Cars with the Boom
{{short description|1988 single by L'Trimm}}
{{Infobox song
| name = Cars with the Boom
| cover = L'Trimm - Cars with the Boom.jpg
| type = single
| artist = L'Trimm
| album = Grab It!
| B-side = Don't Come to My House
| released = 1988
| recorded =
| genre = Miami bass
| length = 3:54
| label = {{hlist|Time-X|Atlantic}}
| writer = {{hlist|E. Cager|J. Stone|L. Julian|P. Klein|R. DeRougemont}}
| producer = David Stone Klein
| prev_title = Cutie Pie
| prev_year = 1988
| next_title = Drop That Bottom
| next_year = 1989
| misc = {{External music video|{{YouTube|6fMERyRz498|"Cars with the Boom"}}}}
}}
"Cars with the Boom" (also titled "Cars That Go Boom") is a song by American hip hop duo L'Trimm, released in 1988 by Time-X and Atlantic as the third single from their debut studio album Grab It! (1988). The song was produced by David Stone Klein and is their most successful, peaking at number 54 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and number 39 on the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart.
Composition
"Cars with the Boom" is a Miami bass song that finds L'Trimm rapping about their love for men who have cars with subwoofers.{{cite news |last1=Andrews |first1=Travis M. |title='Cars With The Boom' has made a comeback, thanks to TikTok. The '80s duo L'Trimm says it's 'surreal.' |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2020/06/18/cars-that-go-boom-ltrimm-tiktok-bunny-d-lady-tigra/ |access-date=22 June 2024 |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=18 June 2020 |language=en}}{{cite web |last1=Serwer |first1=Jesse |title=The 50 Best Miami Rap Songs |url=https://www.complex.com/music/a/jesse-serwer/the-50-best-miami-rap-songs |website=Complex |access-date=22 June 2024 |date=December 16, 2011}}{{cite news |last1=Tracy |first1=Liz |title=10 Greatest Miami Bass Songs of All Time |url=https://www.miaminewtimes.com/music/the-ten-greatest-miami-bass-songs-of-all-time-7999150 |access-date=22 June 2024 |work=Miami New Times |date=March 20, 2024}}
Critical reception
Chris Willman of Los Angeles Times said of "Cars with the Boom": "One of the dumber rap songs to come down the pike lately, this ode to noise pollution is also the most irresistible."{{cite news |last1=Willman |first1=Chris |title=Sam Kinison Reaches for a New Low |work=Los Angeles Times |date=18 Dec 1988 |page=104}} The Chicago Sun-Times regarded it as the duo's "finest" song.{{cite news |last1=DeRogatis |first1=Jim |title=She's gotta have it - The success of Lauryn Hill rests on those hot women of rap who came before |work=Chicago Sun-Times |date=February 14, 1999 |location=Showcase |page=1}} Abel Folgar of Miami New Times praised the song, writing that "the fact stands, there's something almost benign and cute about this affair ... [L'Trimm's] delivery, and it's all based on their delivery, is fun and childish".{{Cite web|url=https://www.miaminewtimes.com/music/blast-from-the-past-ltrimm-grab-it-6464990|title=Blast From the Past: L'Trimm - Grab It!|first=Abel|last=Folgar|date=May 5, 2010|website=Miami New Times}} Travis M. Andrews of The Washington Post declared that "the song stands out in the landscape of hip-hop for being so unapologetically light".
"Cars with the Boom" was ranked number 95 on VH1's "100 Greatest Songs of Hip Hop" in 2008{{Cite web|url=https://www.stereogum.com/24391/vh1s_100_greatest_hiphop_songs-2/franchises/list/|title=VH1's 100 Greatest Hip-Hop Songs|date=2008-09-29|website=Stereogum|access-date=2024-06-22}} and number 100 on Rolling Stone
Other versions
American rapper Brianna Perry released a remake of "Cars That Go Boom", simply titled as "Cars".{{cite web |title=Brianna Perry Remakes L’Trimm’s ’80s hit “Cars That Go Boom” |url=https://thesource.com/2013/06/14/brianna-perry-remakes-ltrimms-80s-hit-cars-that-go-boom/ |website=The Source |access-date=22 June 2024 |date=June 13, 2014}}
TikTok virality
The song renewed popularity in mid-2020 due to widespread use in dancing and lip-syncing trends on the video-sharing app TikTok.{{cite web |last1=Millman |first1=Ethan |title=The Biggest Old Music Hits Resurfaced by TikTok |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/pro/features/tiktok-old-hits-fleetwood-mac-jack-johnson-aly-aj-1086232/ |website=Rolling Stone |access-date=22 June 2024 |date=November 6, 2020}}
Charts
| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |
| scope="col"| Chart (1988)
! scope="col"| Peak |
|---|
| scope="row"| US Billboard Hot 100{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/1988-11-12/|title=Billboard Hot 100: Week of November 12, 1988|magazine=Billboard|access-date=June 22, 2024}}
| 54 |
| scope="row"| US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard){{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/r-b-hip-hop-songs/1988-11-05/|title=Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs: Week of November 5, 1988|magazine=Billboard|access-date=June 22, 2024}}
| 39 |