Energy | 5ive Songs

In the 69^th edition of 5ive Songs (2022), we select five songs that are associated with ENERGY in some form or fashion.

Welcome to 5ive Songs, where we keep things short and sweet – no extra calories or needless fluff! There’s a theme/topic, five songs, and a short blurb.  Yes, it’s a playlist, but it’s a miniature playlist that shouldn’t take much time to consume.  In the 69^th edition of 5ive Songs (2022), we select five songs that are associated with ENERGY in some form or fashion.  Okay, let’s get into it!

1. Beyoncé, “Energy” (Ft. BEAM)

💿 RENAISSANCE • 🏷 Sony • 📅 2022 

In the context of 💿 RENAISSANCE, the long-awaited comeback album by 🏆 highly-decorated pop/R&B artist, 🎙 Beyoncé, there’s a clever segue from the song 🎵 “Cuff It” to 🎵 “Energy.” On the energetic joint, Bey is assisted by 🎙 Beam.  Despite the fact that the ‘energy’ lasts under two minutes, it’s a vibe, nonetheless.

The production on “Energy” is colorful and ear-catching. Those keys and those synths are potent – sweet, sweet music to the ears. Furthermore, the beat is incredible – it’s giving ENERGY! In regard to vocal performance, both Beam and Beyoncé exhibit plenteous personalities.  Too bad that so much of the energy regarding “Energy” involves wrongly directed anger from 🎙 Kelis towards Beyoncé due to sampling. The sample of Kelis’ 🎵 “Milkshake” was eventually 86’d.  Regardless, the energy is still there!

2. Latto, “Big Energy”

💿 777 • 🏷 Streamcut / RCA • 📅 2022

“Bad bitch, I could be your fantasy (Yeah) / I can tell you got big dick energy (Uh-huh).” Oh, $hi†! 🎙 Latto! There’s no doubt in the least that there’s ample energy on 🎵 “Big Energy”, a breakout record for the rapper.  Released in 2021, “Big Energy” ultimately appeared on her 2022 album, 💿 777.  So, how much energy did this BDE-heavy track have on the charts? Well, “Big Energy” peaked at no. 3 on the Billboard Hot 100. It also spent a total of 51 weeks on the chart, which is huge, and we know SIZE MATTERS!

Featuring bold, sexual, and unapologetic lyrics, “Big Energy” has no shortage of personality.  Besides the lyrics (“I’ma bust it on a pole like Onyx (Ooh) / I’m just bein’ honest (Uh-huh) / Pussy juicy, Minute Maid (Oh) / But can’t do it one minute, man (Hell no)”), one thing that also can’t be failed to mention is the samples.  The big inspiration is 🎵 “Genius of Love” courtesy of 🎙 Tom Tom Club.  Also, how about a little 🎙 Mariah Carey featuring 🎙 Ol’ Dirty Bastard with 🎵 “Fantasy (Bad Boy Fantasy)”.  With such awesome ingredients – the lyrics, samples, production, personality, rhymes, and of course, big dick energy – it’s unsurprising that “Big Energy” was the hit and surefire bop.   The chorus, of course, is the BIGGEST attraction, excerpted at the top an seen below in its ROBUST entirety:

“Bad bitch, I could be your fantasy (Yeah)

I can tell you got big dick energy (Uh-huh)

It ain’t too many niggas that can handle me (Yeah)

But I might let you try it off the Hennessy (Uh)

Make ‘em sing to this pussy like a melody (Make ’em sang)

And if your bitch ain’t right, I got the remedy (Ooh)

It ain’t too many niggas that can handle me (Ayy)

Bad bitch, I could be your fantasy (Ayy, ayy).”

Appears in 🔻:

• Latto, “Big Energy”: After Dark 🕛 🌃 83 (2022)

3. Sofi Tukker, “Energia”

💿 Treehouse • 🏷 Ultra • 📅 2018

🎙 Sofi Tukker (🎙 Sophie Hawley-Weld and 🎙 Tucker Halpern) came out swinging with numerous singles in 2017.  Prior to the release of their proper debut album, 💿 Treehouse (2018), Sophie and Tucker dropped 🎵  “Energia” (“Energy”).  On “Energia,” Hawley-Weld completely sings in Portuguese.

Portuguese lyrics are one of things that make Sofi Tukker unique, keeping things fresh and compelling. According to Hawley-Weld via Coveteur, “I think [Portuguese is]  really sexy and I love the way it sounds in music. I learned the language so that I could sing in it, actually…” Fittingly, the vibe of the track is Latin throughout its course.  That said, there’s still plenty of electronic, dance cues, anchored by the Latin-infused dance beat. Even if you don’t understand a single word that Hawley-Weld is singing, it’s hard to knock the level of energy on this one!

Appears in 🔻:

• 11 Energetic, Powerful and or Strong Songs

4. The Kid LAROI, “SAME ENERGY”

💿 F*CK LOVE 3+: OVER YOU • 🏷 Columbia • 📅 2021

“I can’t believe I ever let you in my life right now.” Oh my! 🏆 Grammy-nominated rapper/singer 🎙 The Kid LAROI (Charlton Howard) keeps things brief on 🎵 “Same Energy.”  Regardless of the duration, you can bet that The Kid possesses that energy – greater than the ‘same energy’ to be honest.  There’s no doubt that he’s still in his ‘fuck love’ mode – “Fuck love, I got money on my mind right now” – which is appropriate given the title of his debut mixtape (💿 F*CK LOVE 3).

Given that The Kid LAROI isn’t feeling love in the least, you can bet he doesn’t have nice things to say about his ex.  The sole verse says it all, specifically the first half:

“I can’t believe I used to cry about you (Oh)

I’m doing so much better in my life without you

Bitch, you’re the past, I’ma leave your ass behind, without you (Bye-bye)

My new bitch better than my last, I vouched too.”

Honestly, there’s not much more to say… #Same Energy #Fuck Love!

5. 6 Dogs, “Energy”

🎵 “Energy” • 🏷 6 Dogs • 📅 2020

“Energy, energy, energy / I can’t stand that energy / They hate on me, they hate on me, they hate on me / Probably ‘cause we got that good energy.” In his 2020 single, 🎵 “Energy”, late Atlanta rapper 6 Dogs (Chase Amick) had no shortage of it. In this three-minute banger, 6 Dogs gets some sweet production work from 🎛 Pretty Pacc – in the hardest way possible with those drums! Regardless of how one characterizes it, it’s one of the biggest, ENERGETIC selling points of this single.

Rapping melodically, 6 Dogs uses the backdrop as fuel for the fire. Chase is true to self: incredibly melodic, never gets ‘too high,’ yet still manages gives listeners an interesting, chilled-out listen.  Most of his energy is dripped out, as you might expect: “On my neck is frozen rocks, kinda look like Colorado…” Woo! The chorus is potent:

“Money guap, money guap, money guap

I be counting knots, yeah, I be counting big knots

Money talk, money talk, money talk

Guap got a big mouth, guap like to talk about

Energy, energy, energy

I can’t stand that energy

Money talk, money talk, money talk

My money got a big mouth, my money like to talk a lot.”

Appears in 🔻:

• 11 Energetic, Powerful and or Strong Songs

Energy: 5ive Songs No. 69 (2022) [📷: 6 Dogs, Brent Faulkner, Clovis Cheminot, Columbia, The Musical Hype, OpenClipart-Vectors, Pixabay, RCA, Sony, Streamcut, Ultra]