes and rises.

Pop Culture

The term Apple Bottom jeans is featured in the song "Low" by Flo Rida featuring T-Pain,as part of the chorus. "...them Apple Bottom jeans, boots with the fur..." ^[1] The term is also used in the song "Tip Drill" by Nelly. ^[2] For the U.S. state, see Florida. ... T Pain is a hip-hop artist whose debut single was released in August 2005. ...

In the Eminem single "Shake That" from the 2005 album, Curtain Call, the featured artist Nate Dogg expresses desire for a hooker in apple bottom jeans. Marshall Bruce Mathers III (born October 17, 1972), better known as Eminem or Slim Shady, is a Grammy and Academy Award-winning American rapper, record producer and actor from the Detroit, Michigan area. ... Shake That is a song from Eminems 2005 Curtain Call: The Hits greatest hits album. ... Nathaniel Dawayne Hale (born August 19, 1969), commonly known by stage name Nate Dogg, is an American hip hop artist born in Long Beach, California. ...

Criticisms

Despite claims that the jeans are made to flatter voluptuous women, and receiving acclaim from Oprah, some have asserted that the jeans are distasteful and promote the objectification of women.

External links

• Apple Bottoms official website