 " Bassline " was written by Andrea Simms , Andrew " Pop " Wansel , Chris Brown , David Johnson , Robert Calloway , Ronald " <unk> " Colson and Warren " Oak " <unk> . The song was produced by Pop Wansel and <unk> <unk> . " Bassline " was recorded by Brian <unk> with assistance from Iain <unk> . The recordings were later mixed by Jaycen Joshua with assistance by <unk> Harris . Musically , " Bassline " is a dubstep , electropop and <unk> song , that incorporates elements of reggae . The song lasts for three minutes and 58 seconds . Instrumentation consists of a wobble bass and synthesizers . Melinda Newman of HitFix compared " Bassline " to the songs by <unk> and <unk> . Trent Fitzgerald of PopCrush noted that the lyrics are about Brown trying to " convince a hot girl he spots in the club to come back to his crib " , in which he sings " Hey girl tell me what you talk / Pretty as a picture on the wall / Hey girl you can get it all / Cause I know you like the way the beat go " . Brown also declares , " You heard about my image / But I could give a flying <unk> who 's offended " . Hayley <unk> of Contactmusic.com noted that a robot voice joins Brown in the hook " Girls like my bassline " . Hazel Robinson of California Literary Review magazine noted that the word " bassline " is a metaphor for penis . 
