This song may have come out back in the day when I graduated high school, but it still gets me on the dance floor.
🎶 Ho!
We got another one Phar-real!
Dance, oooohhh
I call you "for real" cause you the truth, haha
Whoa-oh, ohhh-ohh
Young, great Hova
Dance, oooohhh
Uh, yeah, let me talk to 'em
Whoa-oh, ohhh-ohh
I'mma keep it real 🎶
Let's get this week started off right.
🎶 Come close to me
Come close baby, come close ma (baby, baby)
Let me hold you love, come closer love
Know this world gets
It gets crazy baby, it gets crazy girl (but)
What's it without you, you, you, you? 🎶
🎶 That's how my Queen should ride. 🎶
Going down a Pharrell rabbit-hole...
Neptunes make numba one tune.
Love everything about this track and can't wait to see what this young singer-songwriter puts out in her years ahead.
Such a trip comparing this recent interview between Rogers and Pharrell with the video (below) where he first heard the track during his masterclass at New York University’s Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music and shared his feedback with the budding artist. Gives me chills.
Sim simma.
Written by Jamaican DJ Beenie Man, along with the prolific team of Pharell Williams and Chad Hugo (aka The Neptunes) who also produced, this song features Mya's angelic vocals and has that early 2000s reggae dancehall fusion vibe I associate with summers growing up in Toronto where island culture and music abound (see Caribana, Kardinal Offishall, Sean Paul, Barrington Levy).
Zagga zow, ziggi zow, zagga, yeah, zaga zay za zow.
When we caught The Roots play Oakland's Fox Theater just after Christmas 2014, I had no idea we'd be in for a serious treat care of their opening act. Singer Jill Hervey -- daughter of the stunning Vanessa Williams -- came out on stage with her wild mane, legs for days, a voice reminiscent of Erykah Badu, and a mesmerizing stage presence. "Treat Me Like Fire" instantly got inside my head, as I tried to place the sample (The Guess Who's "These Eyes"? Not quite.), the sultry and soulful "At The Hotel" by Eunice Collins. Production by Lucas Goodman, inspired by the late great J Dilla, Flying Lotus, and Timbaland, is on point (with some help from Pharrell).
Lion Babe returns to the Bay Area for a benefit concert this Wednesday, September 14th with Common at the Masonic. Tickets are $40 and all proceeds support Black Girls Code.