Song of the Week: Cardi B and GloRilla Fire Back at the Haters on “Tomorrow 2”
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Song of the Week breaks down and talks about the song we just can’t get out of our head each week. Find these songs and more on our Spotify Top Songs playlist. For our favorite new songs from emerging artists, check out our Spotify New Sounds playlist. This week, GloRilla and Cardi B join forces for a hard-hitting collab.
Cardi B has always been a generous collaborator, and now she’s hopped on the remix for fast-rising Memphis rapper GloRilla’s hard-hitting track, “Tomorrow.” The two artists are a natural fit, with aggressive rapping styles and the ability to tear through sparse beats based on shit-talking and charisma alone.
Produced by GloRilla’s frequent collaborator Macaroni Toni, “Tomorrow 2” brings out the best in both of them. GloRilla, who broke out with her viral hit “FNF (Let’s Go)” earlier this year, dropped the original as her first release after signing to Yo Gotti’s CMG label. On the track, she pops off with lyrics about keeping her circle close after gaining fame, but staying “kinda ratchet still.”
As someone who occasionally still gets into trouble herself, Cardi can clearly relate, and she keeps up that same energy with her verse. Letting off the frustration that inspired her to make “Why Am I Trending?” merch, the Bronx native has some pointed words for a nameless hater: “I stay on her mind, I got condos in that bitch head/ She say she don’t fuck with me, who said that you can, ho?” It sounds like her beef with a certain Queens rapper isn’t cooling down anytime soon.
Keeping it more positive, Cardi acknowledges another buzzing star, Bronx rapper Ice Spice, when she raps, “That n**** a munch and he gon’ eat me like a mango.” Hopefully, this means we’ll be getting a remix of Ice Spice’s own viral smash “Munch (Feelin’ U)” expeditiously.
If you need a shot of adrenaline, check out GloRilla and Cardi B taking over New York City in the “Tomorrow 2” video below.
— Eddie Fu
New Music
Honorable Mentions:
ella jane – “I Wanna”
The pulsing beat of ella jane’s latest, “I Wanna,” feels like a racing heart. It’s perfect for a track about yearning for love and all the excitement that comes with it, feeling in the vein of Troye Sivan or Carly Rae Jepsen. It’s refreshing and exciting, capturing a moment in early adulthood that ella can almost already feel slipping away. “It kicks in, if I risk it, you might just slip away,” she sings.
ella jane arrives at the conclusion that love is worth the risk, and the result is a song that would perfectly accompany a climax in a rom-com or the moment the slow-burn leads finally cave in a sitcom. (We all remember where we were when Nick and Jess finally happened; this is that energy.) For now, though, it can just be the perfect soundtrack to our own lives. — Mary Siroky
Sycco – “Ripple” (produced by Flume and Chrome Sparks)
Australian songwriter and producer Sycco has enlisted Flume and Chrome Sparks for “Ripple,” an atmospheric dance track that brings three incredibly talented producers together. The song has an entrancing ebb and flow, cresting and rising again, bringing the listener along for the entire smooth and immersive ride. “Ripple” might be lyrically sparse, but the track has more than enough depth to balance it out. Sycco will be supporting Tame Impala and Dua Lipa come October on Australian tour dates, and it’s easy to envision the artist crushing it alongside both acts. — M.S.
Amelia Moore, ASTN – “next door”
With “next door,” Amelia Moore and ASTN perfectly weave an R&B touch into an already catchy pop tune. Amelia Moore has a knack for earworm melodies, and her raspy, well-controlled vocal delivery pairs wonderfully with those delivered here by ASTN. It’s a simple, relatable premise — haven’t we all fallen at least a little bit in love with an interesting neighbor at some point, or at least had our interest piqued by one? Interestingly, this is Amelia Moore’s very first collaboration. She strikes as incredibly comfortable in this setting, landing the back-and-forth with ASTN with apparent ease, and leaving us excited for who she might work with next. — M.S.
Channel Tres – “No Limit”
The house genre is in the midst of a renaissance. This is thanks in part to artists like Channel Tres — musicians who don’t put a ceiling on their craft. As a blossoming star in the hip-house scene, Tres’ incorporation of funk into an already rhythmic style produces a smoothness that couples the ’70s with the modern age. With “No Limit,” the Compton artist provides an intoxicating, wavy track that encapsulates the feeling of summer despite the turn to sweater weather.
The shift in vocal tone between the rich, deeper verses to the harmonic sung chorus is an example of Tres’ versatility on full display. The P-funk-like bass line is powerful — but rather than take away from the mellow vocal and production performances, it amplifies it. — Joe Eckstein
Magdalena Bay – “Unconditional”
For the deluxe version of their 2021 debut, Mercurial World, Magdalena Bay have shared “Unconditional,” an infectious slice of synth pop that feels right in line with the album’s best tracks. The song’s ’80s-esque keyboard stabs and slithering bass line work perfectly with Magdalena Bay’s mid-tempo strut, the delicate timbre of vocalist Mica Tenenbaum’s melodies rising high above the song’s bubbling synths. Complemented by an appropriately bizarre, rainbow-colored music video that serves as another chapter in Magdalena Bay’s strange, uncanny visual universe, “Unconditional” is a wonderful and stylish example of why the duo made such big waves with Mercurial World. — Paolo Ragusa
The Murder Capital – “A Thousand Lives”
Irish rockers The Murder Capital have just announced their sophomore album, Gigi’s Recovery (out January 20th), and with it, shared the second single from the album, “A Thousand Lives.” Already, Gigi’s Recovery is shaping up to be a much more meditative turn from The Murder Capital, whose first LP was tense, charged, frenetic, and anxious — but now, similar to the first single “Only Good Things,” there’s a quieting from the band, a shift towards something closer to In Rainbows-era Radiohead rather than the urgent cry of their contemporaries.
Between frontman James McGovern’s booming voice and poetic musings, the dazzling, pinwheeling arpeggios from Damien Tuit and Cathal Roper’s guitars, and drummer Diarmuid Brennan’s skittering, cymbal-heavy wash, “A Thousand Lives” points to The Murder Capital turning further inward, prioritizing a more detailed, dynamic sound. — P.R.
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Song of the Week: Cardi B and GloRilla Fire Back at the Haters on “Tomorrow 2”
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