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This song contains a sample of Rick James' “Mary Jane.”
The concept for the song is not about the city of Las Vegas which goes by “Sin City,” but rather about a fictional city in which one has to commit sins in order to advance farther in its hierarchy. The city is meant to be an analogy for modern America.
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Produced by The Neptunes, this is the second track off of Earl’s debut studio album, Doris. Pictures were released earlier of Pharrell and Earl working in the studio, and this was one of the products of that session. More forthcoming tracks from that session were hinted at like the song “Feet” (currently unreleased).
The “Cut that bitch off!” sample found throughout the track originates from Preacher’s “The Spirit of the Truth.”
The significance of the “Burgundy” is tied to a carpet which was discussed a multitude of times on Earl’s self-titled mixtape EARL. Earl and fellow Odd Future member, Tyler, The Creator, mention the carpet on “Couch” and “epaR”, a song in which Vince Staples is also featured. Burgundy is the colour of blood, which has soaked into the carpet. Truer to life, it may be the colour of the carpet in his grandma’s house, as mentioned in the song’s opening lines. This might tie together two distinct connotations of blood: blood as in violence, and blood as in family. It also can tie in with Earl’s geriatric tendencies, which he discusses more in an interview with Sway in the morning.
The purpose of “Burgundy,” as stated here, is Earl venting to Vince about how he really feels about rapping at that point in time. There were some points when he didn’t even want to be rapping or doing anything at all relating to music because of all the personal things going on in his life, which he touches on a lot in the track.
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Passion Pit frontman Michael Angelakos outlines his struggles with mental illness and hopes for brighter days.
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