Quarantine | 5ive Songs

1. 2 Chainz, “Quarantine Thick”

Ft. Mulatto

💿 So Help Me God • 🏷 Gamebread / Def Jam • 🗓 2020

“Okay, my day was amazin’ / Her booty shots graze me / She said, all the gyms closed, so she been feelin’ lazy / She been late night snackin’, but shawty still my baby…” 🎙 2 Chainz remains true to self on 🎵 “Quarantine Thick”, which appears on his 2020 album, 💿 So Help Me God. “Quarantine Thick” features banging, minimalist southern rap production (basically, a keyboard line and hard-hitting drums) courtesy of 🎙 Yung Lan. He’s absurd as ever – funny, raunchy, and, sexed TF up. A prime example: “I had that pussy pissin’ once I hit that kidney.” Furthermore, we are treated to a catchy chorus, highlighting this newly acquired thickness.

Beyond Chainz, 🎙 Mulatto plays off the sex that he throws out, responding in equally sexed-up fashion: “Quarantine thick, he tryna get me lipo (ooh) / Pussy holy water, put that on the Bible.” Damn! Even if she’s ‘unrefined,’ you’ve gotta love her quick, agile flow and the mad attitude she brings to the table. Banger!

2. Sinead Harnett, “Quarantine Queen”

🎵 “Quarantine Queen” • 🏷 Thairish Limited • 📅 2020

🎵 “Quarantine Queen” is one of many coronavirus-inspired singles, and a truly gorgeous one it is. R&B/soul singer 🎙 Sinead Harnett absolutely stuns. “I don’t wanna be alone / I don’t wanna stay here on my own,” she sings on the first verse, continuing, “Every time that I look, there’s another headline on my phone.” The pandemic has definitely increased anxiety and messes with your mental health, something Harnett perfectly captures.  She goes on the expand the scope to the need for love to atone for all the bad, miscues, and misgivings. Characterizing her contemporary soul ballad, Harnett asserts, “That worrying emotion is what brought about ‘Quarantine Queen.’ Though a sad thought, there is hope in the song from a wider standpoint – what can we as a nation learn from this time in terms of how we are living. I hope that we will change for the better, that’s really what I was getting at.” ‘Woke’ lyricism, exquisite production, incredible vocals, and a high degree of authenticity makes “Quarantine Queen” utterly sublime.

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3. Call Me Karizma, “Quarantine with Me”

🎵 “Quarantine with Me” • 🏷 CallMeKarizma / Arista • 📅 2020

“The world’s gone mad, a travesty / But us in bed is all I need / Come over, and quarantine with me (Yeah)…” 🎵 “Quarantine with Me” is an honest and relatable pandemic song. Rapper/singer 🎙 Catch Me Karizma perfectly captures all of the emotions of the devastating coronavirus situation. A prime example occurs on the first verse of this guitar-driven pop record, when he sings, “Yeah / I feel it in my gut, yeah / The media just fucks with me / Headline: ‘We’re dead.” Indeed, there’s definitely been quite a damning, unsettling nature while tuning into media coverage regarding the virus.  On the second, he cleverly references toilet paper, saying, “‘Cause the shit I’m spittin’ water…” Of course, the most important thing he mentions is missing loved ones, specifically his girlfriend. On the intro (the eventual chorus), He informs us of his dedication, loneliness, and desire to quarantine with his bae.  On the pre-chorus, after questioning potential fatality, he accepts social distancing, with one sole exception – HER: “The grocery stores are all empty / But I’ve got sex and mac and cheese / Come over, and quarantine with me.”

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4. Turbo, Gunna & Young Thug, “QUARANTINE CLEAN”

🎵 “QUARANTINE CLEAN” • 🏷 PLAYMAKERS • 📅 2020

“Yeah, I’m quarantine clean, so relaxed / Got my pillows in my Benz Maybach, uh / Chips Ahoy, I got hoes by the batch / Me and the bros whippin’ Rolls back-to-back.”  Hmm, one questions how or why 🎙 Gunna has “hoes by the batch” during COVID-19, but whatever. 🎙 Turbo (Chandler Durham), Gunna, and 🎙 Young Thug join forces for the drippy, sexed-up 🎵 “QUARANTINE CLEAN” which minimizes the actual quarantining. The production is trap-oriented, particularly the beat, while the synths are cooler yet sleek. Gunna exhibits cool, potent energy during the first verse, asserting at the end, “You do it for the clout, I make my money sprout, I’m fresher than the Dial.” Young Thug is edgier on the second verse: “Why would a disease come around when you get rich? / Seem like when you get money, rape come easy for a bitch.”  Again, quarantine in name only…

Also appears on 🔽:

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5. Young M.A, “Quarantine Party”

💿 Red Flu • 🏷 M.A Music / 3D • 📅 2020

“We inside / Party and quarantine…” 🎙 Young M.A puts aside seriousness and drops straight fire on her banger, 🎵 “Quarantine Party,” from her seven-song EP, 💿 Red Flu.  The centerpiece of “Quarantine Party” is the chorus which encompasses “Gucci slides, Versace robe,” “Wake up with no fucks to give,” Money galore, and “Got bitches comin’ with they friends (Hello)…” She doesn’t stop there, of course.

On the first verse, she focuses mostly on drip and excellent sex while on the second, she raps about “Getting some cutty” from “Three hoes,” and sanitizing her money (“Cabinets full of that Lysol / Gotta spray my money (Hello)”). Quarantine aside, Young M.A is living it up!

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