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 Length: 3:14Format: Digital Download, CD SingleGenre: Electro hopRecorded: 2013Released: June 15th, 2014Produced By: The Invisible Men, The ArcadeWritten By: Tealiyah Phuong, VanityLabel: Permanent ReminderBackground/Description'B.L.O.W' also stylized as 'BLOW' is the first single from Asian-American rapper, Liyah's, album. The song also features Pop phenom Vanity and was released on Liyah's 20th birthday, June 15th. The collaboration came to be after Liyah recorded the song but was looking for another voice to feature on it. She wanted someone that would have some influence on the track and would be able to pull it off with her. Naturally, her first instinct was to attempt to sing it herself but didn't like the way it sounded. She wanted to try and somehow fuse her urban sound with a Pop sound to appeal to the masses, as other female rappers are famous for doing. Without completely changing her sound, she decided to call on Vanity in order to sing the hook for the song as well as the bridge. When the two got together and she wrote her parts and the hook, then laid down her vocals, Liyah knew it was a perfect match, Vanity's electronic favored voice with Liyah's slick and appealing tone. Liyah worked with two new producers for the track, The Invisible Men and The Arcade. She originally wanted to release the track earlier in June but soon delayed the release and surprised fans by releasing it on her birthday.
Musically, the track has stabby synths, hip hop chants, and finger snaps which are mixed in with the beat. It is generalized as an Electro hop song with a heavy electro influence from Vanity's side and Liyah's obvious hip hop influence. Liyah's tone for the song keeps her confident and cockiness but on a different level. Instead of taking her usual approach, there's more of a simplicity with her rapping, something that immediately can appeal to a range of listeners without her fully having to change her entire persona. Vanity comes in with the hook, as the beat picks up with the heavy bass, and stars to sing, 'Watch this for me/You can get the front row/If you don't like it/I got something you can B.L.O.W.' After that, Liyah comes in with another verse, her rapping picking up speed a little bit as she knocks out each line with ease. One noticeable part of the second verse is towards the end when she switches up to make the words rhyme, having a bit of a posh British accent, 'Let me hear that applause, applause, for the boss, the boss/We steppin' all over these bitches with no remorse, remorse' and then precedes to round out the verse with the spelling of hers ad Vanity's name, telling others they can watch her throne.
When Vanity comes in with the Bridge, she urges and almost taunts others as she boasts, 'Crown's on the ground and I'm gonna take it/Ooh, you gonna get it?/Or you gonna watch me claim it?' The vocals take a rest for a minute, as the synthy beat plays and we hear Liyah's voice again, giving a third verse with a sort of seductive type voice she's using then the hook comes in again followed by the outro of Liyah chanting, 'Let me hear that applause, applause, V-A-N-I-T-Y/For the boss, the boss, L to the I/Let me hear that applause, applause, V-A-N-I-T-Y' and Vanity being heard in the background with her voice sounding dodgy with the mixture of synths.
Lyrically, the song refers to not caring about others opinions and telling them to 'Blow' her, which seems to be Liyah marking her already growing territory in the music industry and more specific the hop hop community.
[Lyrics]
[Verse 1]
They already know, It's Asian Nation (Nation)
Pop a trace cus when they mad they start hatin' (Hatin')
Beat so good bitches start faintin' (Faintin')
Doctor's in now, I'll treat you like a patient (You know)
And they should want a bad girl like this (What?)
Give him something he can feel, no hands, just lips (All lips)
Star player while they watchin' from the bench
No waiting, they already got my name on every list (On every list))
If they got a problem, boo we can fix that (Huh?)
Stuntin' never been a problem, I invent that (Yaas)
Too official flow, that's where you lack at
When I come through, boo boo just step back
[Hook: Vanity]
Watch this for me
You can get the front row
If you don't like it
I got something you can B.L.O.W
Watch this for me
You won't be alone
Don't be afraid, I got something you can B.L.O.W
[Verse 2]
Can't no other replace this, I'm too complacent
They stuck on the same thing, but boo I'm replacing
They trying to drag me but end up on they face and
Love me or hate me my pockets ain't fading
Gotta get this money, it's mine, anything else, stand in line
It's this bossette mentality that lets me survive
Gotta get this money, it's mine, anything else, stand in line
Feel the rumble when these forces come together, collide
Let me hear that applause, applause, for the boss, the boss
We steppin' all over these bitches with no remorse, remorse
I am the L to the I, but you already know
V-A-N-I-T-Y, you can watch her throne
[Hook: Vanity]
Watch this for me
You can get the front row
If you don't like it
I got something you can B.L.O.W
Watch this for me
You won't be alone
Don't be afraid, I got something you can B.L.O.W
[Bridge: Vanity]
All this money you keep talkin' about
Ooh, you gonna get it?
Or you gonna watch me make it?
Crown's on the ground and I'm gonna take it
Ooh, you gonna get it?
Or you gonna watch me claim it?
Press conference wherever I walk
And I'm tired of your small talk
Fashion show wherever I go
Bitches bitter cause they don't know
I got something you can B.L.O.W
[Verse 3]
Li Lang and Vanity, know you love that
Now we on a killing spree, mortal kombat
'Finish him,' it's lights out, feel the impact
Track so hot it's mental how they react
They don't like it but you know it, right?
They take some time, memorize overnight, right? (Alright, alright)
Cus a show ain't nothing
Ride around they city but it's us that they bumping
[Hook: Vanity]
Watch this for me
You can get the front row
If you don't like it
I got something you can B.L.O.W
Watch this for me
You won't be alone
Don't be afraid, I got something you can B.L.O.W
[Outro]
Let me hear that applause, applause, V-A-N-I-T-Y
For the boss, the boss, L to the I
Let me hear that applause, applause, V-A-N-I-T-Y
(I got something you can B.L.O.W)
Let me hear that applause, applause, V-A-N-I-T-Y
For the boss, the boss, L to the I
Let me hear that applause, applause, V-A-N-I-T-Y
(I got something you can B.L.O.W)
Sounds Like: Edited by user 16 June 2014 23:55:38(UTC)
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