REEL IT IN by Aminé Song Info
On “REEL IT IN,” Aminé flaunts his wealth and fame following the success of his 2017 debut album GOOD FOR YOU. This standout track features a catchy beat from LDG Beats and Tee-WaTT. He told Pitchfork the following about the track: ““Reel It In” came together because I was going to Hawaii to work on Limbo. And before I went to Hawaii, I went to some random birthday. I met Tee-Watt there at the house, who’s the producer of “Reel It In”. And what’s weird is me and Tee-Watt spoke to each other back in 2014 when I was a nobody. And then him and me realized we had met before. He was like, “yo, can I play you some beats?” And he played me the “Reel It In” beat. And I was like, “Oh, this is really cool.” So, send it to me. He sent it to me and then the next day, or the next couple of days we were in Hawaii. Usually I’m like really a part of the production of my songs. And I like to take certain things out or add certain things. With “Reel It In” and with most of my songs, I always try to make sure it’s structured well to the point where it’s always keeping you on your toes. And there’s the hook, the verses and everything where the beat, when the beat drops out.“ “With the ‘REEL IT IN’ music video a lot of people get the perception if you don’t know me you are like ‘oh this is a cool rap video,’ but for anyone who knows me and the work I do, the videos I put out, you know that that whole video is satire... It’s just funny, me and friends when we put that video out we were like dying because we knew this isn’t me, you know what I mean, and me being in a video with thousands of women twerking, it’s just not my vibe in real life... It’s more of me making fun of your average rap video but also paying homage to like the Ludacris videos early on in the days and the T.I. videos, the southern feel where it was like if you look at the ‘REEL IT IN’ video it has like a green tint to it on the screen, it’s very barely noticeable to your average viewer, but for us, I wanted a green tint to the video because I wanted to feel like summertime like Atlanta southern like feel just like hot... When we put Ricky Thompson in the video who does the skit in the middle with us, it’s a great balance between letting you know that this video is actually kind of dumb, a girl licking a steering wheel is like too much, and the whole point of it is I know it’s too much and having Ricky interrupt them and create that whole drama behind it is hilarious.“
