Taste (song) explained

Taste
Cover:Tyga feat. Offset - Taste.png
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Type:single
Artist:Tyga featuring Offset
Album:Legendary
Recorded:2018
Genre:Hip hop, hyphy
Producer:D.A. Got That Dope
Chronology:Tyga
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Prev Year:2017
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Next Year:2018

"Taste" is a single by American rapper Tyga featuring fellow American rapper Offset. It was released on May 16, 2018, for streaming and digital download by Last Kings Music and Empire Distribution as the lead single for his seventh album Legendary (2019).[1] The song was produced by D.A. Got That Dope.[2] The single peaked at number eight on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming his first chart entry in three years. The song marked a career comeback for Tyga as a solo artist, and it is the second highest-charting single of his career behind "Rack City" from 2011.

Background

According to Tyga, the recording session for the song lasted approximately 30 minutes in a "party" environment that featured numerous people in attendance. He decided to speed up a "real slow" beat that producer D.A. Doman sent him. Tyga proceeded to freestyle over the modified beat which resulted in the first four bars of the song being formed. The song was the "second or third" he recorded in a single night.[3]

Offset was not originally featured on the song. Tyga contacted Offset the day before the first music video shoot, asking him to be a feature on the song. Offset sent Tyga his verse after the initial music video shoot in Los Angeles. That same week, Tyga flew to Atlanta and shot another part of the music video with Offset at a skating rink.[3]

Music video

The music video was released on May 16, 2018, via YouTube. It was directed by Tyga and Arrad and includes cameo appearances from 2 Chainz, Wiz Khalifa, Joyner Lucas, YK Osiris, Ronny J and King Bach.[4]

By July 2020, the video had received one billion views on the video-sharing website YouTube.[5]

Commercial performance

In the United States, "Taste" entered at number 82 on the Billboard Hot 100 and peaked at number eight. The song became Tyga's first entry on the Hot 100 as a lead artist since "Ride Out" in 2015.

In December 2018, Billboard ranked "Taste" as the 20th best song of the year.[6]

Track listing

  1. "Taste" (featuring Offset) – 3:52
  1. "Taste" (featuring Offset) – 3:52
  2. "Swish" – 3:15

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (2018–2019)Peak
position
Ireland (IRMA)[9] 14
Italy (FIMI)[10] 72
Norway (VG-lista)[11] 15
Romania (Airplay 100)<--Please do not change this to Romanian Top 100 or Media Forest. The Airplay 100 is Romania's national singles chart from 2012 onwards. For further information, see WP:GOODCHARTS-->[12] 99
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[13] 92
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[14] 7

Year-end charts

Chart (2018)Position
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[15] 63
Canada (Canadian Hot 100)[16] 30
Denmark (Tracklisten)[17] 38
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[18] 88
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[19] 25
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[20] 32
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[21] 40
UK Singles (OCC)[22] 40
US Billboard Hot 100[23] 28
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard)[24] 14
US Rhythmic (Billboard)[25] 7
Chart (2019)Position
UK Singles (OCC)[26] 92
US Rolling Stone Top 100[27] 86

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Taste (feat. Offset) – Single by Tyga on Apple Music. iTunes. July 28, 2018.
  2. https://genius.com/a/interview-da-got-that-dope-on-producing-eminem-s-godzilla-juice-wrld
  3. Web site: Tyga Talks Creating 'Taste,' Calls Kanye West's Praise Of the Video 'Dope': Watch. Rebecca. Schiller. Billboard. September 25, 2018. November 6, 2018.
  4. Web site: Tyga and Offset Throw a Wild Party in Raunchy "Taste" Video. Lindsey. India. XXL. May 16, 2018. July 28, 2018.
  5. Web site: Tyga Signs Multi-Million Dollar Deal with Columbia Records. Rap-Up.com. 3 January 2022.
  6. Billboard's 100 Best Songs of 2018: Critics' Picks. Billboard Staff. Billboard. December 18, 2018.
  7. Web site: iTunes - Music - Taste (feat. Offset) - Single by Tyga . iTunes Store.
  8. Web site: Tyga - Taste (Vinyl, 7", 45 RPM, Picture Disc, Stereo). Discogs.
  9. Web site: IRMA – Irish Charts. Irish Recorded Music Association. August 18, 2018.
  10. Web site: Top Singoli – Classifica settimanale WK 34. Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana. Italian. August 25, 2018.
  11. Web site: VG-lista – Topp 20 Single uke 31, 2018. VG-lista. August 4, 2018.
  12. Web site: Airplay 100 – 24 februarie 2019. Kiss FM. Romanian. February 24, 2019. February 24, 2019.
  13. Web site: Top 100 Canciones – Semana 30: del 20.07.2018 al 26.07.2018. Productores de Música de España. August 1, 2018. Spanish. PDF.
  14. Web site: Sverigetopplistan – Sveriges Officiella Topplista. Sverigetopplistan. July 28, 2018.
  15. Web site: Ö3 Austria Top 40 Jahrescharts 2018: Singles. Ö3 Austria Top 40. December 30, 2018.
  16. Web site: Canadian Hot 100 – Year-End 2018. Billboard. December 4, 2018.
  17. Web site: Track Top-100 2018. Hitlisten. Danish. January 16, 2019.
  18. Web site: Jaaroverzichten – Single 2018. MegaCharts. Dutch. January 5, 2019.
  19. Web site: Top Selling Singles of 2018. Recorded Music NZ. December 13, 2018.
  20. Web site: Årslista Singlar – År 2018. Sverigetopplistan. Swedish. January 15, 2019.
  21. Web site: Schweizer Jahreshitparade 2018 – hitparade.ch. Hung Medien. December 31, 2018.
  22. Web site: End of Year Singles Chart Top 100 – 2018. Official Charts Company. December 29, 2018.
  23. Web site: Hot 100 Songs – Year-End 2018. Billboard. December 4, 2018.
  24. Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs – Year-End 2018. Billboard. December 5, 2018.
  25. Web site: Rhythmic Songs – Year-End 2018. Billboard. August 26, 2019.
  26. Web site: End of Year Singles Chart Top 100 – 2019. Official Charts Company. January 4, 2020.
  27. Web site: Top 100 Songs of 2019. Rolling Stone. January 10, 2020. February 16, 2020.

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