Say No to This
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"Say No to This" is a song from Act 2 of the 2015 musical Hamilton, in which "Hamilton’s eye begins wandering".[1]
Background
According to Slate, the song "began with a quote from LL Cool J’s “I Need Love”", but due to clearance issues from Atlantic Records, "the line was removed before the show’s transition to Broadway".[2]
Synopsis
The song outlines Alexander Hamilton's infidelity with Maria Reynolds. This was the first major political scandal in US history.[3] The song is sung by Alexander Hamilton, Maria Reynolds, James Reynolds, and Company.[4]
Analysis
Vibe described the song as "a ’90s slow jam, Usher-style".[3] Screen Fellows deemed it "the best 90s slow jam R. Kelly never wrote".[5] Musical director Alex Lacamoire noted that he used the cello to represent the character of Angelica, and implements it in a "really snaky and sinister" fashion in this song.[6]
In this song, which Lin-Manuel Miranda describes as “the ultimate infidelity jam”, he includes a reference to a song from the musical The Last Five Years titled “Nobody Needs to Know”.[2]
Critical reception
The Huffington Post wrote that the song includes "classic dude logic: I was crazy tired, so I had to cheat on my wife".[7] Jezebel said that Maria Reynolds has "chilling, low vibrations" in this song.[8] Patheos praised the musical for not making Hamilton "Mister Perfect”, noting that this song illustrates his "short-sightedness."[9] WIUX describes it as "three minutes of sex and inner turmoil".[10] The New Yorker called the song "beautiful".[11]
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