Lil Nas X (18,497 views)

[Gilad]

Montero Lamar Hill
Also Known As: Lil Nas X
Vocal Range: G♯1 - F♯5

Significant High Notes:
F♯5 ("TALES OF DOMINICA")
D5 ("LOST IN THE CITADEL", "STAR WALKIN'")
C♯5 ("INDUSTRY BABY", "VOID")
C5 ("STAR WALKIN'")
B4 ("C7osure (You Like)", "DON'T WANT IT", "MONTERO (Call Me By Your Name)" Acapella version, "TALES OF DOMINICA", "VOID")
B♭4 ("DOLLA SIGN SLIME", "INDUSTRY BABY")
A4 ("DOWN SOUF HOES", "STAR WALKIN'", "SUN GOES DOWN", "THAT'S WHAT I WANT")
G♯4 ("C7osure (You Like)", "LIFE AFTER SALEM", "MONTERO (Call Me By Your Name)", "TALES OF DOMINICA", "THAT'S WHAT I WANT")
G4 ("DON'T WANT IT", "DOWN SOUF HOES", "F9mily (You & Me)", "HOLIDAY", "LOST IN THE CITADEL", "STAR WALKIN'")
F♯4 ("INDUSTRY BABY", "MONTERO (Call Me By Your Name)", "SCOOP", "TALES OF DOMINICA", "VOID")
F4 ("AM I DREAMING", "HOLIDAY", "LIFE AFTER SALEM", "Panini", "SCOOP")
E4 ("DOLLA SIGN SLIME", "DON'T WANT IT", "Nasarati", "Rodeo", "SUN GOES DOWN")
E♭4 ("C7osure (You Like)", "Carry On", "Old Town Road", "ONE OF ME", "Panini", "Sonic Shit")

Significant Low Notes:
C3 ("BANZUP'", "DEAD RIGHT NOW", "DOLLA SIGN SLIME", "LIFE AFTER SALEM", "Nasarati", "Sonic Shit")
B2 ("Don't Know Me", "Grab That!", "Kick It", "Kim Jong", "Late to Da Party (FUCK BET)", "MONTERO (Call Me By Your Name)", "Rodeo", "THAT'S WHAT I WANT", "VOID")
B♭2 ("DEAD RIGHT NOW", "Donald Trump", "DOWN SOUF HOES", "In They Feelings", "Thanos (Blow It)")
A2 ("DOWN SOUF HOES", "F9mily (You & Me)", "Kick It", "LOST IN THE CITADEL", "Rio De Janeiro", "STAR WALKIN'")
G♯2 ("C7osure (You Like)", "In They Feelings", "Late to Da Party (FUCK BET)", "MONTERO (Call Me By Your Name)", "Old Town Road", "Panini", "SCOOP", "TALES OF DOMINICA")
G2 ("AM I DREAMING", "F9mily (You & Me)", "HOLIDAY", "Jolene" in the Live Lounge)
F♯2 ("C7osure (You Like)", "Old Town Road", "SCOOP")
F2 ("LOST IN THE CITADEL", "Panini")
E2 ("DON'T WANT IT", "In the Bank", "Rodeo", "SUN GOES DOWN")
E♭2 ("HOLIDAY", "INDUSTRY BABY", "TALES OF DOMINICA")
C♯2 ("MONTERO (Call Me By Your Name)")
C2 ("DOLLA SIGN SLIME", "HOLIDAY")
B1 ("MONTERO (Call Me By Your Name)" Satan's Extended Version)
G♯1 ("MONTERO (Call Me By Your Name)")
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Blue marks falsetto or whistle notes.
Underlines mark notes that are obscured in the song mix.
Boldface marks notes that are considered to be particularly notable examples of this person's vocal capabilities.

SPOILER: Click to show

{Album Ranges}Solo:
Nasarati Mixtape (2018): E2-E4
7 EP (2019): E2-E4-B4
MONTERO (2021): G♯1-B4-F♯5

[Seb]

I like how deep Lil Nas X's voice is (at least compared to most popular rappers right now). He stands out for sure

[mikale]

😍

[kaji]

I’m proud to have still not heard the Old Town Road.

