{"id":2447865,"date":"2019-08-22T10:03:06","date_gmt":"2019-08-22T16:03:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/?p=875054"},"modified":"2019-08-22T10:03:06","modified_gmt":"2019-08-22T16:03:06","slug":"song-you-need-to-know-jack-harlow-featuring-bryson-tiller-thru-the-night","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/music-news\/song-you-need-to-know-jack-harlow-featuring-bryson-tiller-thru-the-night\/","title":{"rendered":"Song You Need To Know: Jack Harlow Featuring Bryson Tiller, \u2018Thru The Night\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Jack Harlow<\/a>\u2018s \u201cThru The Night\u201d is a sickeningly savvy product. The chart appeal of a white rapper on a song featuring a Bryson Tiller<\/a> verse, a pitched-up sample of Usher\u2019s \u201cU Don\u2019t Have To Call<\/a>, all set in a roller rink music video is an idea destined for at least some<\/em> algorithm-aided success. Depending on your mileage, it either comes off as cloyingly nostalgic or a truly effective piece of pop.<\/p>\n

Personally, I am what you might call a \u201cfan\u201d of Tiller\u2019s [Ed. Note: The writer\u2019s affection for Bryson Tiller appears boundless, to the point of inexplicability]<\/em> and think Harlow has a lot of potential in small doses. Normally, Bryson and Jack aren\u2019t logical matches on paper, despite both hailing from Kentucky. One is a white rapper with a laidback flow and penchant for slice-of-life verses, while the other is an R&B\/Rap hybrid who is equally relatable, albeit with a considerable amount of more intensity. Surprisingly, the two styles mesh as they let the Usher sample anchor the hook, while they deliver two entertaining, if brief, verses. Any song that features Tiller rapping \u201cKnow my soul isn\u2019t trapped\u201d with no hint of irony automatically needs to be hung in the rafters.<\/p>\n

During an interview with Billboard<\/em><\/a>, Harlow described how he finally secured the Tiller feature. \u201cI was in Las Vegas with [DJ] Drama, and Bryson\u2019s assistant was there with us,\u201d he shared. \u201cBryson and I have been cool on social media, but we\u2019ve never had any direct contact. In the club I told her, \u201cI got a record.\u201d The next morning, she texted me, \u201cDon\u2019t forget to send me that song. I sent it, and then he DM\u2019d me saying it was hard. He didn\u2019t do it right away, but I saw him at [the Kentucky] Derby and was like, \u201cYo, I\u2019m ready for that verse. I got a project coming.\u201d He knocked it out after we saw each other in person, and then we got to chop it up for real.\u201d<\/p>\n