Jack Harlow, Lovin on Me | Song Review

Louisville, KY rapper Jack Harlow keeps things brief but entertaining on his sexual rap single, “Lovin on Me.”

2023 has been an eventful year for Grammy-nominated rapper, Jack Harlow. He released his third studio album, Jackman., to mixed reviews, released a movie, White Men Can’t Jump, collaborated with Jung Kook ( “3D”), and stumped for re-elected Kentucky governor, Andy Beshear. Now, the 25-year-old is back with a new single, post-Jackman., “Lovin on Me”. “Lovin on Me” separates itself from his previous album, which is positive.  While the record is not groundbreaking, it is brief and entertaining.

“Lovin on Me” is produced by OZ, Nik D, and Sean Momberger. Notably, it features a sample of “Whatever (Bass Solique) by Cadillac Dale (1995).  This sample appears at the onset –looped throughout the pre-chorus and chorus.  Harlow uses it to fuel his lyrical fire, even performing along with the sample in the chorus.  “I’m vanilla baby (I don’t like no whips and chains and you can’t tie me down),” he raps, adding, “I’ll choke you, but I ain’t no killer baby.” Ooh-wee! That lyric is sexual, but also shows that Jack has his limits. Don’t get it twisted though.  There’s still some fckboy ways entrenched in this track.  In the first verse, he confidently asserts, “Young J-A-C-K, aka Rico like Suave, Young Enrique,” and, in the closing lyric, states, “She wearin’ cheetah print, that’s how bad she wanna be spotted ‘round your boy.” Well, damn ! In the second verse, he confirms the vanilla-ness, sexually speaking: “Young M-I-S-S-I-O-N-A-R-Y.” Beyond his preferred sexual position, give him credit for the Shrek reference: “I keep it short with a bitch, Lord Farquaad.” To reiterate, “Lovin on Me” is short and entertaining, though not the second coming of rap. Still, it’s fun.

Jack Harlow • “Loving on Me”  • Generation Now / Atlantic • 11.10.23

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