Music Review: Craig David "What's Your Flava"
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What’s Your Flava
Album: Slicker Than Your Average
Year: 2002
Craig David feasts on all types of women in the buttery "What's Your Flava."
The vocoder chorus opens the song, setting a slick tone.
In the first verse, David says he went to a dance club. There, he met with a girl he nicknames Pecan Deluxe. Instead of girl, he compares them to ice cream. He says she left him broke after their only date. She wanted the most expensive dinner on the menu. Then, he talked to a girl he calls Walnut Whip. Walnut was sugary and flattered him to the point, he was scared. He decided to call Chocolate Chip and he hooked up with her. Her sweet, heavenly lips were delectable.
In the pre-chorus, he says he wants to sleep with every hot looking girl he sees.
The chorus is sung again.
In the second verse, he says that he has the standard date for the women. First, he will take them driving in his convertible in the summer. He says he's seen men yell and push each other aside as they walk toward the women. He adds that unless the men have money and are equally handsome, they don't have a chance.
The pre-chorus and chorus are sung again.
The keyboard makes a launching sound into the air and then ping once it reaches it destination during the solo.
In the third verse, he says he dates white and black women. He says he's girl-crazy and drools whenever he sees one walk by. He says he prefers biracial girls the most. On dates, he will spend lavishly on them. They remind of the girls that he grew up with in his neighborhood.
The pre-chorus and chorus end the single.
David likes the ladies. All he wants are different gorgeous women on his arm weekend after weekend. For him, sleeping with a beautiful women are fulfilling as a gourmet dessert. Nonetheless, it's a never ending craving and consuming them is a refined pleasure. He only wants more.
David's vocoder vocals are given an underwater effect. However, it only magnifies his nasally voice. During the pre-chorus, he's finally able to be smooth. Soon, he's back to being the robotic, bland R&B guy who lusts after anything that breathes.
The food theme in the songwriting stumbles at times. In the first verse, it's confusing and clunky. It'sdifficult to decipher when he's talking about the women or food. By the third verse, the description flows and falls into place. Usually songwriters abandon the description after the first verse, kudos for him for following it through.
The savvy two-step arrangement slides and bends to the beat. It gives the single the necessary kick to make it enticing.
"What's Your Flava" has a delicious beat but it could've used some extra spice from David.
Album: Slicker Than Your Average
Year: 2002
Craig David feasts on all types of women in the buttery "What's Your Flava."
The vocoder chorus opens the song, setting a slick tone.
"What's your flava/Tell me what's your flava/ What's your flava/Tell me what's your flava/ What's your flava/Tell me what's your flava/ What's your flava/Tell me what's your flava."
In the first verse, David says he went to a dance club. There, he met with a girl he nicknames Pecan Deluxe. Instead of girl, he compares them to ice cream. He says she left him broke after their only date. She wanted the most expensive dinner on the menu. Then, he talked to a girl he calls Walnut Whip. Walnut was sugary and flattered him to the point, he was scared. He decided to call Chocolate Chip and he hooked up with her. Her sweet, heavenly lips were delectable.
"I met this fly girl in the club/Went by the name of pecan deluxe/This ice cream was high maintenance/When I took her out/Man it cost me 20 bucks/Met this chick named walnut whip/Nearly made me sick to the point of throwing up/So I called chocolate chip/Wit the sweet toffe crisp/And I still can't get enough."
In the pre-chorus, he says he wants to sleep with every hot looking girl he sees.
"You're what I want/You're what I need/I wanna taste ya (taste ya) take ya home wit me/You look so good/Good enough to eat/I wonder if I can peel your wrapper/If I can be your fantasy."
The chorus is sung again.
In the second verse, he says that he has the standard date for the women. First, he will take them driving in his convertible in the summer. He says he's seen men yell and push each other aside as they walk toward the women. He adds that unless the men have money and are equally handsome, they don't have a chance.
"I take 'em in the middle of July/With tha drop top down in the park/When it's summerin'/These ice creams lookin’ so fly/That I just can't lie/It all seems too bewilderin'/They got these grown men, running round/Screaming out, acting worse than children/But who flow, better know/Better stack cheddar, get more tongue/Better than this ice cream, better than."
The pre-chorus and chorus are sung again.
The keyboard makes a launching sound into the air and then ping once it reaches it destination during the solo.
In the third verse, he says he dates white and black women. He says he's girl-crazy and drools whenever he sees one walk by. He says he prefers biracial girls the most. On dates, he will spend lavishly on them. They remind of the girls that he grew up with in his neighborhood.
"Hey, I’m taking 'em, apple and cinnamon/Girls aren't feeling 'em can't stop drippin' 'em/Tha's why they got me dribbling/Hot fudge sauce on the soles of my timberlands/I take them caramel with a hint of vanilla/Wit a little chocolate sprinkling/That make me spend my dividends/These sweet things make me feel like a kid again."
The pre-chorus and chorus end the single.
David likes the ladies. All he wants are different gorgeous women on his arm weekend after weekend. For him, sleeping with a beautiful women are fulfilling as a gourmet dessert. Nonetheless, it's a never ending craving and consuming them is a refined pleasure. He only wants more.
David's vocoder vocals are given an underwater effect. However, it only magnifies his nasally voice. During the pre-chorus, he's finally able to be smooth. Soon, he's back to being the robotic, bland R&B guy who lusts after anything that breathes.
The food theme in the songwriting stumbles at times. In the first verse, it's confusing and clunky. It'sdifficult to decipher when he's talking about the women or food. By the third verse, the description flows and falls into place. Usually songwriters abandon the description after the first verse, kudos for him for following it through.
The savvy two-step arrangement slides and bends to the beat. It gives the single the necessary kick to make it enticing.
"What's Your Flava" has a delicious beat but it could've used some extra spice from David.