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"Hiss"
Single by Megan Thee Stallion
ReleasedJanuary 26, 2024 (2024-01-26)
GenreHip hop
Length3:12
LabelHot Girl Productions LLC
Lyricist(s)
  • Megan Pete
  • Shawn "Source" Jarrett
  • Joel Banks
  • Taylor Banks
Producer(s)
Megan Thee Stallion singles chronology
"Pussy Don't Lie"
(2023) 		"Hiss"
(2024)
Music video
"Hiss" on YouTube

"Hiss" is a song by American rapper Megan Thee Stallion from her upcoming third studio album. It was released independently through Hot Girl Productions on January 26, 2024, as the second single from the album.[1]

Background

After her departure from 1501 Certified Entertainment, Megan Thee Stallion founded her independent label Hot Girl Productions and announced her upcoming third studio album with the single "Cobra".[2] She posted a snippet of the spoken word intro days prior to its release.

Composition

The second solo-single "Hiss" is written by Thee Stallion with long-time co-writers Joel Banks and Shawn "Source" Jarrett, who produced the song with LilJuMadeDaBeat, Bankroll Got It and Derrick Milano.[3]

Lyrics

Publications reported that the lyrics address different disses towards Drake, Tory Lanez and Nicki Minaj, as well as Thee Stallion's ex Pardison Fontaine.[4][5][6]

In the song, Megan Thee Stallion raps the line that people "don't be mad at Megan", but that they're "mad at Megan's Law". Megan's Law is the name of a federal law that requires registered sex offenders to provide their personal information to local law enforcement agencies and appear on a registry available to the public. The bars were taken as a diss towards fellow rapper Nicki Minaj by critics, fans, and Minaj herself, due to the fact that she is married to Kenneth Petty, who is a registered as a sex offender.[7]

Reception

Critics

Chris Malone Méndez of Forbes found the song "lyrically complete 180[°] from the more honest 'Cobra'" and that "a snake theme seems to have been the right choice for Megan's next chapter."[8] Liberty Dunworth of NME stressed that the rapper "show off her confidence and ability to refuse to give any attention to those trying to drag her down" with her flow, carrying forward the "theme of snakes in her music."[9] Eddie Fu of Consequence also affirmed that "Megan fires back with venomous lyrics going after the biggest names who called her a liar".[10]

Paul K. Barnes of Medium wrote that "ominous keys carry the melody of the song which are paired with the skittering drums", in which the lyrics express the rapper alter ego Tina Snow with "an aggressive delivery and several flow switches".[11]

Nicki Minaj

Rapper Nicki Minaj took offense to the line “These hoes don’t be mad at Megan, these hoes mad at Megan's Law,” interpreting it to be directed at her and her husband Kenneth Petty, who is a registered sex offender. In 2019, Petty was sentenced to a year of house arrest along with probation and a $55,000 fine for failing to register as a sex offender in California. Following the release of "Hiss", Minaj almost immediately took to Instagram Live to preview her own song, a diss track directed towards Megan, rapping "Bad bitch, she like 6 foot, I call her Bigfoot, the bitch fell off, I said get up on your good foot," referencing the 2020 shooting of Megan by Tory Lanez. On the live, Minaj criticized Megan, saying "You have three Grammys and you have to learn how to rap on the beat and being comfortable in the music,” before mocking her rap flow. Minaj also liked hundreds of tweets from fans talking negatively about Megan, many of which mocked her for the shooting. Megan posted an Instagram story where she was doubled over with her left hand on her mouth, seemingly laughing at Minaj's response.[12][13]

In the days following the song's release, Minaj continued to talk about Megan on Instagram Live and Twitter, and continued to like Tweets that spoke negatively of Megan. In a 3,100-character post on Twitter, Minaj stated she did not "condone bullying” before calling Megan a "horrible actor that can't cry on cue" and a "pathological and manipulative liar". In the same post, Minaj bragged about her own success, listing several accolades of her fifth studio album Pink Friday 2 (2023) and comparing the success of her song "Barbie World" for Barbie (2023) to “Not My Fault” by Reneé Rapp with Megan for Mean Girls (2024) along with Megan's song "Hell No!" for The Color Purple (2023). She continued by accusing Megan of winning "fraudulent awards", seemingly referencing her Grammy Awards, of which Megan has three and Minaj none, and repeatedly described her as a "flop." Minaj also accused Megan of using ghostwriters for her raps.[14]

Minaj defended her husband Kenneth Petty on Instagram Live and labeled his rape conviction "30-year-old tea from when this man was a 15-year-old child." She further addressed Megan with the words "You bringing up 30-year-old tea cause no man will ever f—ing love you, and lying on your dead mother", referencing Megan's mother, who died of brain cancer in March 2019. On the radio app Stationhead, she continued to discuss Megan's mother, as well as Tory Lanez and former collaborator DaBaby: "You let everyone be thrown under the bus. You let DaBaby be thrown under the bus, Tory, your best friend, your mom... You better go conjure up your mother and apologize. That’s disgusting." On Twitter, she called Megan a “disgusting serpant [sic]” and shared the lyrics "Megan’s Law. For a free beat you could hit #MeganRAW."[15]

