Vava Voom

## Single by Bassnectar featuring Lupe Fiasco

"**Vava Voom**" is the lead single and track from Bassnectar's studio album of the same name. It was released on March 27, 2012, and streamed exclusively on *Rolling Stone*. Those who pre-ordered the album instantly received the song. The accompanying visual video was directed by Joey Garfield, filmed in Los Angeles. The two performed the song live at Bass Center Festival on July 29, 2016.

## Background

The two traded tracks, then got into a studio in Los Angeles to record, where Bass revealed on November 28, 2011, "gonna record with @LUPEFIASCO next week, should we make punk rock VS dubstep or throb hop vs bass? CHOOSE ONE." He told *Rolling Stone* during its premiere in March 2012, "[Lupe] was doing this crazy double-meaning story over the track, talking about hypnosis while waving his arms in the air as if casting a spell. 'Vava Voom' is where life shifts into time-warp speed, but you find yourself in an almost slow-motion trance."

He said to MTV News, "That was one of the most interesting collaborations that I've had recently, partly because of the friendship I was able to make with him. He's a really creative person, and he rhymes fully improvisationally. So, he makes one sentence, and then you play back that sentence, and he comes up with another one. There's two sentences, and then he says the third sentence. And then, basically, this crazy poem unfolds. It was wicked." In 2014, Bass noted, "so when i was working on Vava Voom with @LupeFiasco his DJ (Simon Morel) was just this incredibly kind, helpful amazing engineer."

## Critical reception

*Sputnikmusic* wrote in their review, "As a guest on "Vava Voom", Lupe Fiasco does a pretty lackluster job. He's buried under so many effects and sounds that it probably would've been best to just make the song an instrumental. It's not terrible, but Lupe Fiasco's performance is drastically tertiary compared to the beats Bassnectar pushes." In contrast, *HipHopDX* opined, "Lupe Fiasco does a good job gluing chiptune and wub-wub together with a bit of Houston Hip Hop on the title track, fitting in well with Bassnectar's genre-blending style." *Consequence* noted that it was the artist's "closest encounter to the light of commercial appeal," with AllMusic in agreeance, describing it as "most commercial." *Spin* described the record as "Dubby, festival-trance gold. Peaks with sinister nods to jungle raves and Lupe Fiasco on the bass drop."

## Lyrics

**Lyrics**
[Intro]

Vava voom, into the room

This the tune

Bada-bing bada-boom

[Hook]

Ay, ay, ay, ay, ay, ay, ay, ay

Vava voom (Yeah), into the room (Yeah)

This the tune

Bada-bing bada-boom (Yeah)

[Verse 1: Lupe Fiasco]

Live my life on fast forward

Feet up on that dashboard

Hands up off that steering wheel

Call that shit a crash course

I ain't have to take no class for it

Nickname used to be Fast Porsche

Why I gotta be so bad for

A hundred times on that blackboard

Reminisce on my school days

Mama like LL Cool J's

Drunk off all them punches

He gon' need like two A's

(Ay, ay)

Wake 'em up in like two days

Tell him he can have his bike back

But I really really like my new chain

[Hook]

Ay, ay, ay, ay, ay, ay, ay, ay

Vava voom, into the room

This the tune

Bada-bing bada-boom

Ay, ay, ay, ay, ay, ay, ay, ay

Vava voom (Yeah), into the room (Yeah)

This the tune

Bada-bing bada-boom (Yeah)

[Verse 2: Lupe Fiasco]

Live my life like I do

Her high heels on my side views

My eyes peeled for the 5-0

My horse power match my IQ

Light speed engage

My wifey's called 'gettin' paid'

My old chick was called 'minimum wage'

And my side piece is called 'getting a raise'

My wrist watch be so hypnotizing

My star ship be so enterprisin'

My transports be so energizing

We disappear when we next beside 'em

They love my verses, they memorize 'em

I don't even write 'em down, I improvise 'em

My ideas be IED's that West si-ide what I'm emphasizin' (Let's go!)

[Hook]

Ay, ay, ay, ay, ay, ay, ay, ay

Vava voom, into the room

This the tune

Bada-bing bada-boom

Ay, ay, ay, ay, ay, ay, ay, ay

Vava voom, into the room

This the tune

Bada-bing bada-boom

[Outro]

Boom-boom-boom-boom

Boom-boom-boom-boom

Boom-boom-boom-boom

Boom-boom-boom-boom

Bada-boom, bada-boom, bada-boom

This the tune

Bada-bing bada-boom

Ay, ay

Vava voom

Ay, ay

Vava voom, bada-bing bada-boom

Ay, ay

Vava voom

Ay, ay

Vava voom, vava voom, vava voom

Bada-bing bada-boom

## References

1. ↑ "Bassnectar feat. Lupe Fiasco 'Vava Voom'". *Rolling Stone*. April 10, 2012.
2. ↑ "Bassnectar (@bassnectar)". *Twitter*. November 28, 2011.
3. ↑ Fuentes, Catherine (March 23, 2012). "Exclusive Premiere: Bassnectar feat. Lupe Fiasco, 'Vava Voom'". *Rolling Stone*.
4. ↑ "Bassnectar Calls Lupe Fiasco 'Wicked' On 'Vava Voom'". *MTV*. April 9, 2012.
5. ↑ "Bassnectar (@bassnectar)". *Twitter*. June 24, 2014.
6. ↑ "Bassnectar - Vava Voom". *Sputnikmusic*. April 14, 2012.
7. ↑ "Bassnectar - Vava Voom". *HipHopDX*. April 20, 2012.
8. ↑ Staples, Derek (April 19, 2012). "Album Review: Bassnectar – Vava Voom". *Consequence*.
9. ↑ "Vava Voom Review by David Jeffries". *AllMusic*. April 10, 2012.
10. ↑ Patel, Puja (April 11, 2012). "Bassnectar, ‘Vava Voom’ (Amorphous)". *Spin*.