Raise It Up
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| Single by Slum Village | ||
| from the album Fantastic, Vol. 2 | ||
| A-side(s) | "Raise It Up" | |
| B-side(s) | "Fall In Love" | |
| Released | July 16, 2001 | |
| Format | Digital download 12" maxi single |
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| Genre | Hip hop | |
| Length | 4:24 | |
| Label | Wordplay | |
| Slum Village singles chronology | ||
| "Climax (Girl Shit)" (2000) |
"Raise It Up" (2001) |
"Tainted" (2002) |
| J Dilla chronology | ||
| "Climax (Girl Shit)" (2000) |
"Raise It Up" (2001) |
"Fuck The Police" (2001) |
"Raise It Up" is a single by Slum Village. It was the last single to be released from their album, Fantastic, Vol. 2.
[edit] Lyricism
J Dilla and T3's respective verses present reversals upon the same theme. In Dilla's verse, the rapper repeatedly denies a list of character traits, possessions and actions - the implied sarcasm creating an effect where he is obviously, in fact, admitting to all of the above:
- ...I ain’t that nigga Jay Dee uh uh
- You ain’t never seen me balling out at the bar right?
- I don’t rock my ice and bounce foreign cars
- And my rover ain’t the hottest rover you ever seen
- That ain’t a tv screen
- It ain’t sitting on eighteens dog...
In contrast, T3 willingly confesses to being such a character, in typical rap style:
- Aight, okay, yup it was me
- Yes I must admit. it was that nigga T3
- Yeah, yeah I did it
- Okay blame it on me
- Yeah I’m that nigga that’s hitting bitches thats overseas
- Yes I’m that motherfucker
- Hot damn I’m a G
- I’m the nigga who rip
- I’m the one that emcees...
[edit] Sample
The song uses a sample from the song, "Extra Dry", by Thomas Bangalter (of Daft Punk). It was initially used without permission, as producer J Dilla obtained a copy of the song from a bootleg recording, and assumed that the artist was an obscure techno producer, and was unlikely to find out. Bangalter and Guy-Manuel, however happened to be fans of Slum Village, and rather than demand a payment for the sample, instead asked to collaborate on one of their own tracks, which ended up becoming their remix of the song "Aerodynamic".
[edit] Track listing
- Raise It Up (Radio Version)
- Fall In Love (Jay Dee Remix)
- Raise It Up (Street Version)
| J Dilla |
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| Studio albums |
| Fan-Tas-Tic (Vol. 1) (1997) | Fantastic, Vol. 2 (2000) | Best Kept Secret (2000) | Welcome 2 Detroit (2001)| Ruff Draft (2003) | Champion Sound (2003) | Donuts (2006) | The Shining (2006) | Jay Love Japan (2007) |
| Singles |
| "Get Dis Money" (1999) - "I Don't Know" (2000) - "Climax (Girl Shit)" (2000) - "Raise It Up" (2001) - "Fuck The Police" (2001) - "Pause" (2001) |
| Affiliated Acts |
| Slum Village | 1st Down | The Ummah | Soulquarians | Jaylib | Bilal | Que-D | Phat Kat | Frank-N-Dank |
| Slum Village |
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| Members |
| Baatin | Elzhi | J Dilla | T3 |
| Albums |
| Fan-Tas-Tic (Vol. 1) (1997) | Fantastic, Vol. 2 (2000) | Best Kept Secret (2000) | Dirty District (2002) | Trinity (Past, Present and Future) (2002) | Detroit Deli (A Taste of Detroit) (2004) | Witness My Growth (2004) | Prequel To A Classic (2005) | Slum Village (2005) | Olio: The Mixtape (2006) |
| Close Affiliates |
| Black Milk | Dwele | Frank-N-Dank | Karriem Riggins | Phat Kat | Waajeed | Que-D |
