โRodeoโ debuted at number 22 on the US Billboard Hot 100, and reached charts in numerous other territories. The track was later certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for shipments of a million certified units on February 19, 2020. In Canada, it peaked at number 44 on the Canadian Hot 100 and attained a double platinum certification from Music Canada (MC). The track charted at number 55 on the UK Singles Chart, number 35 on the Irish Singles Chart and number 13 on Latvia's Mลซzikas Patฤriลa Tops chart. The song peaked at number 72 on the ARIA Singles chart and number six on the New Zealand Hot Singles chart, an extension to the New Zealand Top 40 Singles chart.
Lil Nas X and Cardi B, among others, were sued by Don Lee and Glen Keith DeMeritt III, with the two of them claiming that โRodeoโ plagiarized a track they produced called โBroad Dayโ. A remix of the former with Lil Nas X and American rapper Nas was released for digital download and streaming as a single on January 27, 2020, after a live performance by Lil Nas X and Nas of the remix during the 2020 Grammy Awards the previous day. It was supported by a music video and caused the song to re-enter the Billboard Hot 100 at number 74, with the magazine billing the artist as "Lil Nas X featuring Cardi B or Nas".
According to Take a Daytrip, the duo of David Biral and Denzel Baptiste, the guitar lick for "Rodeo" was introduced during Lil Nas X's first studio session ever. The song's chorus was the first part the three of them completed, which was posted to Lil Nas X's Instagram before the rest of the song was finished, and had received around three million views within two days. A solo version of it was completed one month and a half later in New York City. Cardi B's verse was a late addition to "Rodeo", which Lil Nas X texted to the producers when they "were in the studio working on something else" a few days prior. The song was written by Lil Nas X and Cardi B, alongside Pardison Fontaine, Roy Lenzo, Russ Chell, Biral, and Baptiste, while the latter four produced the song.
Lil Nas X revealed the song's name as part of the tracklist for 7. Cardi B's appearance on it was not announced until the EP's release on June 21, 2019. A hip-hop song, "Rodeo" retains Lil Nas X's "country trap style with twanging guitars" according to Spin's Nina Braca. The song samples a guitar riff, described by Uproxx's Aaron Williams as "a harder rock-oriented loop" similar to Heart's "Barracuda", featuring Lil Nas X's country trap vocals, which Williams thought were "to censure a romantic flame for her dependence on his largesse". It includes a reverbed staccato guitar riff and surf trumpet. With "twisted, brooding Mariachi tones", "Rodeo" has a hint of guitar-and-drum driven heaviness.
Rodeo
Lil Nas X Lyrics
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Oh here we go, please let me know
Off we go, don't leave me in the cold
If I took you everywhere, then well, you wouldn't know how to walk
If I spoke on your behalf, then well, you wouldn't know how to talk
If I gave you everything and everything is what I bought
I didn't mean to make you mad, I don't like when you're upset
I'ma call you later on, baby girl, don't you forget
I'ma take you from this party, we might go and have some sex
Or we do that later on, now we lit like cigarettes
I thought you would stay with me
I'm yours and you're mine, I envy
So what I'm gon' do?
I don't have no clue, ain't no me without you
Oh here we go, please let me know
Off we go, don't leave me in the cold
If I took you everywhere, then well, you wouldn't know how to walk
If I spoke on your behalf, then well, you wouldn't know how to talk
If I gave you everything and everything is what I bought
I can take it all back, I never cared 'bout what you thought
I might spin the block on twelve horses
Buy the block and get a boss bitch
Grown man, but when the Henny hit
I might Milly Rock then get up off it
In the new days with my old ways
Game change, but the name don't
My whores change, is they main hoes
Got a lot of them, the whole stable
I don't lie to them, there's no fables
Rap don, country flavor
Now we worldwide, we made a big brand
Now our catalog is so major
Rodeo or Rodeo, hoe-folio is so player
Tomato or tomato, Nas X or Big Nas, this shit ride
Oh here we go, please let me know (Nas and Nas X)
Off we go, don't leave me in the cold (Big Nas and Lil Nas, yeah)
(I thought you would stay with me
I'm yours and you're mine, I envy
So what I'm gon' do?
