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28 febbraio 2011

Kanye West "All of the lights (feat. Rihanna & Kid Cudi)"

kanye west, all of the lights, cover
Inutile fare presentazioni su Kanye West, quest'uomo viaggia alla velocità della luce e seguirlo per noi umani sarebbe troppo difficile. Io ogni volta rimango senza parole, sia quando si tratta di qualche canzone da lui prodotta e cantata sia quando si deve parlare dei suoi videoclip che sono tutt'uno con i brani.

Questo è uno di quei casi. Parlo di "All of the lights" (ascolta) ultimo singolo di Kanye West, datato 19 Febbraio 2011 (per quanto riguarda la premiere del video), estratto da "My beautiful twisted dark fantasy", ultimo album dell'artista meno commerciale dal solito in cui da spazio a sperimentazioni e osa sonorità sempre nuove.

Questo singolo lo vedete dal titolo vede la collaborazione di Rihanna (onnipresente ormai) e Kid Cudi. Ma soprattutto c'è una piccola cosa che non si nota dal video semi testuale ma che quando ci da dentro con le immagini sbalordisce e non solo per Rihanna.
Provate a dare un'occhiata ai crediti e poi ditemi se non notate qualcosa che sono Kanye West poteva permettersi:
  • Produced by Kanye West
  • Co-produced by Jeff Bhasker
  • Recorded by Andrew Dawson, Anthony Kilhoffer, and Mike Dean
  • Mixed by Anthony Kilhoffer
  • Assistant engineers: Christian Mochizuki, Pete Bischoff and Phil Joly
  • Keyboards: Jeff Bhasker and Mike Dean
  • Piano: Elton John
  • Brass and woodwinds: Danny Flam, Tony Gorruso, and Ken Lewis
  • Horn arrangements: Ken Lewis
  • Engineered by Brent Kolatalo
  • Orchestral arranger and conductor: Rosie Danvers
  • Trumpets: Mike Lovatt, Simon Finch, Andy Gathercole
  • French horns: Tim Anderson, Tom Rumsby, Richard Ashton
  • Trombone: Mark Frost, Philip Judge
  • Flute: Chloe Vincent
  • Violins: Kotono Sato, Jenny Sacha
  • Viola: Rachel Robson
  • Cello: Rosie Danvers, Chris "Hitchcock" Chorney
  • Cello arrangement: Mike Dean
  • Additional vocals: Rihanna, Kid Cudi, Tony Williams, The-Dream, Charlie Wilson, John Legend, Elly Jackson (La Roux), Alicia Keys, Elton John, Fergie, Ryan Leslie, Drake, Alvin Fields, and Ken Lewis
Beh, non vi dirò altro, sono sicuro che starete fissando la lista con occhi sbarrati.

Parlando del video, bellissimo l'intro (che probabilmente verrà molto spesso tagliato, ma non per questo merita di passare inosservato. in bianco e nero, davvero ben fatto, degno di un piccolo cortometraggio.

Scommetto che avete notato anche voi il tatuaggio a forma di pistola di Rihanna...
rihanna, bra, kanye west, all of the lights
Vabbè, potete ammirarla nel video di seguito:

Testo| Lyrics

All of the lights (all of the lights)
(Lights, lights)
All of the lights (all of the lights)

[Rihanna]
Turn up the lights in here baby
Extra bright, I want y'all to see this
Turn up the lights in here, baby
You know what I need
Want you to see everything
Want you to see all of the lights

(all of the lights)

Fast cars, shooting stars
(all of the lights, all of the lights)
Until it's Vegas everywhere we are
(all of the lights, all of the lights)

If you want it you can get it for the rest of your life
If you want it you can get it for the rest of your life

[Kanye West]
Something wrong
I hold my head
MJ gone...our n-gga dead!
I slapped my girl, she called the feds
I did that time and spent that bread
I'm heading home, I'm almost there
I'm on my way, heading up the stairs
To my surprise, a n-gga replacing me
I had to take 'em to that ghetto university

[Chorus]
All of the lights
Cop lights, flash lights, spot lights
Strobe lights, street lights
(all of the lights, all of the lights)
Fast life, drug life
Thug life, rock life
Every night
(all of the lights)

[Rihanna]
Turn up the lights in here, baby
Extra bright, I want y'all to see this
Turn up the lights in here, baby
You know what I need, want you to see everything
Want you to see all of the lights

[Kanye West]
Restraining order
Can't see my daughter
Her mother, brother, grandmother hate me in that order
Public visitation
We met at Borders
Told her she take me back
I'll be more supportive
I made mistakes
I bump my head
Courts suck me dry
I spent that bread
She need a daddy
Baby please, can't let her grow up in that ghetto university

[Chorus]
All of the lights
Cop lights, flash lights, spot lights

Strobe lights, street lights
(all of the lights, all of the lights)
Fast life, drug life
Thug life, rock life
Every night
(all of the lights)

[Rihanna]
Turn up the lights in here, baby
Extra bright, I want y'all to see this
Turn up the lights in here, baby
You know what I need, want you to see everything
Want you to see all of the lights

[Kid Cudi]
Getting mine, baby
Gotta let these n-ggas know, yeah
Get it right, ay
You should go and get your own

Getting mine, baby
Gotta let these n-ggas know, yeah
Get it right, ay
You should go and get your own

[Fergie]
Unemployment line, credit card declined
Did I not mention I was about to lose my mind?
(my mind, my mind, my mind)
And also was about to do that line
Okay, okay, you know we going all the way this time
(this time, this time, this time)
We going all the way this time
(time, time, time, time)
We going all the way this time

We going all the way this time
We going all the way this time

Turn up the lights in here, baby
Extra bright, I want y'all to see this
Turn up the lights in here, baby
You know what I need, want you to see everything
Want you to see all of the lights

[Alicia Keys]
Whoaa-oh-whoa
Whoaa-oh-whoa-oh

[Elton John]
I tried to tell you but all I could say is ohhhh

[Alicia Keys]
Whoaa-oh-whoa
Whoaa-oh-whoa-oh

[Elton John]
I tried to tell you but all I could say is ohhhh

[Alicia Keys]
Whoaa-oh-whoa
Whoaa-oh-whoa-oh

[Elton John]
I tried to tell you but all I could say is ohhhh

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