Lil Tjay & 6LACK, Calling My Phone | Single Notez 🎶

The Musical Hype provides some quick thoughts on “Calling My Phone” by rapper Lil Tjay and Grammy-nominated R&B artist, 6LACK.  

🎵 Single/Song/Track: “Calling My Phone”

📻 Genre: Rap

🎙¹ Lead Artist/Band: Lil Tjay, 6LACK

🎙² Featured Guests: N/A

🎼 ✍ Songwriters: Brendan Walsh, Lil Tjay, Luis Campozano, Ricardo Valdez Valentine Jr., Ryan Martínez

🎛️ Producers: G. Ry, Bordeaux, Non Native

💿 Album: N/A 

The Single Notez 🎶:

➕ The production creates quite the vibe; lush, moody

➕ Love the slow, extremely relaxed pace of the song

➕ Lil Tjay unveils the catchy, melodic chorus at the onset (following the instrumental intro); a post-chorus (“I can’t get you off my mind now”) follows

➕ The rapper follows the chorus and post-chorus with a syrupy, smooth melodic rap verse

➕ Relatable, at least to some extent, as it deals with matters of the heart, specifically, ex-GFs

➕ On the post-chorus that follows Tjay’s verse, we get some nice ad-libs by 6LACK; he follows with his own smooth, confident verse

➕ This record has an incredibly hypnotic quality – it just sort of sucks you in as you listen

➖ I may have had some nitpicks following my first listen, but not after the second!

Memorable lyric:

“Steady callin’ my phone
I done told you before that it’s over, leave me ‘lone
Know it’s hurtin’ you to see me gone
Dark clouds, you gon’ see me storm
I won’t go back
But trust me, you’re gon’ hold that
Hold that.”

 🔏 In Closing: Lil Tjay and 6LACK join forces for “Calling My Phone,” a relaxed, vibe-laden, totally ear catching single about exes.

🎙 Lil Tjay & 6LACK • 🎵 “Calling My Phone” • 🏷 Columbia • 🗓 2.12.21

[📷: Columbia]