At this point I will just enjoy the music and pray they release the album though, she's had hits in the UK and was obviously close to having her breakthrough in the US but still needed a bit more work/something to click with the GP. So hopefully they'll keep the hype going with features and stuff this year.
Iggy Azalea: I sing on that song and it’s kind of like a rapper’s rap song. It’s a song where I talk about me getting my deal. I’ve got my deal now. It’s sort of in essence like “Work” where I am talking about my struggles and **** that I gotta go through. Now, I’ve got a record deal and talking about the **** that happens after I have a record deal. And the struggles of after you have a record deal. It’s cool. It’s like a double-time flow. And it’s pretty aggressive and it comes into this hook that’s singing. It says on it, “This is a line that I walk alone.” Even when I have a label or have support, there’s still certain things or battles that you are still going to have on your own. It’s a cool song. I love that song. Sounds a bit like a sample-y hook although I sing it. People hear it and say, “Oh, what sample is that?” I’m like, “That’s actually my voice.” [Laughs.]
“New Bitch”
Produced By: The Invisible Men
Iggy Azalea: “New Bitch” is bit more kind of dance, house-y. It’s a bit more electronic, ‘90s house-y. “New Bitch” is basically about a guy that I sort of started to date and he’s a baby daddy. He just had a baby. So I started to date this guy and this is a true story that “New Bitch” is about. The baby mama was still kind of sniffing around. I was in the studio and I was like, “Ah! I just wanna….” She even had my phone number and she started texting me. I was like, “Oh hell no. I just want to say to this bitch. Back the **** up. I’m the new bitch. Deal with this ****. I am the new bitch on the scene. You are the old bitch. Get a ****ing life.” That’s what “New Bitch” is about. Although I didn’t end up dating the guy and he ended up back with the baby momma ironically. [Laughs.] But, I got a good song out of it.
“New Bitch” is basically its telling that story. It’s really telling that story and I think all girls can feel that way in a new relationship. You can even feel like that when you are a guy and you have a new girlfriend. You have the old girl sniffing around and it’s like, “Look, I’m the new bitch. I’m the new girlfriend and you need to chill.” I made another record called “Just Asking” that didn’t make it to my album. That was the second song I recorded for my album was “New Bitch” with those guys and [Greg] Wells.
“High Life”
Iggy Azalea: “High Life” … I don’t even know if I am going to put “High Life” [on the album.] I know “High Life” won’t be on a standard, but those four songs that were at the end of my tracklisting. They are separated like that because those are the songs that I have to do a deluxe edition and they are going to go on it. But, “High Life” is a smooth sounding song. It kind of sounds like high-class runway type of music. It’s got a male vocalist on it. He’s singing. It just kind of sounds like smooth and chill. It sounds like drinking champagne. That’s “High Life.” On some private jet type ****. That’s what that song is about.
“Monkey”
Produced By: Bro Safari
Iggy Azalea: It’s not going to be called “Monkey.” It’s probably going to be called “Animal.” I called it “Monkey” because its monkey sounds. It’s all jungle noises is the beat. It’s produced by guy called Bro Safari. It’s ****ing crazy. It’s like jungle birds, monkeys and it’s all been put together in a beat with an 808 behind it. It’s just like ****ing insanity. It has the biggest build-up and when it drops then there’s these ****ing monkeys. Every guy that hear it is like, “Hey, what the **** is this?” Every person I know who likes EDM music and is into a bit of alternative **** is like, “Oh my ****ing god! This is crazy.” But all my friends from Inglewood and **** that come around here is like, “Dog, what the **** is this weird ****?” It’s like a crazy rap song. It’s heavily beat-oriented that beat because it’s so much in it because its monkeys and it’s a lot going on. I basically did one long rap verse it’s like 90 bars. The guy who produced it chopped them all up. So it’s choppy and there’s parts, but there’s no true hook. There’s no traditional song structure on that. It’s just a beat that you hear and go ****ing crazy. It sounds like nothing else I ever heard of in my life and it’s all monkeys.
I know Monkey sounds so exciting from the previews too, very Trapgold-ish!
But doesn't sound like something that would help her sell the album so I doubt it would be released as a single.
I think "New Bitch" and "High Life" also sound interesting and more single-material but considering she's not even considering the second one for the standard album version...
i realy love(d) her. but i dont get why she picks these horrible pop singles that ruin her image
Singles? Plural? Bounce was her only pop single, and it wasn't released in the US (where pop songs can hurt a rapper/hip-hop artist the most).
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Originally posted by ~ joćo.
I know Monkey sounds so exciting from the previews too, very Trapgold-ish!
But doesn't sound like something that would help her sell the album so I doubt it would be released as a single.
I think "New Bitch" and "High Life" also sound interesting and more single-material but considering she's not even considering the second one for the standard album version...
Oh ****. Not gonna lie, I kind of have been ignoring Iggy since Dirty Gold is just so freaking good, but ummmmmm a JUNGLE RAP song?! Those are my favorite!! And New Bitch sounds cool too, and Walk The Line sounds like Work 2.0 so yes!!
Thanks for those links, joćo! I think I had already heard everything besides the Monkey snippets, but I listened to them all again for a nice refresher. I didn't really get a good grasp on what Monkey will sound like, so I guess I still have something to look forward to.