11/19/2022 0 Comments Rihanna work new song![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() This song basically makes you want to cry your eyes out in your bedroom on Tuesday, then throw it back on the dance floor on Friday, making it a perfect embodiment of emotional chaos - and the duo's magnum opus. The ambitious hybrid of a track crosses over several genres and has been described as an "expansive house ballad," by Rolling Stone's Brittany Spanos.Īnn Powers for NPR further describes the song as a "memory-foam blend of '90s-nodding R&B and downtempo electronica." "Take Care" is the fifth track on Drake's album of the same name.īefore this title track was made flawless for Drake's second studio album, the song already existed as "I'll Take Care of You" (1959) by Bobby Bland and "I'll Take Care of U" (2011) by Gill Scott-Heron and Jamie xx.ĭrake and Rihanna's version, however, is more contemporary than the former and less funky than the latter (for the better), which allows this collab to be the masterpiece it is today. It makes you want to be vulnerable enough to cry along with Rihanna as she cries, "You 'bout to break me / I swear you got me losin' my mind!" Song highlight: The bridge is fairly moving. The verse oddly happened to be one of his most memorable (and meme-able) verses, too, so that definitely counts for something. Though, he is one of the very few rappers who can get away with reciting a cheesy line every now and then. Let's be real, "The square root of 69 is eight something, right?" is not Drake's best work. The two clearly had so much more room to grow as artists and hone their craft, whether that be curating a more mature sound or musing more pensive lyrics. I just don't find myself wanting to actively revisit "What's My Name?" in 2021, like I would any track on either Rihanna's "Anti" or Drake's "Views" (both from 2016).īut considering that "What's My Name?" was only the duo's first-ever project together, it is relatively impressive. It easily became a certified bop so much so, that it was considered "full-blown brilliance" by Variety's Matthew Kivel, as well as "sassy, fun, flirty, and energetic" by Alex Young for Consequence of Sound.īut the problem with this perfect pop song is that it never really transcended the age it was produced in. This song had everything a hit track needed in 2010 - a catchy chorus, bright bassline, and even a pun here and there. "What's My Name?" is the second track on Rihanna's "Loud." Song highlight: The semi-snappy, amplified "Wait a minute!" throughout the song, comically sampling the voice of late Pennsylvania U.S. Let's just say, life quite literally gave the star-studded group lemons here, and it did not make lemonade - and, well, just like a lemon, this song also kind of leaves a sour taste in your mouth. The political dance-pop song doesn't really move me in any special musical way like the higher-ranked songs on this list do – at its best, it gets a playful, partially sober, head bob from me.įor the song to repeatedly emphasize "Bitin' speakers in the face" and "Bouncin' around," I just expected a whole lot more, including a bolder beat drop that I can actually bounce around to.Īnd, I must note: For this song to be made by this pantheon of producers is pretty disappointing, considering how talented Drake, Rihanna, and Pharrell Williams all are.Īlso, for this to be a remix of the original "Lemon" track from N.E.R.D's self-titled album (2017), Drake doesn't add much flair to it. It's not necessarily the repetitiveness that makes this song a turnoff (because these artists can, and have, made hits out of pure repetitiveness, as they did with "Work"), but it's more so the humdrum of it all. "Lemon" is a 2017 collaboration involving N.E.R.D., aka Pharrell Williams, Chad Hugo, and Shay Haley. ![]()
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