| 词条 | Hot Sugar (Tamar Braxton song) | ||||||||
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| name = Hot Sugar | cover = Tamar Braxton - Hot Sugar.jpg | alt = An image of Tamar Braxton in a black dress and blonde wig. The singer's name and the song's title are also shown. | type = single | artist = Tamar Braxton | album = Love and War | released = {{Start date|2013|10|17}} | format = Digital download | recorded = | studio = | venue = | genre = | length = {{Duration|m=3|s=33}} | label = Epic | writer = {{hlist|Tamar Braxton|LaShawn Daniels|Makeba Riddick|Kyle Stewart II}} | producer = Kyle "K2" Stewart II | prev_title = All the Way Home | prev_year = 2013 | next_title = She Can Have You | next_year = 2013 }} "Hot Sugar" is a song by American singer Tamar Braxton. It was released on October 17, 2013 as the fourth single from her second studio album, Love and War (2013). American producer Kyle "K2" Stewart II wrote "Hot Sugar" in collaboration with Braxton and songwriters LaShawn Daniels and Mandakeba Riddick. Media outlets had varying opinions on the song's genre, with commentators associating it with club music, dance music, or funk. The lyrics revolve around maintaining a relationship with a partner. Critical response to "Hot Sugar" was mixed; some critics praised its sound while others negatively compared it to the album's ballads. It peaked within the top 50 on Billboard{{'s}} Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs and R&B/Hip-Hop Digital Songs charts, as well as within the top 20 on the Hot R&B Songs chart. In the accompanying music video, Braxton performs in a Instagram-like social media platform ("Tamartiangram"). Critical response to the visual was mixed, and it received comparisons to videos by American singer Beyoncé. Braxton responded that the directors Steve Gomillion and Dennis Leupold abandoned the project, forcing her to hire a new team of editors to complete it. She has performed the song live on various occasions following its release. Release and composition{{Listen|filename=HotSugarTamarBraxtonAudioSample.ogg |title="Hot Sugar" |description= Critics had varying opinions on the genre for "Hot Sugar"; some listed it as club music,[1] dance music,[2] or funk.[3] |pos=left}} Kyle "K2" Stewart II produced "Hot Sugar", and wrote it alongside Tamar Braxton, Makeba Riddick, and LaShawn Daniels. Mike Donaldson recorded and mixed the music.[1] "Hot Sugar" was released as a single from Braxton's second studio album Love and War (2013).[2]{{efn|Media outlets were conflicted over whether "Hot Sugar" or "All the Way Home" (2013) was released as the third single from Love and War.[6][3]}} In an interview with Essence, Braxton said that she originally pushed for the song to be the lead single from the album. She chose to release the 2012 song "Love and War" instead due to its connection with her then-husband Vincent Herbert.[4] Music critics had varying opinions on the song's genre.[5][6][3] A writer for Rap-Up described it as a "ratchet club banger",[5] while Kevin C. Johnson of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch cited it as one of the album's "silly dance numbers".[6] Idolator's Mike Wass referenced it as a "upbeat, funk-heavy track".[7] When performing the single, Braxton said its lyrics focus on how to maintain a romantic relationship. She explained: "Ladies and gents, that's how you get 'em, keeping 'em is a different story."[8] Some of the lyrics include: “Give your man what he dreamin’ about.”[9] In the hook, Braxton sings: "He want that sugar."[10] ReceptionCritics had a mixed response to "Hot Sugar". Ebony chose it as one of their favorite tracks, alongside "Love and War" and "The One", when Braxton and Herbert played it for the magazine.[11] Praising the song as "smoothly sexy", Rick Florino of Artistdirect referred to it as a sign that "[the singer] knows how to have fun".[12] Media outlets described "Hot Sugar" as a fan favorite.[7][13][14] However, Shehnaz Khan of Yahoo! News criticized it, along with the album's other uptempo tracks, for "ruin[ing] the dynamic of the album"; Khan said it was "debatably skip worthy".[15] Describing the song as "mind-numbing", AllMusic's Andy Kellman wrote that it was "no match for the fully formed songs that seemed rooted in Braxton's life experiences".