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4 out of 5 stars

Russ, Wife You Up ยฉ ColumbiaProlific, โ€˜do-it-allโ€™ rapper and producer Russ has love on his mind on his slick new single, โ€œWife You Up.โ€

Russ has had a great year.ย  He dropped his debut album in May 2017, and it bowed in the top-five of the Billboard 200.ย  Not only has it performed respectably, the quality was respectable as well.ย  Russ is a do-it-all artist, and he does it well.ย  Even after the success with his debut album, he continues to drop new music.ย  His latest, greatest offering is single, โ€œWife You Up.โ€

โ€œWife You Upโ€ opens with smooth, urban contemporary production, led by electric piano.ย  The lush sound is indicative of romance โ€“ true, committed love.ย  Russ opts for singing as opposed to dropping tough, biting bars, at least on the first verse.

โ€œGirl we fell in love we both worked at the mall
Way before the rollie
You was just my homie
You were tryna love way before I had it all...
Looking back ashamed we were only a phase.โ€

On the second verse, he loses some of the โ€˜pitchโ€™ in favor of bars. Even so, love is still the sentiment he opts to convey.

โ€œIโ€™m turning down the rest for you
If they call us foul Iโ€™m fighting all the refs for you
I make you a better you...โ€

The chorus, which appears at the top of โ€œWife You Up,โ€ is crรจme de la crรจme.ย  Simply put, itโ€™s the โ€˜cherry on top.โ€™

โ€œBaby youโ€™re a one of one to me
I know that I should probably wife you up
And baby I swear Iโ€™m done with these
Other women they donโ€™t mean shit to me.โ€

Final Thoughtsย 

Once again, Russ strikes gold with โ€œWife You Up.โ€ Lushly produced, beautifully sung and rapped, and all in all, winning.ย  This isnโ€™t the โ€˜song of the year,โ€™ but Russ continues to grind hard.

4 out of 5 stars


Russ โ€ข Wife You Up โ€“ Single โ€ข Columbia โ€ข Release: 9.22.17
Photo Credit: Columbia

 

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the musical hype

the musical hype aka Brent Faulkner has earned Bachelor and Masters degrees in music (music Education, music theory/composition respectively). A multi-instrumentalist, he plays piano, trombone, and organ among numerous other instruments. He's a certified music educator, composer, and a freelance music journalist. Faulkner cites music and writing as two of the most important parts of his life. Notably, he's blessed with a great ear, possessing perfect pitch.

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