Heatin Up
by Lil Baby (featuring Gunna)

Album: My Turn (2020)
Charted: 66 18
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Songfacts®:

  • Here, Lil Baby hooks up with his good friend Gunna for a braggadocio song centered on their "hot" lifestyles.
  • Lil Baby boasts in the first verse about having so many "racks" he can't fit them in the "skinny clothes" he prefers wearing. The rapper also references his Moncler coat and luxury car collection.

    During the hook, Baby brags that he's "heatin' up," i.e. he's hot. In doing so, the Atlanta rapper interpolates Young Thug and Gunna's 2019 hit "Hot."

    Gunna's verse is a mix of references to his love for luxury items, his bedroom activities and threats to his competition.
  • Lil Baby and Gunna have collaborated many times before, including their 2018 joint project Drip Harder, which features the hit single "Drip Too Hard."
  • Lil Baby's frequent collaborator Quay Global ("Woah") holds down the production. His beat is a simple affair centered around a string instrumental comprising three notes played on a violin.

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