Left & Right (song)
| "Left & Right" | ||||
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| Single by D'Angelo featuring Method Man & Redman | ||||
| from the album Voodoo | ||||
| B-side | "Untitled (How Does It Feel)" | |||
| Released | October 19, 1999 | |||
| Format | 12-inch, vinyl | |||
| Recorded |
1999 Electric Lady Studios (New York, New York) | |||
| Genre | R&B, neo soul, hip hop, funk | |||
| Length | 4:46 | |||
| Label |
Virgin 7087 6 14386 1 1 | |||
| Songwriter(s) | D'Angelo, Q-Tip, Method Man, Redman | |||
| Producer(s) | D'Angelo | |||
| D'Angelo featuring Method Man & Redman singles chronology | ||||
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"Left & Right" is the second single from neo soul musician D'Angelo's album Voodoo. The song features guest vocals by hip hop duo Method Man & Redman who also co-wrote the song. The music video was directed by Malik Sayeed.
Background
A part of the musical collective Soulquarians, Dilla served as a frequent collaborator of theirs.[1][2] Although album tracks such as "Left & Right" and "Devil's Pie" help to bring this claim to light, J Dilla himself was not officially credited for production. However, he contributed significantly to Voodoo's overall sound, specifically the rhythm and percussion.[1] Q-Tip was originally intended to contribute a verse to the song "Left & Right", but was replaced by rappers Method Man & Redman during recording due to creative differences.[3] Questlove has stated that "general opinion was that the song was cool but nobody was feeling Tip's verse".[3] According to former A&R-man Gary Harris, D'Angelo's manager Dominique Trenier "thought that Tip’s verse was wack".[4]
Track listing
- A-side
- "Left & Right" (Radio Edit)
- "Left & Right" (Explicit Edit)
- "Left & Right" (Instrumental Version)
- B-side
- "Untitled (How Does It Feel)"
- "Left & Right" (Album Version)
- "Left & Right" (A Capella)
Chart history
| Year | Peak positions[5] | ||||||||||
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| Billboard Hot 100 | Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks | Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay | Hot Singles Sales | Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles Sales | |||||||
| 1999 | 70 | 18 | 44 | 20 | 9 | ||||||
| "—" denotes a release that did not chart. | |||||||||||
References
- 1 2 Touré. Untitled Document: D'Angelo, May 2000. Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on April 2, 2011.
- ↑ Columnist. Featured Drummers: Ahmir "?uestlove" Thompson. Drummerworld. Retrieved on 2008-08-09.
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- ↑ Gonzales, Michael A. "D'Angelo: Black Pop Kool-Aid".
- ↑ Billboard Music Charts - Left & Right. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. Retrieved on 2008-08-09.