In the 65th edition of After Dark (2022), we explore the naughty, risquรฉ, & sexual vibes behind, โOโ performed by Omarion.ย ย
Innuendo? More like full-on sexual vibes! Welcome to After Dark ๐ ๐, a column featuring songs that are best suited for nighttime, specifically, the bedroom.ย Many of the records featured here raise eyebrows, as well as the temperature! These After Dark tunes focus on the universal three-letter word: ย SEX. The dark records gracing After Dark are old and new alike, with all genres of music welcome.ย In the 65th edition of After Dark (2022), we explore the naughty, risquรฉ, & sexual vibes behind, ๐ต โOโ performed by ๐ Omarion.
Theme & Lyrics โ
โNo disrespect but I want it bad as they do / The only difference is / They look out for themselves / But Iโm doinโ it just to hear you yell, yeah,โ ๐ Omarion asserts on ๐ต โOโ. ย Clearly, the yelling is, um, sexual.ย โOโ served as the debut solo single by the former ๐ B2K member, as well as the title track of his 2005 album.ย ๐ฟ O debuted at no. 1 on the Billboard 200 and spent a total of 30 weeks on the chart.ย Eventually, the album was certified gold.ย Likewise, โOโ was a gold single, peaking at no. 27 on the Billboard Hot 100 making it a moderate success.
Omarion attempts to paint himself as different (or slightly different) than these other guys trying to woo her.ย Even so, he still admits heโs a guy (lol), but also asserts heโll sufficiently please her.ย I donโt believe BDE was coined in the mid-aughts, but itโs clear Omarion possesses it, particularly in the chorus.
โOh
Thatโs gonna be the sound
Girl when itโs goinโ down
Your body sayinโ
Oh
Donโt have to say my name
Girl Iโm just glad that you came
So you can say
Oh, in the morning
Oh, in the night
You sayinโ oh means
I was hittinโ it right
Oh, oh, oh
You canโt be mad at me
Iโm just aiming to please
Let me hear you scream, oh.โ
Self-explanatory.ย Worth noting, โOโ was penned by a team of writers including ๐ผโ Antonio Dixon, ๐ผโ Damon Thomas, ๐ผโ Durrell Babbs (Tank), ๐ผโ Eric Dawkins, and ๐ผโ Harvey Mason Jr.. Listening back to โO,โ it certainly sounds like this is a record Tank would write and perform.ย I could continue to analyze it, but the big takeaway is Omarion is going to give her a massive โ wait for it โ โO!โ
Final Thoughts ๐ญย
โOโ marked a highlight of Omarionโs career.ย Itโs a well-produced (๐ The Underdogs), well-written record.ย Thereโs nothing transcendent obviously โ itโs about sex โย but besides depicting pleasure, itโs also a pleasure to listen to.ย We canโt forget some of these past records that do a fabulous job of covering the topic of making love. โOโ is one of them, in all its near-five-minute glory.