Say No to This

"Say No to This"
Song by Cast of Hamilton from the album Hamilton
Released 2015
Genre
Writer Lin-Manuel Miranda
Composer Lin-Manuel Miranda
Lyricist Lin-Manuel Miranda
Language English
Hamilton track listing

"Take A Break"
(3)		 "Say No to This"
(4)		 "The Room Where It Happens"
(5)

"Say No to This" is a song from Act 2 of the 2015 musical Hamilton, in which "Hamilton’s eye begins wandering".[1]

Background

According to Slate, the song "began with a quote from LL Cool J’s “I Need Love”", but due to clearance issues from Atlantic Records, "the line was removed before the show’s transition to Broadway".[2]

Synopsis

The song outlines Alexander Hamilton's infidelity with Maria Reynolds. This was the first major political scandal in US history.[3] The song is sung by Alexander Hamilton, Maria Reynolds, James Reynolds, and Company.[4]

Analysis

Vibe described the song as "a ’90s slow jam, Usher-style".[3] Screen Fellows deemed it "the best 90s slow jam R. Kelly never wrote".[5] Musical director Alex Lacamoire noted that he used the cello to represent the character of Angelica, and implements it in a "really snaky and sinister" fashion in this song.[6]

In this song, which Lin-Manuel Miranda describes as “the ultimate infidelity jam”, he includes a reference to a song from the musical The Last Five Years titled “Nobody Needs to Know”.[2]

Critical reception

The Huffington Post wrote that the song includes "classic dude logic: I was crazy tired, so I had to cheat on my wife".[7] Jezebel said that Maria Reynolds has "chilling, low vibrations" in this song.[8] Patheos praised the musical for not making Hamilton "Mister Perfect”, noting that this song illustrates his "short-sightedness."[9] WIUX describes it as "three minutes of sex and inner turmoil".[10] The New Yorker called the song "beautiful".[11]

External links

References

  1. ↑ Anthony Tommasini, Jon Caramanica (30 August 2015). "Exploring ‘Hamilton’ and Hip-Hop Steeped in Heritage". The New York Times.
  2. 1 2 Forrest Wickman (24 September 2015). "Hamilton’s hip-hop references: All the rap and R&B allusions in Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Broadway musical.". Slate Magazine.
  3. 1 2 "Going H.A.M.: A Track-By-Track Review Of The 'Hamilton' Soundtrack". Vibe.
  4. ↑ "'Hamilton' Songs". Internet Broadway Database. Retrieved February 20, 2016.
  5. ↑ "'HAMILTON' Cast Recording Review: An American Masterpiece - FELLOWSHIP OF THE SCREEN". FELLOWSHIP OF THE SCREEN.
  6. ↑ "Nerding Out With Hamilton’s Musical Director -- Vulture". Vulture.
  7. ↑ "I Have an Opinion on Every Song in "Hamilton"". The Huffington Post. 1 October 2015.
  8. ↑ Julianne Escobedo Shepherd. "Should You Listen to the Soundtrack to Hamilton If You Have Not Seen Hamilton?". The Muse.
  9. ↑ "Hamilton The Musical: An Album Review". Monique Ocampo Writes.
  10. ↑ "Hamilton (Original Broadway Cast Recording)". WIUX.
  11. ↑ Adam Gopnik (5 February 2016). ""Hamilton" and the Hip-Hop Case for Progressive Heroism". The New Yorker.
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