Two days after the song's release, Minaj announced the release of the track "Big Foot", posting the single cover alongside a photo of Megan Thee Stallion crying. However, Minaj claimed the song is not a diss track.[16][17] A few hours prior to her release of "Big Foot," Minaj disclosed that her team was waiting for producer Lil Juju "to clear that beat that I’ve had for 6 years." Minaj then suggested that Megan tried to prevent the diss track from coming out despite the fact she hasn't "even heard the song." Minaj tweeted, "It's been [ready] for 2 days. Just was tryna be cool & let her get lil streams. Wasn't gon say anything. But remember how everyone kept my name in their mouth and how I said the next person mention my family gon regret it. Btw, they haven't even heard the song. Who said it's even a 'diss?'"[18] The song was delayed further for another six hours before being released on January 29 at midnight EST.[19] Robin Murray of Clash deemed "Big Foot" a miss and a bore, writing that it "revels in the obvious, doesn't reveal anything new, and rejoices in cheap shots".[20]

Music video

An official music video, directed by Douglas Bernardt, was published on January 26, 2024 through the rapper's YouTube channel. In the video, Megan raps alone with no background dancers or extras. She transitions between several different settings like a "capillary instillation" in front of various screens displaying her image.[21]

References

  1. ^ Denis, Kyle (January 26, 2024). "Megan Thee Stallion Bares Her Fangs on New Single "Hiss": Stream It Now". Billboard. Retrieved January 27, 2024.
  2. ^ Renshaw, David (October 23, 2024). "Megan Thee Stallion says she's an independent artist, is funding her own album". The Fader. Retrieved January 24, 2024.
  3. ^ Corcoran, Nina (January 26, 2024). "Listen to Megan Thee Stallion's New Song "Hiss"". Pitchfork. Retrieved January 27, 2024.
  4. ^ Saponara, Michael (January 26, 2024). "Here Are the 5 People Fans Think Megan Thee Stallion Is Dissing on 'Hiss'". Billboard. Retrieved January 27, 2024.
  5. ^ Zhan, Jennifer (January 26, 2024). "Megan Thee Stallion Isn't Afraid to Diss on 'Hiss'". Vulture. Retrieved January 27, 2024.
  6. ^ Paul, Larisha (January 26, 2024). "Megan Thee Stallion Strikes Back on New Single 'Hiss'". Rolling Stone. Retrieved January 27, 2024.
  7. ^ Bell, Sadie (January 26, 2024). "Fans Speculate Megan Thee Stallion Addresses Nicki Minaj Beef on 'Hiss' as She Sinks Fangs into Haters on New Track". People. Retrieved January 27, 2024.
  8. ^ Méndez, Chris Malone (January 26, 2024). "Megan Thee Stallion Drops Second Snake-Themed Single 'Hiss'". Forbes. Retrieved January 27, 2024.
  9. ^ Dunworth, Liberty (January 26, 2024). "Listen to Megan Thee Stallion's defiant new single 'Hiss'". NME. Retrieved January 27, 2024.
  10. ^ Fu, Eddie (January 26, 2024). "Megan Thee Stallion's "Hiss" Is Our Song of the Week". Consequence. Retrieved January 27, 2024.
  11. ^ Barnes, Paul K. (January 26, 2024). "HISS by Megan Thee Stallion | Song Review". Medium. Retrieved January 27, 2024.
  12. ^ Craighead, Olivia (January 26, 2024). "Untangling the Megan Thee Stallion and Nicki Minaj Beef". The Cut. Retrieved January 27, 2024.
  13. ^ Stahl, Jay (January 26, 2024). "Megan Thee Stallion, Nicki Minaj feud escalates with 'get up on your good foot' lyric". USA Today. Retrieved January 27, 2024.
  14. ^ Mier, Tomás (January 26, 2024). "Nicki Minaj Is Hella Pressed Over Megan Thee Stallion's Apparent 'Hiss' Diss". Rolling Stone. Retrieved January 27, 2024.
  15. ^ Peters, Mitchell (January 27, 2024). "Nicki Minaj Fires Back at Megan Thee Stallion After Apparent Diss on New Song 'Hiss'". Billboard. Retrieved January 28, 2024.
  16. ^ Minaj, Nicki (January 28, 2024). "Nicki Minaj on X: "Tomorrow 3pm PST #BIGFOOT"". Retrieved January 28, 2024.
  17. ^ Minaj, Nicki (January 28, 2024). "Nicki Minaj on X: "Who tf said "diss track"?????? don't play tonight. Fix your tweet"". Retrieved January 28, 2024.
  18. ^ "Nicki Minaj Claims Megan Thee Stallion Told Her Team Not to Approve Beat for "Big Foot" Track: 'She Don't Want That Song Out'". Complex. Retrieved January 28, 2024.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  19. ^ David, Ahmad. "Nicki Minaj Pushes Her Anticipated Track "Bigfoot" Back Six Hours". Rap-Up. Retrieved January 28, 2024.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  20. ^ Murray, Robin (January 29, 2024). "Review: Nicki Minaj – 'Big Foot'; Void Of Context, It's A Bore". Clash.
  21. ^ Velasco, Matthew (January 26, 2024). "In 'Hiss,' Megan Thee Stallion Takes Shots At Everyone While Looking Fantastic". W Magazine. Retrieved January 27, 2024.
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