''High Maintenance'' is the debut
extended play
An extended play (EP) is a Sound recording and reproduction, musical recording that contains more tracks than a Single (music), single but fewer than an album. Contemporary EPs generally contain up to eight tracks and have a playing time of 1 ...
(EP) by American rapper
Saweetie
Diamonté Quiava Valentin Harper (born July 2, 1993), known professionally as Saweetie (; also pronounced as simply "sweetie"), is an American rapper and singer. Her 2017 debut single, "Icy Grl", received RIAA certification, double platinum cer ...
. It was released digitally on March 16, 2018, by
Warner Bros. Records and Artistry Worldwide. It is composed of nine tracks, with "
Icy Grl" having been released as a single on October 2, 2017. The EP debuted at number 32 on the ''Billboard'' R&B/Hip-Hop Album Sales chart.
Background
After graduating,
Saweetie
Diamonté Quiava Valentin Harper (born July 2, 1993), known professionally as Saweetie (; also pronounced as simply "sweetie"), is an American rapper and singer. Her 2017 debut single, "Icy Grl", received RIAA certification, double platinum cer ...
decided to pursue a rap career.
She began posting short raps on her
Instagram account in 2016. One video featured her rapping over the beat from
Khia's classic "
My Neck, My Back (Lick It)", which would eventually turn into "Icy Grl".
She first released the song on her
SoundCloud in the summer of 2017 and later released a music video for it in October of the same year.
The visual would go
viral online.
To follow that up, Saweetie released in that same month a freestyle rap called "High Maintenance" accompanied by a short clip of herself rapping a verse to the song, all while in her kitchen. It would go viral on Instagram and
Twitter as well.
In February 2018, she signed to
Warner Records and her manager Max Gousse's record label Artistry Worldwide,
subsequently releasing the EP ''High Maintenance'' in March 2018.
Composition and concept
The songs "B.A.N." and "23" speak about relationships, and are speculated to be about her ex-boyfriends
Justin Combs, who is
P. Diddy's eldest son, and
Keith Powers, whom she dated for up to four years.
With "
high maintenance", Saweetie reportedly doesn't mean only designer things. "The relationships I have with people are very high maintenance, meaning I nurture them," she says. "Essentially, I care for them. I also pray a lot, work out, and eat well so all aspects of my life are high maintenance... Since it's an introductory to the game, I feel like it's appropriate way to brand myself."
Track listing
Notes
* "Icy Grl" contains samples of "
My Neck, My Back (Lick It)", originally performed by
Khia.
* "High Maintenance" contains samples of "
Shake That Monkey", originally performed by
Too Short.
Personnel
Credits adapted from
AllMusic
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.
* Gino the Ghost – background vocals
* Jonathan Cuskey – recording
* Ryan Gladieux – recording, mixing
* Jean-Marie Horvat – recording, mixing
* Leon McQuay – mixing
* Emerson Mancini – mastering
Charts
Release history
References
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2018 debut EPs
Saweetie EPs
Albums produced by Zaytoven
Warner Records EPs