Doja Cat, Attention | Track Review 🎵

Grammy-winner Doja Cat successfully tweaks her sound on “Attention,” prioritizing her gift of bars in this enjoyable  rap cut.

“Baby, if you like it, just reach out and pet it.” Hmm, pet what, 🎙 Doja Cat 😈? The sexual innuendo is alive and well in the lyric from 🎵 “Attention”, a single by the 🏆 Grammy-winner that deserves no shortage of attention. That said, this predominantly rap joint does NOT thrive on sexual endeavors.  Instead, Doja Cat raps about tweaking her sound (“My taste good, but I just had to redirect my cookin’”), fame, and criticism by others (“Lookin’ good, but now they all sayin’ I’m ugly”). “Attention” features production by 🎛 Rogét Chahayed and 2K, who give her a lusher sound in the chorus while the verse embraces those old-school, hip-hop vibes.  The refined backdrop is fuel for the fire for Doja.

While rapping Doja dominates, she gives us singing in the pre-chorus and chorus, both of which set the tone for “Attention.” By the time she commences the first verse, she firmly has our attention, packing punch with her bars. Well aware of what others says, she spits, “Talk your shit about me, I can easily disprove it, it’s stupid / You follow me, but you don’t really care about the music.” She has a point.  Sometimes, folks follow musicians less for their craft and more for their celebrity and, honestly, to criticize them for any and everything they do.  She’s ferocious in the second verse too, following her assertion about putting “a thong all in my ass and taught you how to shake it.” WOO! “Y’all fall into beef, but that’s another conversation,” she states, addressing her colleagues mixed up in D-R-A-M-A. A contrast of sorts for Doja Cat, the ‘change of pace’ on 🎵 “Attention” is a successful one.  She remains F-R-E-S-H!

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🎙 Doja Cat • 🎵 “Attention” • 🏷 Kemosabe / RCA • 🗓 6.16.23

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