[16] Commercially, "Hot Sugar" appeared on several Billboard charts.[17][18][19] It peaked at number 48 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, lasting one week.[17] On the Hot R&B Songs chart, it reached number 13 and remained for three editions,[18] while peaking at position 44 on the R&B/Hip-Hop Digital Songs chart before leaving.[19] Music videoDevelopment and synopsisPrior to the music video's release, Braxton described it as having “a lot of fashion moments, a lot of life moments", and said that "it’s very necessary.”[20] She explained: "I want it to be sexy and I wanted to remind you of hot sugar and I think that is what we did."[21] On August 28, 2013, Braxton posted a preview was posted on her Instagram account.[13][22] The music video premiered on 106 & Park on October 17, 2013;[10][23] it was the third video shot and released from the album.[10] Steve Gomillion and Dennis Leupold directed it.[2] Throughout the video, Braxton performs in a version of Instagram known as "Tamartiangram".[24] In the social media platform, she is seen "posing and sensual dancing simultaneously within multiple screens".[10] She is accompanied by a group of shirtless male dancers,[25][26] who are wearing leather, skirts, and high heals.[13][24] The singer is shown wearing a leather top and a long ponytail.[26] While lying on a floor, Braxton repeatedly whips her hair back and forth,[25] while the male dancers kick up the legs in unison.[14] In another scene, she helps one of her back-up dancer complete a stretch.[10] Critics compared the video's styling to Beyoncé's visual for the 2007 single "Green Light".[13][25] Reception and Braxton's responseThe video received mixed responses from critics. Mike Wass praised its concept as "fun and original",[25] and Derrick Bryson Taylor of Essence wrote that it was "certainly a scorcher".[27] Other media outlets were less positive. Kevin Apaza of Direct Lyrics referenced the visual as "low-budget".[24] The singer's choreography, specifically when she whipped her hair around, was criticized as poorly done.[25][28] Afiya Augustine of Wetpaint felt that the visual was "a first draft than a final copy", and panned the transitions between scenes and the emphasis on the back-up dancers over Braxton.[2] Fans also had a mixed reaction to the video.[29] In response to the criticism, Braxton posted on her Instagram account that Gomillion and Leupold had abandoned the production of the video in favor of working with Rihanna during her Diamonds World Tour.[2] She wrote that she had to hire a new team to edit and complete the visual.[30] According to Braxton, Gomillion and Leupold did not promote it through their social media accounts. Her posts were later taken down from her account.[29] Live performancesIn 2012, Braxton first sang "Hot Sugar" on the reality television series Tamar & Vince.[14] On July 29, 2013, she performed it during a showcase in Los Angeles, while accompanied by a group of back-up dancers. While Mike Wass praised the concert as a whole, he was critical of the way that she ended her performance; he criticized how "[she] ran off stage without so much as taking a bow".[7] The song was also included on the set list of the Love and War Tour.[6][8] During her performance in Atlanta, Tamar's sisters Towanda Braxton, and Traci Braxton surprised her by jumping on stage and performing choreography for "Hot Sugar". It were shown in an episode of Braxton Family Values.[31] Braxton also sang "Hot Sugar" as the opening act for John Legend's Love in The Future World Tour. Gene Stout of The Seattle Times described it as a "saucy version" of the song.[32] Credits and personnelCredits adapted from the liner notes of Love and War.[1]
