Hazard Duty Pay!

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"Hazard Duty Pay!"
Hazard Duty Pay!.png
Single by JPEGMafia
from the album LP!
ReleasedFebruary 24, 2022 (2022-02-24)
Genre
Length2:37
Songwriter(s) Barrington Hendricks
Producer(s) JPEGMafia
JPEGMafia singles chronology
"Trust!"
(2021)		"Hazard Duty Pay!"
(2022)		"Dirt"
(2022)

"Hazard Duty Pay!" (stylized in all caps) is a song by American rapper JPEGMafia from his fourth studio album, LP! (2021). The song was first released on YouTube alongside a music video on October 1, 2021, but was not officially released due to sample clearance issues. It was included on the "offline" version of LP! , released on October 22, 2021. On February 24, 2022, the song was released to streaming services as a part of JPEGMafia's Offline! extended play, which featured the unreleased tracks from the "offline" version of LP!. "Hazard Duty Pay!" was released as the only single from Offline! on the same day.

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"Hazard Duty Pay!" was released to critical acclaim, with some naming it as the best song from LP!, as well as one of JPEGMafia's best songs.

Background and release

Following his 2019 album All My Heroes Are Cornballs , JPEGMafia set out to create a "swan song" for his final release with EQT and Republic Records. Described as similar to American R&B artist Frank Ocean's 2016 releases of Endless and Blonde , this album, titled LP! would be a double album. It would contain an "online" version, released to streaming services and an "offline" version, released to YouTube and Bandcamp. The "offline" version would feature songs with uncleared samples. [1] On October 1, the song was released on YouTube alongside a music video. [2] The song was released with the "offline" version of LP! on YouTube and Bandcamp, [3] before releasing on streaming services on February 24, 2022. [4] [5]

Composition

"Hazard Duty Pay!" features a prominent sample of "Ain't No Need to Worry" by Anita Baker and The Winans. [6] The vocals from the sample are chopped up and underlined with drums. [6] [7]

Reception

"Hazard Duty Pay!" received acclaim from critics, who praised the production and sample-flip, as well as JPEGMafia's performance.

In a review from Flood Magazine, Margaret Farrell praised the gospel sample vocal chops and the song's "woozy bass melody". She also praised JPEGMafia's creative energy, lamenting its exclusion from streaming services, stating that it was a "shame because it’s really fucking good." [6] Writing for Pitchfork , Dylan Green called "Hazard Duty Pay!" one of the best moments of JPEGMafia's career. [4]

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  3. ↑ Slingerland, Calum (October 19, 2021). "JPEGMAFIA's New Album Has "Online" and "Offline" Versions". Exclaim! . Archived from the original on March 1, 2023. Retrieved September 12, 2023.
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