#Mario Winans

[hit-song-showdown]

Year-End Poll #55: 2004

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*Sorry 2004 by Ruben Studdard plays softly in the background*

Now we're really starting to see the hold the South will have on the sound of rap and hip-hop in the 2000's. Just about every region that isn't the East Coast (and let's be real: New York specifically) had to fight to get their style of rap to be taken seriously. And when the East vs. West debate was reaching it's peak in the 90's, the South was treated like the third party option. I've linked to an article about André 3000's famous speech at the 1995 Source Awards, a moment that is marked by many as a turning point in southern hip-top.

Now in the 2000's, the impact of southern rap can no longer be questioned. This is partially due to the rising popularity of crunk, which has really taken off this decade. With Yeah! and Goodies, crunk was able to find a wider audience by fusing the genre with R&B (Crunk&B). This was also the year Billboard started publishing its ringtone charts, which was set to be published in late 2004. The ringtone era turned out to be bolstered greatly by this shift in the sound of popular music, as a majority of the songs making this chart would be rap.

But crunk was far from the only style of rap coming out of the south. Especially with the presence of iconic southern hip-hop act, OutKast. With the release of their double album, Speakerboxxx/The Love Below, André 3000 and Big Boi were not only able to experiment with different sounds and genres, but this album (these albums?) also introduced them to an even larger audience.

[tha-wrecka-stow]

[thewaysoundtravels]

(Boadicea (2009 Remaster) by Enya)

Famously sampled by The Fugees on Ready Or Not. Check out the story behind use of the sample by Wyclef.

And by Diddy on the Mario Winans track I Don't Wanna Know.

And there's this which makes the Enya sample more explicit.

And this rendition.

[90s-2000s-barbie]

Mario Winans - I Don't Wannna Know (Live 2004)

[purpleheartrainman]

Metro Boomin | Creepin' [w/ The Weeknd & 21 Savage] // Heroes & Villains

[kriole]

Creepin' | dir. by Christian Breslauer (2023)

[my-chaos-radio]

Release:  February 17, 2004

Lyrics:

I just can't believe this, man

It's just another night of these thoughts

Can't get this out of my head

Yeah

Somebody said they saw you

The person you were kissing wasn't me

And I would never ask you

I just kept it to myself

I don't wanna know

If you're playin' me, keep it on the low

'Cause my heart can't take it anymore

And if you're creepin', please don't let it show

Oh, baby, I don't wanna know

Oh, oh, baby

I think about it when I hold you

When lookin' in your eyes, I can't believe

I don't need to know the truth

Baby, keep it to yourself

I don't wanna know

If you're playin' me, keep it on the low

'Cause my heart can't take it anymore

And if you're creepin', please don't let it show

Oh, baby, I don't wanna know

Did he touch you better than me? (Touch you better than me)

Did he watch you fall asleep? (Watch you fall asleep, baby)

Did you show him all those things that you used to do to me? (Oh, do to me, baby)

If you're better off that way (better off that way)

Baby, all that I can say (all that I can say)

Just go on and do your thing and don't come back to me (oh, stay away from me, baby)

Yo, I don't wanna know your whereabouts or how you're movin'

I know when you in the house or when you cruisin' (that's right)

It's been proven, my love you're abusin'

I can't understand how a man got you choosin' (yeah)

Undecided, I came and provided

My undivided, you came and denied it (why?)

Don't even try it, I know when you lyin' (I know when you lyin')

Don't even do that, I know why you cryin' (stop cryin')

I'm not applyin' no pressure, just wanna let you know

That I don't wanna let you go (I don't wanna let you go)

And I don't wanna let you leave

Can't say I didn't let you breathe

Gave you extra cheese (come on), put you in a SUV

You wanted ice so I made you freeze

Made you hot like the West Indies (that's right)

Now it's time you invest in me

'Cause if not, then it's best you leave, holla, yeah

Songwriter:

I don't wanna know

If you're playin' me, keep it on the low

'Cause my heart can't take it anymore

And if you're creepin', please don't let it show

Oh, baby, I don't wanna know

If you're playin' me, keep it on the low

'Cause my heart can't take it anymore

And if you're creepin', please don't let it show

Oh, baby, I don't wanna know

If you're playin' me, keep it on the low

'Cause my heart can't take it anymore

And if you're creepin', please don't let it show

Oh, baby, I don't wanna know

Chauncey Lamont Hawkins / Eithne Ni Bhraonain / Mario Winans / Michael Jones / Nicky Ryan / Parrish J. Smith / Roma Ryan

SongFacts:

👉📖

[falling-down-the-scroll-hole]

@itsjmaine

[dxsturbia]

I was absent because I could not be intimate with my partner but Harold sure could

Jess could 

I don’t have to ask you you tell me you’re an ass hole

[mesillusionssousecstasy]

Réminiscence

Thank you for The Weeknd and his “new song” Creepin’ for remembering me of this gem called “I don’t want to know” by Mario Winans (2004).

But what happened to Puff Daddy, because 21 Savages’ part isn’t as good as him.

[flawless-imperfections]

9 December 2022 song of the day

[lila-rae]

I walked by the bathroom where my 9 year old is showering. Someone please tell me why and more importantly how he’s singing “ I Don’t Wanna Know” by Mario Winans