Throat Baby (Go Baby) Explained

Throat Baby (Go Baby)
Cover:Throat Baby.jpg
Type:single
Artist:BRS Kash
Album:Kash Only
Genre:
Length:3:38
Label:
  • Team Litty
  • LVRN
  • Interscope
Producer:
Prev Year:2020
Next Title:30 Stacks
Next Year:2021

"Throat Baby (Go Baby)" is the debut single by American rapper BRS Kash. It was released on July 24, 2020, originally through Team Litty and later with Love Renaissance and Interscope Records, as the lead single from BRS Kash's debut mixtape, Kash Only (2021). The dirty Southern hip hop and R&B song was written by Kash & Elliot Prince, who wrote it as an ode to fellatio inspired by two separate sexual encounters, with production by Adamslides and Chi Chi.

The track became popular on video-sharing social media platform TikTok in late 2020, and peaked at number 24 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. It was included on lists of the best songs of 2020 published by Vice and NPR.[1] [2] A remix of the song with American rapper DaBaby and American hip hop duo City Girls was released on January 21, 2021.

Background and composition

Kash first recorded "Throat Baby" while "joking around", and was at first apprehensive about releasing it, fearing that he would receive backlash for "just degrading women".[3] [4] The track gained traction on the video-sharing platform TikTok in October 2020, where a dance set to the song became popular.[5]

"Throat Baby" is a dirty Southern hip hop[6] and R&B song. The intro of the song contains a sample of Kash's best friend, who died after the song's release, laughing and talking with her friends after crashing Kash's studio session. Its lyrics are written as an ode to fellatio[7] [8] and were inspired by "a crazy experience with one of [Kash's] homegirls" the night before Kash wrote the song, as well as a later sexual experience with her friend in the backseat of a Toyota Sprinter.[9]

Jewel Wicker of GQ described "Throat Baby" as "a melodic ode to sexual desire and the things it can drive someone to do", while Uproxx's Aaron Williams called it a "campy, anti-romance anthem".[10] Writing for Okayplayer, Robyn Mowatt referred to the track as a "stripper anthem" that "exists between R&B and trap music".

Live performance

Kash gave a live performance of "Throat Baby" as part of the Uproxx Sessions series in October 2020. He headlined a drive-in rally for then-US Senate candidates Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock in Lithonia, Georgia in December 2020 prior to the runoffs for the 2020–21 Senate election and special election, where he changed the lyrics of "Throat Baby" to "Vote Baby". Following his performance at the rally, various Republicans circulated tweets from Kash which referenced sexual assault.[11] [12]

Remix

Throat Baby (Go Baby) [Remix]
Type:single
Artist:BRS Kash, DaBaby and City Girls
Album:Kash Only
Length:3:31
Label:
  • Team Litty
  • LVRN
  • Interscope
Producer:
  • Adamslides
  • Chi Chi

A remix of "Throat Baby (Go Baby)" featuring American rapper DaBaby and American hip hop duo City Girls was released on January 21, 2021. It was first teased in a post on Kash's Instagram account made less than a week before its release.[13] Jon Powell of Revolt called the remix "an even more adults-only effort for fans to enjoy, especially from the feminine perspective". The remix debuted and peaked at number 63 on the Rolling Stone Top 100.[14] [15]

Personnel

Credits adapted from Tidal.[16] [17]

Original

Remix

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (2021)! scope="col"
Peak
position
Global 200 (Billboard)[18] 88
US Billboard Hot 100[19] 24
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard)[20] 10
US Rhythmic (Billboard)[21] 17
Chart (2021)! scope="col"
Peak
position
New Zealand Hot Singles (RMNZ)[22] 29
US Rolling Stone Top 100[23] 63

Year-end charts

Chart (2021)! scope="col"
Position
US Billboard Hot 100[24] 97
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard)[25] 39

Notes and References

  1. Web site: The Best Music Of 2020: NPR Staff Picks . . February 4, 2021 . en . December 4, 2020.
  2. Web site: The 100 Best Songs of 2020 . . February 4, 2021 . en . December 9, 2020.
  3. Web site: Green . Dylan . BRS Kash Is the Next Atlanta Original: Interview . DJBooth . February 4, 2021 . en . October 26, 2020.
  4. Web site: Elibert . Mark . BRS Kash On 'Throat Baby' Critics & Performing The Song At Georgia Senate Runoff Rally: 'My Voice Is Stronger Than It Ever Was' . . February 4, 2021 . en . February 1, 2021.
  5. Web site: Mowatt . Robyn . BRS Kash Topped Charts with "Throat Baby," but What's Next? . . February 4, 2021 . en . January 22, 2021.
  6. Web site: Sacher . Andrew . 7 Best Rap Albums of January 2021 . . February 4, 2021 . en . February 1, 2021.
  7. Web site: Seabrook III . Robby . The Break Presents: BRS Kash . . February 4, 2021 . en . January 6, 2021.
  8. Web site: Powell . Jon . BRS Kash reveals remix of "Throat Baby (Go Baby)" with DaBaby and City Girls . . February 4, 2021 . en . January 21, 2021.
  9. Web site: Wicker . Jewel . BRS Kash Broke Out With Lewd Viral Anthem "Throat Baby," But Shows His Sensitive Side on First Mixtape 'Kash Only' . . February 4, 2021 . en-us . January 22, 2021.
  10. Web site: Williams . Aaron . Watch BRS Kash Performs The Campy 'Throat Baby' For 'UPROXX Sessions' . . February 4, 2021 . en . October 29, 2020.
  11. Web site: Chasmar . Jessica . BRS Kash, Atlanta rapper who headlined Ossoff, Warnock rally, slammed after 'rape' tweet surfaces . . February 4, 2021 . en . December 29, 2020.
  12. Web site: Mitchell . Tia . Warnock, Ossoff appeal to young voters at hip-hop focused DeKalb rally . . February 4, 2021 . en . December 28, 2020.
  13. Web site: Instagram Flexin: BRS Kash Announces 'Throat Baby' Remix With City Girls & DaBaby . HipHopDX . February 4, 2021 . January 17, 2021.
  14. Leight . Elias . RS Charts: Olivia Rodrigo's 'Drivers License' Holds Strong at Number One . . February 4, 2021 . en . February 1, 2021.
  15. Anderson . Trevor . BRS Kash's 'Throat Baby' Shoots Into Top 10 on Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs Chart . . March 24, 2021 . en . February 6, 2021.
  16. Web site: Throat Baby (Go Baby) - BRS Kash . Tidal . February 4, 2021 . en.
  17. Web site: Throat Baby (Go Baby) [Remix] - BRS Kash ]. Tidal . February 4, 2021 . en.
  18. Billboard Global 200 Chart: Week of February 6, 2021. Billboard. September 8, 2023.
  19. The Hot 100 Chart: Week of February 6, 2021. Billboard. February 2, 2021.
  20. Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs Chart: Week of February 6, 2021. Billboard. February 2, 2021.
  21. Rhythmic Songs Chart: Week of March 13, 2021. Billboard. March 10, 2021.
  22. Web site: NZ Hot Singles Chart . . February 1, 2021 . February 4, 2021.
  23. Rolling Stone Charts . Rolling Stone . February 4, 2021 . January 22, 2021.
  24. Hot 100 Songs – Year-End 2021. Billboard. December 3, 2021.
  25. Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs – Year-End 2021. Billboard. December 3, 2021.

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