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"Raise It Up" is a single by Slum Village. It was the last single to be released from their album, Fantastic, Vol. 2. The song was arguably the most commercially accessible from the album, and ended up being a hit on channels such as MTV2 at the time.
[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)
[edit] References
Raise it up music video
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