Questlove Explains Why Iggy Azalea's "Fancy" is a Game-Changer

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In an interview with TIME, Questlove explains how Australia is killing it right now, speaks on his new SoundClash show on VH1, and breaks down what makes a good cover song. But perhaps most interestingly, Questlove gives his take on Iggy Azalea and her hit song “Fancy.”

You know, we as black people have to come to grips that hip-hop is a contagious culture. If you love something, you gotta set it free. I will say that ‘Fancy,’ above any song that I’ve ever heard or dealt with, is a game-changer in that fact that we’re truly going to have to come to grips with the fact that hip-hop has spread its wings.

He added:

I’m not going to lie to you, I’m torn between the opinions on the Internet, but I’mma let Iggy be Iggy. It’s not even politically correct dribble. The song is effective. I’m in the middle of the approximation of the enunciation, I’ll say. Part of me hopes she grows out of that and says it with her regular dialect — I think that would be cooler. But, yeah, ‘Fancy’ is the song of the summer.

Read the full interview at TIME.