[jaredletoisbackagain]

Feb 26, 2020 4:26:47 GMT kaji said:

I’m proud to have still not heard the Old Town Road.

That's a bit sad

[luxiouskorsay]

Feb 25, 2020 15:54:31 GMT Seb said:

I like how deep Lil Nas X's voice is (at least compared to most popular rappers right now). He stands out for sure

Yea, his voice is beautiful and catchy

[rebaru]

Pretty sure MONTERO bottoms out around C#2 in the chorus.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=YspVHSxhncI you can probably hear it clearer in this vid

[luxiouskorsay]

Jul 13, 2021 19:02:33 GMT rebaru said:

Pretty sure MONTERO bottoms out around C#2 in the chorus.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=YspVHSxhncI you can probably hear it clearer in this vid

mark the second pls

[Smitty.]

Jul 13, 2021 19:02:33 GMT rebaru said:

Pretty sure MONTERO bottoms out around C#2 in the chorus.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=YspVHSxhncI you can probably hear it clearer in this vid

i think i hear it although its kinda faint in the orginal
also those are some pretty strong Eb2s that i'd maybe consider bold, and some blue B4s in the acepella version
also his linked B4 sounds black to me

[rebaru]

they're the same recording, smitty. It's just more buried in the mix in the OG.

also, that is one hell of a blue B4 my guy

[Gilad]

Those lows in Montero don't sound so natural to me, but there are Eb2s and B4s in the acapella version

[galaxyseal]

New album is out! I loved it a lot (also, I think there's also some range expansion too, at least in his higher range)

[Gilad]

Thread updated  :thumb:

[aphelion]

To me it sounds like the F#5 is an F#4, it’s just so drowned in reverb that whatever settings they used enhance the harmonic which is an octave above the fundamental. I still hear a bit of the fundamental in there which is why to me it just sounds like an F#4

[galaxyseal]

The F♯5 sounds like fifth octave to me

[Gilad]

I'm not hearing a "fundamental F#4" there at all. Sounds like a standard high falsetto "ooh" to me.

[kaji]

F#5 sounds like F#5.

[rtim]

I was hesitant about him covering this song, it's one of dolly's most iconic songs but I take all my hesitation back, his low, almost baritone take of this song is amazing.

[ibarril]

Why doesn't anybody make a video of his vocal range on Youtube? Urgh, I freaking love his range, It's so familiar to mine's (C2 - F#4 - C6)

I'd like to know how up he can go in his belting, In this forum says his lowest and highest note (falsetto/hv) but not his chest/belting

[Gilad]

His highest belted note is the A4 in the chorus of "THAT'S WHAT I WANT", but he does have a mixed voice B4 in the harmonies of "VOID" as well. His falsetto notes are written in blue, and other notes are written in black.

[ibarril]

OMG! C2 - A4 ?

He has almost 3 octaves of range, NOT COUNTING falsetto or hv, that's HUGE! :surprised: :surprised: :surprised:

[kaji]

Oct 20, 2021 9:24:47 GMT fallenalien said:

How unusual is it for a 22 year old like Lil Nas X to sing as low as C2, even having 3 bold notes below F2?

I assume one would have to be either considerably low placed vocally or receive some kind of training to sing this low in one's early 20's? What do y'all think?

It isn't unusual. C2 is not an uncommon note to have in your range as a male singer (even if one is a tenor it is fairly common). It is just that it is uncommon to hear modern pop singers use those notes. But the notes themselves in the range are common. Low notes are a natural extension of your speaking voice. Even simply speaking low habitually can give you this kinda range, even as a high voice - Jeremy Peace is a high tenor and he can sustain a low G1. Same goes for women, women like Miley Cyrus can go very low and very easily because their voice is quite simply used to hitting those notes in speech. 

[Gilad]

Here's a cool thing I found. The guy that mixed "HOLIDAY" made a video thoroughly breaking down all the tracks used in the song. You even get to hear the isolated C2 in all its glory.

[kotipelto]

I didn't listen to the whole album, about first half only, but it sounds like he could use a bit more vibrato.

[luxiouskorsay]

Montero's C#2, B1 & G#1
Stems filtered and the backing vocals are there, i know that some people think is pitch-shifted but since his Holiday C2 es pretty much dark as this, i think are legit notes