Pharrell Williams, “Cash in Cash Out” | Track Review 🎵

Pharrell Williams taps fellow Grammy winners 21 Savage & Tyler, The Creator for the knocking rap banger, “Cash in Cash Out.”

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ash in, cash out, cash in, cash out.” Woo! Some producers are so distinct and well-established that you instantly recognize their productions.  There will always only be one 🎙 🎛 Pharrell Williams.  Sometimes, his creations are far beyond our planet, and even our galaxy, but he has a clear musical identity.  Once more, on a totally unexpected collaboration with 🎙 21 Savage and 🎙 Tyler, The Creator, 🎵 “Cash in Cash Out”, Pharrell is true to self.  That means, yes, there’s the iconic four count and one of the most badass beats you’ve heard all year.  Williams doesn’t rap or sing however – he leaves that to 21 and Tyler.

21 Savage shares the simple, repetitive chorus with us early on.  Usually, the chorus is the centerpiece.  In this case, the individual verses by 21 (first verse) and Tyler, The Creator (second verse) are more notable. I absolutely adore 21’s flow in verse one as he brags about drip, specifically, all things fashion:“I put Chanel on my feet /European model got Chanel on my seats / Put me in a third world country in the middle of the slums / I’ma turn it to a million dollar street.” There is no shortage of confidence.  Perhaps my favorite line is totally inappropriate: “She swallow all my kids, she a bad babysitter / Kim Jong-Un, in my pants is a missile.” Woo!

Tyler, The Creator isn’t outdone in the least. He’s as colorful in his delivery as ever. He shows his personality in the first line, asserting, “Nah, I ain’t heard off that, I hit the beach in a furry hat / She got a guy but she purrin’ back, I’m lookin’ like, ‘Where he at?’” There are pop cultural references (Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson and Rihanna and “Umbrella”), a reference to bisexuality (“Goin’ both sides, yeah, you could say I’m B-I (Hey, hey)”), and, of course, money and fame (“I got offered two-point-five for the last show (Last show, nigga) / I declined ’cause the stage didn’t match my ethos”). Cash in, cash out, cash in, cash out,” indeed!

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Final Thoughts 💭

What happens when three 🏆 Grammy-winning musicians come together?  Magic! 🎵 “Cash in Cash Out” wasn’t expected but the result is a surefire hip-hop banger.  No, not everything 🎙 Pharrell Williams serves up always works, but this one right here, it’s a keeper!

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🎙 Pharrell Williams, 21 Savage & Tyler, The Creator • 🎵 “Cash in Cash Out” • 🏷 Columbia • 🗓 6.10.22

[📷: Brent Faulkner, Columbia, The Musical Hype, OpenClipart-Vectors from Pixabay]

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