February 7th, 2023 11:31pm
Chateau Marmont Moments
Kimbra feat. Pink Siifu and Tommy Raps “LA Type”
Kimbra doesn’t work in a funk mode all the time but my favorite music she’s done is almost always in this lane. There’s a fair number of groovy songs on her new record A Reckoning but “LA Type” is the big funk number, louder and heavier than anything else around it. It reminds me a bit of Nikka Costa’s music from the very early 00s – glossy and a little twitchy, essentially a showcase for the biggest and sassiest aspects of her voice. There’s a lot of songs about not being into Los Angeles but I think the tone of this song makes the lyrics click, since there’s a bit of a wink to it that keeps it from being too judgy as she explains to someone she can’t really get into the Hollywood lifestyle. The lyrics are more about the dynamic she has with the person she’s addressing – she doesn’t want to let them down, but she’s still basically rejecting them and their world. The two rap verses at the end are basically rebuttals, with Tommy Raps playing it defensively while Pink Siifu doubles down on exactly the kind of seduction she’s passing up.
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