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"Wasting Time" (Brent Faiyaz | Drake | The Neptunes)

12/30/2021

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My jam right here!

The beginning of "Wasting Time" is everything, and the first two lines are classic. 

The beat hasn't dropped yet, but my head knocks back and forth. "Whut, whut? Say whut?" I'm talking back now. (I wonder how deejays in the club respond to this song.)

​But Brent Faiyaz isn't rapping; he's singing. Really singing -- vocalizing -- rather than a fast-acting melody or lyrical quickie in popular R&B today.

​I love his vocals. His actual voice, though, reminds me a little of Slim from 112 or Raphael Saadiq. You might agree when you hear: 

Close your eyes
To get away
Just
Bang my line
And I'll arrange it
Beautiful
Girl you're stainless
You'll be fine
I'll be painless (yeah)


<Pauses>

Ohhh, I'm drinkin'
The champagne
Ohhh, you wanted
The same thing


That's my favorite part of the song, especially "Ohhh, I'm drinking the champagne."

Musically, "Wasting Time" is a hit without Drake. But Drake's verse doesn't diminish the song either. He has some lines I like:

I swear I'm more "Purple Rain" Prince
Than Prince Charming

Disappointment I stay
Expectin' it
The pessimist/Gold medalist
Flush the Magnum
So they not collectin' my specimens


Or try:

You used to do
Skincare
But now you do
Swimwear
You're ex-roommate got a condo that's downtown/But she got no furniture in her crib
I've been there


"Wasting Time" might be my favorite hit song of the year. Believe that.
A music review of "Wasting Time" (Brent Faiyaz, Drake)
A cartoon of Brent Fires and Drake standing side-by-side
"Wasting Time" cover art (brentfaiyaz.com)

Jubalyn ExWilliams lives in Pennsylvania (United States). You can find dozens of her reviews, including one for "Wasting Time" by Brent Faiyaz and Drake, at landturn.com/reviews.

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8/10/2023 16:24:16

Not too long after this review, I listened to "Fuck the World" (2020) and -- before the end of that year -- "WASTELAND" (2022). "Wasting Time," which I reviewed above, is a single released in 2021, but it's on WASTELAND the following year. Guess who else is on it? Raphael Saadiq!!! He produced/co-produced multiple tracks on the album. (BTW, he also produced/co-produced multiple tracks on Beyoncé's album "RENAISSANCE" [2022].)

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