The Humpty Dance

The second single from Sex Packets came out in January 1990 and was produced by Shock G, recorded in 1989 at Starlight Sound in Richmond. It reached 11 on the Hot 100, 7 on the R&B chart and 1 on the rap singles chart. It is sung by Humpty Hump, Shock G's alter ego, in his second recorded appearance after Doowutchyalike. The song celebrates Humpty's sexual prowess despite his absurd looks. The opening line promises to ruin the image and style listeners are used to, a protest against the sameness of successful rappers of the time. In the last verse he describes the dance as loose and easy, like MC Hammer on crack, and the song ends by inviting people of all races to join in.

The drum track combines five elements: a one-measure loop from Sly and the Family Stone's Sing a Simple Song, a deep kick that alternates between two bass notes, a handclap snare sampled from Parliament's Theme From the Black Hole, drum-machine hi-hats and a guitar hit once a bar. The chorus vocal sample comes from Parliament's Let's Play House. Money-B has said it was among the last songs recorded for the album, and that when he first heard it he knew it was the one.

It was nominated for Best Rap Video at the 1990 MTV Video Music Awards and lost to MC Hammer's U Can't Touch This. VH1 ranked it number 30 on its 100 Greatest Songs of Hip Hop in 2008, and Rolling Stone placed it at 241 on its 500 Greatest Songs list in 2021. Digital Underground answered the many samplers with The Humpty Dance Awards in 1993, and Justin Timberlake and Jimmy Fallon performed a section of it on Late Night in September 2010.