The Singles Jukebox

Sort of a temporary duo…

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[5.00]Thomas Inskeep: I am all for a return to the sounds of glossy ’90s NYC hip-hop, which is what I was hoping for from this Terror Squad reunion single. But there’s no song here, just a dull kick drum, a horn riff that sounds like it was stolen from a Ja Rule remix, and some uninspired verses from everyone involved.
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Taylor Alatorre: The saxophone loop isn’t doing it for me. Rather than evoking the glories of New York’s boom-bap era, it plays more like an underfunded exhibit at the Hip Hop Children’s Museum. But this song isn’t about creating a historically accurate period piece, as made clear by its trap hi-hats and tolerance of French Montana. No, it’s about Fat Joe making “no breakfast” sound like the worst punishment in the world, and Remy Ma figuring out how to connect the dots between foreign currency and erectile dysfunction. They both make the most of what they’ve been given, and really, what could be more “real hip hop” than that?
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Gin Hart: AND IF YOU ASK ANYBODY WHERE I LIVE/THEY’LL POINT TO THE HILLS AND SAY/GO ALL THE WAY UP It’s chill flexion: already proved yourself, already made the money & bought the house; still shouting. It feels good to be high from on high.
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Alfred Soto: I didn’t wake up until Remy Ma’s verse, and Infared’s hook is way too much of an okay thing. But Joe demonstrates that he can revel better than Ross ever could.
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Katie Gill: The best thing about this three and a half minutes of forgettable music is now I know who Remy Ma is. I’m always on the lookout for female rappers and she at least seemed like she was putting a LITTLE effort into it.
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Brad Shoup: What happened to Cool & Dre? The loop is loose, and it’s obnoxious: a four-note fire-escape sax figure. It’s to Remy Ma’s eternal credit that I can’t hear it when she raps.
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David Moore: It’s the song of the summer! I mean, not this summer. But it’s Fat Joe, give him a good faith window of relevance.
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