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Notes{{notelist}}References1. ^1 {{cite AV media notes|title=Love and War|date=September 3, 2013|others=Tamar Braxton|type=Inlay cover|work=Epic Records, Streamline Records}} 2. ^1 2 3 {{cite web|url=http://www.wetpaint.com/tamar-braxton-debuts-sugar-leave-610594/|title=Tamar Braxton Debuts Video For “Hot Sugar” — Love It or Leave It? (Video)|last=Augustine|first=Afiya|date=October 23, 2013|publisher=Wetpaint|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20171210052808/http://www.wetpaint.com/tamar-braxton-debuts-sugar-leave-610594/|archivedate=December 10, 2017|deadurl=no|df=}} 3. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.fuse.tv/2013/08/tamar-braxton-all-the-way-home|title=Tamar Braxton Releases Reflective, Lovely "All the Way Home"|date=August 22, 2013|last=Lynch|first=Joe|publisher=Fuse|deadurl=no|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131005161939/http://www.fuse.tv/2013/08/tamar-braxton-all-the-way-home|archivedate=October 5, 2013|df=}} 4. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.essence.com/2012/12/07/exclusive-tamar-braxton-says-new-single-love-and-war-about-her-marriage|title=Exclusive: Tamar Braxton Says New Single, 'Love and War,' Is About Her Marriage|last=Taylor|first=Derrick Bryson|date=December 7, 2012|work=Essence|publisher=Time Inc.|deadurl=no|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170703000325/http://www.essence.com/2012/12/07/exclusive-tamar-braxton-says-new-single-love-and-war-about-her-marriage|archivedate=July 3, 2017|df=}} 5. ^1 2 {{cite web|url=http://www.rap-up.com/2013/08/06/tracklisting-tamar-braxton-love-and-war/|title=Tracklisting: Tamar Braxton - “Love and War”|date=August 6, 2013|work=Rap-Up|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20171028145516/http://www.rap-up.com/2013/08/06/tracklisting-tamar-braxton-love-and-war/|archivedate=October 28, 2017|deadurl=no|df=}} 6. ^1 2 3 {{cite web|url=http://www.stltoday.com/entertainment/music/kevin-johnson/tamar-braxton-brings-killer-voice-over-the-top-tamar-isms/article_c753bf16-5727-59a9-b878-a9f915ce6fb6.html|title=Tamar Braxton brings killer voice, over-the-top Tamar-isms to Ambassador concert|last=Johnson|first=Kevin C.|date=October 19, 2014|work=St. Louis Post-Dispatch|publisher=Lee Enterprises|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20171210052808/http://www.stltoday.com/entertainment/music/kevin-johnson/tamar-braxton-brings-killer-voice-over-the-top-tamar-isms/article_c753bf16-5727-59a9-b878-a9f915ce6fb6.html|archivedate=December 10, 2017|deadurl=no|df=}} 7. ^1 2 3 4 {{cite web|url=https://www.idolator.com/7474216/tamar-braxton-emerson-theater-live-review/|title=Tamar Braxton Brings Love And (A Little) War To The Emerson Theater In Los Angeles: Live Review|last=Wass|first=Mike|date=July 29, 2013|publisher=Idolator|deadurl=no|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160107130210/http://www.idolator.com/7474216/tamar-braxton-emerson-theater-live-review|archivedate=January 7, 2016|df=}} 8. ^1 {{cite web|url=http://www.miaminewtimes.com/music/tamar-braxton-fillmore-miami-beach-6442818|title=Tamar Braxton - Fillmore Miami Beach|last=Charles|first=Laurie|date=May 19, 2014|work=Miami New Times|publisher=Voice Media Group|deadurl=no|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20171210052808/http://www.miaminewtimes.com/music/tamar-braxton-fillmore-miami-beach-6442818|archivedate=December 10, 2017|df=}} 9. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.vibe.com/2013/09/review-tamar-braxtons-love-and-war-lp-emotional-and-amazing/|title=Review: Tamar Braxton’s ‘Love And War’ LP Is Emotional And Amazing|last=Iandoli|first=Kathy|date=September 5, 2013|work=Vibe|publisher=Eldridge Industries|deadurl=no|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20161009084446/http://www.vibe.com/2013/09/review-tamar-braxtons-love-and-war-lp-emotional-and-amazing/|archivedate=October 9, 2016|df=}} 10. ^1 2 3 4 {{cite web|url=http://theboombox.com/tamar-braxton-spoofs-instagram-in-hot-sugar-video/|title=Tamar Braxton Spoofs Instagram in 'Hot Sugar’ Video|last=Josephs|first=Brian|date=October 18, 2013|work=The Boombox|publisher=Townsquare Media|deadurl=no|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150919062016/http://theboombox.com/tamar-braxton-spoofs-instagram-in-hot-sugar-video/|archivedate=September 19, 2015|df=}} 11. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.ebony.com/entertainment-culture/the-real-tamar-braxton-exclusive-900#axzz50jeKF5as|title=The ‘Real’ Tamar Braxton [Exclusive]|last=Obie|first=Brooke|date=May 14, 2013|work=Ebony|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160316132126/http://www.ebony.com/entertainment-culture/the-real-tamar-braxton-exclusive-900#axzz50jeKF5as|archivedate=March 16, 2016|deadurl=no|df=}} 12. