"Pe Coastă" (Coastin') is a single by Romanian hip hop group B.U.G. Mafia, featuring vocals by Sergiu Ferat. The song is produced by group founder Tataee, mixed by longtime collaborator Cristi Dobrică, and was released as a digital single on YouTube on May 16, 2016.[1][2][3]
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| Single by B.U.G. Mafia featuring Sergiu Ferat | ||||
| Released | May 16, 2016 | |||
| Recorded | 2016 Ines Sound & Video (Bucharest, Romania) | |||
| Genre | Hip hop | |||
| Length | 4:03 | |||
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| "Pe Coastă" on YouTube | ||||
Background
editThe group announced the single's upcoming release on May 16, 2016, during Mihai Morar's morning radio show on Radio Zu, where B.U.G. Mafia had been invited to perform live.[4][5] The group's previous single, Să Cânte Trompetele, a collaboration with Vocea României contestant Feli Donose, had been very successful, generating a lot of interest from fans and critics alike regarding their following release.[6][7] The following day, Morar premiered the song on his radio show by playing repeatedly back to back for 20 uninterrupted minutes.[8] It was written by group members Tataee, Caddillac, and Uzzi and it features vocals from Sergiu Ferat, a Romanian jazz vocalist, also a contestant on Vocea României in its fifth season.[9] The song interpolates 'Un 2 şi Trei de 0', the lead single from the group's sixth studio album, Întotdeauna pentru totdeauna.
Composition
edit"Pe Coastă" was composed and produced by group member Tataee, his 26th release with the group, following a two-year break after their previous single, with musician Valentin Câmpeanu providing additional keyboards. Romanian sound engineer Cristi Dobrică mixed and mastered the song for its commercial release, while members Uzzi and Caddillac wrote their verses, respectively. Lyrically, the song is a summer-themed anthem celebrating life in the moment while also mentioning the group's successful 23-year history and its relationship with their fans.[10]
Music video
editThe group announced their decision to create a music video for the single on May 4, 2016. In a Facebook video post, Tataee asked the fans to send footage from the group's concerts in Costinești as well as videos of themselves on the beach and driving to the seaside, so that it could be included in the music video.[11] Just before the single's release, on May 16, the group posted a video reviewing the first batch of footage received from the fans, and announced that the music video will premier sometime in the near future.[12] One of the singled out videos captured one of their concerts in Costinești which carried long enough into the late night that they witnessed the sun rise while still on stage performing. The moment is also mentioned by Tataee in the third verse of the song.[13] The video was released on July 6, 2016.[14]
Critical reception
editWhile the YouTube feedback for the music video and song have been overwhelmingly positive, other reviews have been more dismissive.[15] In a review for Vice News, writer Ionuț Axinescu gave the song a negative review, criticizing its radio-friendly production and self-indulgent songwriting, while at the same time praising group member Uzzi's delivery; "The song is weak, even though Uzzi would be decent even if he'd rap about the Mechanism for Cooperation and Verification. Besides, there's another issue here: the song isn't targeting the group's usual fan base, but rather for the new generation of emigrants who are coming back to Romania driving expensive cars and spend their hard-earned money in Mamaia while they remember the difficult road they had to walk to get there".[16] Similarly, in another 2016 piece for Vice News, Mădălin Istrate interviewed a number of Pantelimon residents who universally panned the song for its pop-oriented sound and music video.[17]
Track listing
edit- Digital single
References
edit- ^ "PIESĂ NOUĂ: B.U.G. Mafia - Pe Coastă (Feat. Sergiu Ferat) | Muzica | ZU TV". 17 May 2016.
- ^ "Morning ZU". Morning Zu (in Romanian). 17 May 2016. Radio ZU. Retrieved 17 May 2016.
- ^ "B.U.G. Mafia a lansat "Pe Coasta"". Radio 21. Bucharest. May 17, 2016. Retrieved May 17, 2016.
- ^ "B.U.G. Mafia on Facebook". Facebook. Archived from the original on 2022-04-30.[user-generated source]
- ^ https://www.facebook.com/radiozu/videos/10153536422797256/ [user-generated source]
- ^ "Top 100 Airplay ProFM 2015. Vezi care au fost cele mai difuzate piese ale anului". Ce Face PROFM. Bucharest: Pro FM. Retrieved 17 May 2016.
- ^ Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: B.U.G. Mafia - Sa cante trompetele (Live la Radio ZU). YouTube.
- ^ "Radio ZU on Facebook". Facebook. Archived from the original on 2022-04-30.[user-generated source]
- ^ Mallone (May 17, 2016). "B.U.G. Mafia – Pe coasta (Audio Preview 17.05.2016)". Entertainment. Bucharest: Marpha Hip Hop. Retrieved 17 May 2016.
- ^ "Marea le-a fost inspiraţie! B.U.G. Mafia a lansat piesa "Pe Coastă"! Fanii: "Hitul verii 2016!" Ascult-o aici!". Bucharest: Antena 1. May 18, 2016. Retrieved May 19, 2016.
- ^ Arvunescu, Victor (May 17, 2016). "B.U.G. Mafia revine cu o nouă piesă, "Pe coastă": trupa invită fanii să trimită imagini pentru noul videoclip". Entertainment. Bucharest: Adevărul. Retrieved 17 May 2016.
- ^ https://www.facebook.com/bugmafia/videos/10153847714912912/ [user-generated source]
- ^ B., Alina (May 17, 2016). "B.U.G. Mafia a lansat piesă nouă! "Pe Coastă" feat. Sergiu Ferat!". Entertainment. Bucharest: 1 Music Channel. Retrieved 17 May 2016.
- ^ Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: B.U.G. Mafia - Pe Coasta (feat. Sergiu Ferat) (Prod. Tata Vlad) (Videoclip). YouTube.
- ^ "The song's official music video on YouTube, featuring a significant number of likes and a reduced number of dislikes". YouTube.com. 2016-03-06. Retrieved 2016-10-16.
- ^ Axinescu, Ionuț (August 21, 2016). "Am ascultat ultimele piese B.U.G. MAFIA și-am înțeles că golanii s-au făcut afaceriști". Bucharest: Vice News. Retrieved October 16, 2016.
- ^ Istrate, Mădălin (October 16, 2016). "Am întrebat oameni din Pantelimon dacă BUG Mafia mai reprezintă ceva pentru cartierul lor". Bucharest: Vice News. Retrieved October 16, 2016.