I don't have no clue, ain't no me without you)
The lyrics of Lil Nas X's song "Rodeo" are full of emotions of love, envy, and frustration. The song starts with the artist admitting the potential harm that his excessive love and care could cause his partner, ultimately standing between her path to growth and independence. He seems to imply that his love has become a handicap and that his partner wouldn't know how to walk or talk if he took her everywhere and spoke on her behalf. In the same vein, Lil Nas X declares that he could take everything he provided back, thus demonstrating his power and control over their relationship.
The chorus of the song reassures his partner that he wants to remain close to her, and he is confused about what to do if she leaves him. The lyrics "I envy" suggest that the artist has a deep sense of admiration for his partner and the connection he shares with her. Nevertheless, the song implies that he is aware of the toxicity that exists in their relationship but still cannot envision a life without her.
Towards the end of the song, the artist boasts about his success but admits that his affinity for alcohol makes him think that he might still be his old self. In the final part of the song, Lil Nas X and Big Nas exchange verses, highlighting the intersectionality of rap genres and the possibility of reaching a more extensive audience.
Line by Line Meaning
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Oh here we go, please let me know
Off we go, don't leave me in the cold
The singer is excited to begin the ride with his partner, but also anxious about possibly being left alone in the end.
If I took you everywhere, then well, you wouldn't know how to walk
If I spoke on your behalf, then well, you wouldn't know how to talk
If I gave you everything and everything is what I bought
I can take it all back, I never cared 'bout what you thought
The singer acknowledges that he has spoiled his partner with material possessions and has control over their abilities to be independent, but doesn't care about their opinion or feelings towards him.
I didn't mean to make you mad, I don't like when you're upset
I'ma call you later on, baby girl, don't you forget
I'ma take you from this party, we might go and have some sex
Or we do that later on, now we lit like cigarettes
The singer wants to make amends after upsetting his partner, and offers to take them away and have intimate moments with them, or to continue partying and enjoying each other's company.
I thought you would stay with me
I'm yours and you're mine, I envy
So what I'm gon' do?
I don't have no clue, ain't no me without you
The singer is fully invested in their relationship with their partner, but doesn't know how to move forward without them by their side.
I might spin the block on twelve horses
Buy the block and get a boss bitch
Grown man, but when the Henny hit
I might Milly Rock then get up off it
In the new days with my old ways
Game change, but the name don't
My whores change, is they main hoes
Got a lot of them, the whole stable
I don't lie to them, there's no fables
Rap don, country flavor
Now we are worldwide, we made a big brand
Now our catalog is so major
Rodeo or Rodeo, hoe-folio is so player
Tomato or tomato, Nas X or Big Nas, this shit ride
The singer brags about his newfound success in the music industry and the loyalty of his female partners, as he switches fluidly from rap to country influences. He asserts his confidence in his brand and style, and acknowledges both his own identity and that of his respected rap counterpart Big Nas.
Lyrics ยฉ Universal Music Publishing Group, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: Afolabi Osinulu, David Biral, Denzel Baptiste, Emekwanem Ogugua Biosah Jr., Mike Dean, Montero Lamar Hill, Nasir Jones, Patrick Peter Adams, Roy Lenzo, Russ Chell
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First comment, Hi!
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@alvaroisaacmunozvazquez
Thank you Lil Nas X
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How FATHOM
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Yesssss
@akioaslan
This is like a Gen Z version of Thriller
@EliC09
More like a gay version of Thriller..
@rxcort
Big Nas and Lil Nas. Two generations of hip hop together. I know a lot of you don't know who Nas is, but making this song with the guy was probably a dream come true for Lil Nas X. Speaks a lot to Nas' character that he never tired getting Lil Nas to change his stage name so that he wouldn't take clicks away from his name. He understands that this is the time for a new generation and that his spot on music history is carved in stone already
@vodun
hip hop.. LMFAOOO