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.artistdirect.com/entertainment-news/article/tamar-braxton-love-and-war-album-review-5-out-of-5-stars/10722763|title=Tamar Braxton “Love and War” Album Review - 5 out of 5 stars|last=Florino|first=Rick|date=September 6, 2013|publisher=Artistdirect|deadurl=no|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160531030425/http://www.artistdirect.com/entertainment-news/article/tamar-braxton-love-and-war-album-review-5-out-of-5-stars/10722763|archivedate=May 31, 2016|df=}} 13. ^1 2 3 4 {{cite web|url=https://www.idolator.com/7481288/tamar-braxton-channels-beyonce-in-sexy-hot-sugar-video-watch-a-preview|title=Tamar Braxton Channels Beyonce In Sexy “Hot Sugar” Video: Watch A Preview|last=Wass|first=Mike|date=August 28, 2013|publisher=Idolator|deadurl=no|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160312105611/http://www.idolator.com/7481288/tamar-braxton-channels-beyonce-in-sexy-hot-sugar-video-watch-a-preview|archivedate=March 12, 2016|df=}} 14. ^1 2 {{cite web|url=http://www.weoa985fm.com/tamar-braxton-teases-hot-sugar-video-on-instagram/#.WitukbQ-fOR|title=Tamar Braxton Teases “Hot Sugar” Video on Instagram|date=2013|publisher=ABC News Radio|deadurl=no|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20171210052808/http://www.weoa985fm.com/tamar-braxton-teases-hot-sugar-video-on-instagram/#.WitukbQ-fOR|archivedate=December 10, 2017|df=}} 15. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.yahoo.com/news/album-review-tamar-braxtons-love-war-proves-r-103400152.html|title=Album review: Tamar Braxton's Love And War proves that R&B is not dead|last=Khan|first=Shehnaz|date=September 10, 2013|publisher=Yahoo! News|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170510131913/https://www.yahoo.com/news/album-review-tamar-braxtons-love-war-proves-r-103400152.html|archivedate=May 10, 2017}} 16. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/love-and-war-mw0002563279|title=AllMusic Review by Andy Kellman|last=Kellman|first=Andy|date=September 3, 2013|publisher=AllMusic|deadurl=no|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170718022914/http://www.allmusic.com/album/love-and-war-mw0002563279|archivedate=July 18, 2017|df=}} 17. ^1 2 {{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/tamar-braxton/chart-history/r-b-hip-hop-songs/song/795486|title=Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs|work=Billboard|publisher=Eldridge Industries|accessdate=December 10, 2017}} 18. ^1 2 {{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/tamar-braxton/chart-history/r-and-b-songs/song/795486|title=Hot R&B Songs|work=Billboard|publisher=Eldridge Industries|accessdate=December 10, 2017}} 19. ^1 2 {{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/tamar-braxton/chart-history/r-and-b-hip-hop-digital-song-sales/song/796005|title=R&B/Hip-Hop Digital Song Sales|work=Billboard|publisher=Eldridge Industries|accessdate=December 10, 2017}} 20. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.vh1.com/news/51487/very-vh1-tamar-braxton-dishes-on-new-music-video-hot-sugar/|title=Very VH1: Tamar Braxton Dishes On New Music Video “Hot Sugar”|last=Puccio|first=Crystal|date=September 4, 2013|publisher=VH1|deadurl=no|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20171210052808/http://www.vh1.com/news/51487/very-vh1-tamar-braxton-dishes-on-new-music-video-hot-sugar/|archivedate=December 10, 2017|df=}} 21. ^{{cite web|url=https://singersroom.com/content/2013-09-16/tamar-braxton-talks-hot-sugar-music-video/|title=Tamar Braxton Talks ‘Hot Sugar’ Music Video|last=Joszor|first=Njai|date=September 16, 2013|publisher=Singersroom|deadurl=no|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131118152837/http://singersroom.com/content/2013-09-16/Tamar-Braxton-Talks-Hot-Sugar-Music-Video/|archivedate=November 18, 2013|df=}} 22. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.rap-up.com/2013/08/28/tamar-braxton-previews-hot-sugar-video/|title=Tamar Braxton Previews ‘Hot Sugar’ Video|date=August 28, 2013|work=Rap-Up|deadurl=no|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160312195556/http://www.rap-up.com/2013/08/28/tamar-braxton-previews-hot-sugar-video/|archivedate=March 12, 2016|df=}} 23. