Talk:Truffle Butter

Protection request
Some IPs have recently changed the genre of the song. As cited in body, house is mentioned by NPR Music and the Los Angeles Times, which are reliable sources. Meanwhile, hip hop is obviously not mentioned. Thus, I request that this page be protected from IPs. — HĐ (talk) 05:52, 18 March 2015 (UTC)


 * Some sources mention that it is "house-influenced", but that's not necessarily the same as saying it's house music. They are describing the beat and rhythym, which were sampled from a house-style song – "What They Say" by Maya Jane Coles. However, uncommon to the house genre, "Truffle Butter" features a series of rap lyric verses. In addition, there are sources cited in the critical reception section that allude to the song's hip hop categorization, including The Chronicle that refers to it as a "rap-centric track" and Slate predicting it "will get some play on hip-hop stations" despite the fact that it's sampling a "deep house-style beat". Probably the best source that isn't yet in the article (but will be probably by the time you read this), is from an article at Billboard which describes the crossover nature of hip hop and house music in the track, along with referring to its inclusion in the R&B/Hip Hop Chart category on their site. If we can't agree to list it primarily as hip hop, then at the very least both genres should be listed. I've changed it to that for now but am open to further discussion. --GoneIn60 (talk) 11:01, 7 April 2015 (UTC)


 * At first I did some research and noted that the song was only classified as "house". Thank you for the Billboard source for hip hop! HĐ (talk) 11:40, 7 April 2015 (UTC)


 * You're welcome. For future reference when we don't have a source like that one readily available, I would imagine using the charts at Billboard would suffice as an acceptable source. I don't normally work on song articles, so it's just a thought if it hasn't already been discussed. --GoneIn60 (talk) 11:50, 7 April 2015 (UTC)