They Sleep, We Grind (For Badu) by José James Song Details

"They Sleep, We Grind (For Badu)" by José James had its release date on May 16, 2025. With this song being about 5 minutes long, at This song is fairly a long song compared to the average song length. This song does not have an "Explicit" tag, making it safe for all ages. There is only one song in 1978: Revenge Of The Dragon, so we believe that "They Sleep, We Grind (For Badu)" is a single. In terms of popularity, They Sleep, We Grind (For Badu) is currently not that popular. Although the overall vibe is very danceable, it does project more negative sounds.

BPM and Tempo

The tempo marking of They Sleep, We Grind (For Badu) by José James is Andante (at a walking pace), since this song has a tempo of 93 BPM. With that information, we can conclude that the song has a slow tempo. This song can go great with yoga or pilates. The time signature for this track is 4/4.

Music Key

This song is in the music key of A♭ Major. This also means that this song has a camelot key of 4B. So, the perfect camelot match for 4B would be either 4B or 5A. While, 5B can give you a low energy boost. For moderate energy boost, you would use 1B and a high energy boost can either be 6B or 11B. Though, if you want a low energy drop, you should looking for songs with either a camelot key of 4A or 3B will give you a low energy drop, 7B would be a moderate one, and 2B or 9B would be a high energy drop. Lastly, 1A allows you to change the mood.

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