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.bet.com/video/106andpark/106guestrewind/tamar-braxton-106-and-park-3294.html|title=Tamar Premieres “Hot Sugar” Video|date=2013|publisher=BET|deadurl=no|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170510064940/http://www.bet.com/video/106andpark/106guestrewind/tamar-braxton-106-and-park-3294.html|archivedate=May 10, 2017|df=}} 24. ^1 2 {{cite web|url=http://www.directlyrics.com/tamar-braxton-hot-sugar-news.html|title=Tamar Braxton - "Hot Sugar" (Music Video)|last=Apaza|first=Kevin|date=October 18, 2013|publisher=Direct Lyrics|deadurl=no|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150312072250/http://www.directlyrics.com/tamar-braxton-hot-sugar-news.html|archivedate=March 12, 2015|df=}} 25. ^1 2 3 4 {{cite web|url=https://www.idolator.com/7489610/tamar-braxton-sasha-fierce-beyonce-hot-sugar-video|title=Tamar Braxton Is Possessed By Sasha Fierce In Bey-tastic “Hot Sugar” Video: Watch|last=Wass|first=Mike|date=October 18, 2013|publisher=Idolator|deadurl=no|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160124104141/http://www.idolator.com/7489610/tamar-braxton-sasha-fierce-beyonce-hot-sugar-video|archivedate=January 24, 2016|df=}} 26. ^1 {{cite web|url=http://www.thisisrnb.com/2013/10/video-tamar-braxton-hot-sugar/|title=Video: Tamar Braxton - ‘Hot Sugar’|date=October 18, 2013|publisher=ThisisRnB|deadurl=no|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140219162021/http://www.thisisrnb.com/2013/10/video-tamar-braxton-hot-sugar/|archivedate=February 19, 2014|df=}} 27. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.essence.com/2013/10/18/must-see-watch-tamar-braxtons-new-video-hot-sugar|title=Must-See: Watch Tamar Braxton's New Video 'Hot Sugar’|last=Taylor|first=Derrick Bryson|date=October 18, 2013|work=Essence|publisher=Time Inc.|deadurl=no|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140912033718/http://www.essence.com/2013/10/18/must-see-watch-tamar-braxtons-new-video-hot-sugar|archivedate=September 12, 2014|df=}} 28. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.homorazzi.com/article/tamar-braxton-hot-sugar-music-video-instagram-tamartiangram/|title=Tamar Braxton Channels Sasha Fierce In Hot Sugar Music Video|last=Donovan|date=October 18, 2013|publisher=Homorazzi.com|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140807025800/http://www.homorazzi.com/article/tamar-braxton-hot-sugar-music-video-instagram-tamartiangram/|archivedate=August 7, 2014|deadurl=no|df=}} 29. ^1 {{cite web|url=http://abcnewsradioonline.com/music-news/2013/10/23/tamar-braxton-reportedly-blasts-photographers-for-abandoning.html|title=Tamar Braxton Reportedly Blasts Photographers for Abandoning "Hot Sugar" Video|date=2013|publisher=ABC News Radio|deadurl=no|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20171210052808/http://abcnewsradioonline.com/music-news/2013/10/23/tamar-braxton-reportedly-blasts-photographers-for-abandoning.html|archivedate=December 10, 2017|df=}} 30. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.vibe.com/2013/10/instagram-thuggin-tamar-braxton-confronts-rihannas-photographers-over-hot-sugar/|title=Instagram Thuggin’: Tamar Braxton Confronts Rihanna’s Photographers Over ‘Hot Sugar’|last=Brown|first=N.|date=October 23, 2013|work=Vibe|publisher=Eldridge Industries|deadurl=no|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150921152318/http://www.vibe.com/2013/10/instagram-thuggin-tamar-braxton-confronts-rihannas-photographers-over-hot-sugar/|archivedate=September 21, 2015|df=}} 31. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.ebony.com/entertainment-culture/reality-recap-braxton-family-values-toni-visits-latifah-434|title=[Reality Recap] ‘Braxton Family Values’: Toni Visits Latifah|last=Johnson|first=Kevin C.|date=October 3, 2014|work=Ebony|deadurl=no|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150906111218/http://www.ebony.com/entertainment-culture/reality-recap-braxton-family-values-toni-visits-latifah-434|archivedate=September 6, 2015|df=}} 32. ^{{cite web|url=http://blogs.seattletimes.com/soundposts/2013/11/26/john-legend-makes-them-swoon-at-the-paramount-concert-review/|title=John Legend makes them swoon at the Paramount|last=Stout|first=Gene|date=November 26, 2013|work=The Seattle Times|deadurl=no|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141023193734/http://blogs.seattletimes.com/soundposts/2013/11/26/john-legend-makes-them-swoon-at-the-paramount-concert-review/|archivedate=October 23, 2014|df=}} External links
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