Far East Movement–Like a G6

Released April 13, 2010.
Billboard: #1
UK Charts: #6

Listening to this song, I can’t help feeling that it seems like a bit of a mess, reminiscent of Boom Boom Pow in that the song seems to open a lot of possible things, and then do little with them. Unfortunately, in terms of the beat, it feels random and… going nowhere. It could make for a pretty tough DDR song, precisely because of this reason, honestly.

Okay, perhaps we should find out what is a G6. There seems to be evidence that G6 refers to the Gulfstream G650, or at least it’s reasonably implied. Though the artists’ explanation for this seems a little bit muddled – or perhaps they’re assuming the listener has familiarity with the aircraft in question, when they say: “But Drake, Drake talks about having G4 pilots on deck, so we said, ‘What’s flyer than a G4?’ Of course, it would be a G6.” Partly because there is no official name for the term G6, as Gulfstream released up to the G-V before switching to these 3-digit numbers; so a G6 or G-VI doesn’t exist per se, technically speaking.

Thus if we accept that the G6 is referring to the Gulfstream G650, relating it to feeling “fly” well, I guess makes sense. The chorus doesn’t not make sense, though it seems a celebration of “the indulgent lifestyle of jetsetters”, or of irresponsible behaviour, depending on your perspective.

Poppin bottles in the ice, like a blizzard
When we drink we do it right gettin slizzard – as in very drunk
Sippin sizzurp in my ride, like Three 6

My, my, my. Alcohol intoxication, drug consumption, AND drink driving? A lethal combination indeed.

The verses don’t seem to go anywhere to me, too. I’m really left confused at the end, wondering what exactly they were trying to accomplish with this (of course, in the sense of an artistic message much like how Just The Way You Are is basically a love song to a girl, Ridin’ Solo is a celebration of being single, Heartless is a breakup song, etc.; not in terms of $$$). Even simple songs about partying, as far as I can remember, such as Good Times (Roll Deep ft. Jodie Connor) or I Gotta Feeling didn’t leave me with such headaches.

OVERALL SCORE = 2.0/10
At the end of Like A G6, I am still utterly confused about what the song is trying to do, other than reap profits for the Far East Movement, Cataracs and Dev. The beat gets pretty annoying after a while, too…