Chanel (Go Get It)

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"Chanel (Go Get It)"
Song by Young Thug featuring Gunna and Lil Baby
from the album Slime Language
ReleasedAugust 17, 2018
GenreTrap[1]
Length3:21
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Music video
"Chanel (Go Get It)" on YouTube

"Chanel (Go Get It)" is a song by American rapper Young Thug featuring American rappers Gunna and Lil Baby. It is a track from record label YSL Records' debut collaborative compilation album Slime Language (2018). The song was produced by Wheezy, SinGrinch and Psymun.

Composition[edit]

The song features a "hollowness that contorts around shaky hi-hats a warped horn sound, and a sprinkling of keys".[2] It finds the rappers singing about being eager to buy their respective women luxurious clothes, cars and other products when they want them.[3]

Critical reception[edit]

In an XXL review of Slime Language, Charles Holmes wrote that the song was "fascinating" because it "shows the endless permutations and offshoots of Thug's style", also adding, "Both feature artists have adopted their musical father's mushed-mouth melodic delivery, but where Gunna's flow rambles and elongates the last word of each bar, Baby assaults the beat with a clipped, rushed and bludgeoning flow."[4] Patrick Lyons of HotNewHipHop wrote that "Lil Baby sounds effortless as ever" and "Gunna is stellar throughout" in the song.[5]

Music video[edit]

The music video was released on November 26, 2018. Directed by Elliot Sellers and Sam Shea, it begins with a python unraveling to reveal itself covering a sleeping Young Thug's head.[3][6] The three artists appear in an Atlanta parking lot at nighttime,[6][7] where surrounding buildings warp, and a car melts.[3][6] They then roam a forest where trees, branches and rocks are twisting out of shape or melting.[3][6][7] The snake from earlier follows the rappers in the forest, growing in size as the video progresses, and eats Lil Baby.[3][7]

Charts[edit]

Chart (2018) Peak
position
Canada (Canadian Hot 100)[8] 92
US Billboard Hot 100[9] 78
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard)[10] 31

Certifications[edit]

Region Certification Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada)[11] Platinum 80,000
United States (RIAA)[12] Platinum 1,000,000

Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

References[edit]

  1. ^ Yeung, Neil Z. "Slime Language Review". AllMusic.
  2. ^ Lilah, Rose (August 17, 2018). "Young Thug, Gunna & Lil Baby Are Living Luxuriously On "Chanel (Go Get It)"". HotNewHipHop.
  3. ^ a b c d e Legaspi, Althea (November 27, 2018). "Young Thug Treks Through Creepy, Enchanted Forest in New 'Chanel' Video". Rolling Stone.
  4. ^ Holmes, Charles (August 20, 2018). "Young Thug's Disciples Are All Grown Up on YSL's 'Slime Language' Mixtape". XXL.
  5. ^ Lyons, Patrick (August 21, 2018). "Young Thug's "Slime Language" Review". HotNewHipHop.
  6. ^ a b c d Li, Nicolaus (November 26, 2018). "Young Thug, Gunna & Lil Baby Roam a Forest in "Chanel" Visual". Hypebeast.
  7. ^ a b c Williams, Aaron (November 27, 2018). "A Giant Snake Eats Lil Baby In Young Thug's Surreal 'Chanel' Video With Gunna". Uproxx.
  8. ^ "Young Thug Chart History (Canadian Hot 100)". Billboard.
  9. ^ "Young Thug Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard.
  10. ^ "Young Thug Chart History (Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs)". Billboard.
  11. ^ "Canadian single certifications – Young Thug – Chanel (Go Get It)". Music Canada.
  12. ^ "American single certifications – Young Thug – Chanel (Go Get It)". Recording Industry Association of America.