Roof (song)

"Roof" is a trap song. Tobias Handke of The Music called it "a futuristic slice of space rap" in which Rico Nasty rapped with a "raspy voice".^[4] James Rettig of Stereogum wrote that "Roof" had "an abrasive beat over some loose-lipped boasts" and "a characteristic Rico Nasty brag".^[1] Uproxx's Aaron Williams described the song as containing "her usual array of raspy threats over a blaring Kenny Beats production".^[5] Israel Daramola of Spin wrote that "Roof" was "funky" and had "an excitable aggression that serves to heighten how the pleasure found in repeating [Rico Nasty]'s hype-filled brags and crass lines".^[3] Desire Thompson of Vibe called "Roof" one of the "many things" Rico Nasty did "right".^[6] Michael Love Michael of Paper praised "Roof" as "stat[ing] the case for why [Rico Nasty] commands such attention" and called the beat "menacing" and "bass-rattling".^[7] BrooklynVegan called "Roof" "very fun".^[8]

The surrealist music video for "Roof" was released on the same day as the song and directed by Cody Dobie.^[1] Its aesthetic, which Rico Nasty described as "cyber vaporwave future retro", was inspired by the 1997 science fiction film The Fifth Element. It begins with a robotic voice introducing Rico Nasty and features glitch art and various unrelated scenes in which she wears different outfits, including at the Walter Pyramid, Rico Nasty wearing a shawl, her dancing in the desert, her on a jet ski, her as a mountain, and her breaking through a television screen.^[9][5] Robby Seabrook III, for XXL, wrote that it had "a bigger-than-life feel to it", while Paper's Mike Beckles described it as "a surreal, futuristic dreamscape".^[10][11] Vibe's Desire Thompson wrote that the music video for "Roof" was "filled with goth dystopian planets and psychedelic VHS recordings".^[6] XXL included "Roof" on their list of the best hip hop music videos of 2019.^[12]