who plays the guitar in rihanna's wild thoughts
Wild Thoughts "Wild Thoughts" is a mid-tempo Latin-inspired song, that consists of Latin percussion and "slinky acoustic guitar lines."[4] The song heavily samples the guitar riff from Santana's 1999 "Maria Maria", which features The Product G&B.[5] Written in the key of C minor, it has a tempo of 96-100 beats per minute in simple quadruple (4 4) time. The song follows a chord progression of Cm–Fm–Cm, and Rihanna's and Tiller's vocals spanning from C4 to G5.[6] Billboard editor Andrew Unterberger noted the "Wild Thoughts" featured the same groove and riff as "Maria Maria" and even featured Wyclef Jean's "murmuring" who supplied the original songs ad-libs.[7] Vanessa Okoth-Obbo of Pitchfork described the track as relying heavily on a "Latin rock aesthetic", with lyrics that hear Rihanna and Tiller croon praise lovers who inspire wild thoughts. Okoth-Obbo described the lyrics as straddling the line between "innuendos and carnal statements", whilst also noting the signers vocal performances as being restrained and controlled.[8]