All Of The Lights - Muziek
All Of The Lights by Kanye West
Kanye West
Biografie van de kunstenaar Kanye West
Ye Born Kanye Omari West On June 8 1977 In Atlanta Georgia Professionally Known As Kanye West Is A Grammy Award-Winning American Rapper Producer Singer Author Director Performance Artist And Fashion Designer. West Began Making Beats And Rapping In The Early 90s In His Hometown Of Chicago Illinois When He Formed The Rap Group Go Getters With Chicago Natives GLC And Really Doe. He Later Gained Nationwide Popularity Through His Work In New York Where He Began Producing Tracks For Artists Such As Jay-Z Twista Mase Talib Kweli And Alicia Keys. West's Style Of Production Often Utilizes Pitched-Up Vocal Samples Usually From Soul Songs With His Drums And Instruments. The First Major Label Song He Produced Was The Truth By Beanie Sigel And His First Major Release Featuring His Trademark Vocal Sampling Style Was This Can’t Be Life A Track From Jay-Z’s The Dynasty Roc La Familia. West Said He Sped Up The Drum Beat Of Dr. Dre’s Xxplosive To Use As A Replacement For His Drums On This Can’t Be Life. West Has Said That Wu-Tang Clan Producer RZA Influenced Him In His Style And Has Said On Numerous Occasions That Wu-Tang Rappers Ghostface Killah And Ol’ Dirty Bastard Were Some Of His All-Time Favorites. Said Kanye West “Wu-Tang? Me And My Friends Talk About This All The Time… We Think Wu-Tang Had One Of The Biggest Impacts As Far As A Movement. From Slang To Style Of Dress Skits The Samples. Similar To The Production Style I Use RZA Has Been Doing That.” In 2004 After Being Pushed Aside By Many Record Companies Who Felt He Wasn't A Marketable Hip-Hop Artist He Managed To Release His Debut Solo Album The College Dropout On Roc-A-Fella Records. The Album Received Critical Acclaim Including 10 Grammy Nominations And The Awards For Album Of The Year And Best Rap Album As Well As Defining The Style For Which West Would Become Known "wordplay" And Heavy Sampling Of The 70s Soul And RnB Tracks. Not Content To Rest On His Laurels West Invested Two Million Dollars And Hired A String Orchestra To Help With His Latest Effort Late Registration 2005 . West Collaborated With Jon Brion To Help Develop The Sound Of The Album Despite His Lack Of Experience In Hip Hop Production. The Album Received Widespread Acclaim Like Its Predecessor And Again Claimed The Best Rap Album Award At The Grammys. West Was No Stranger To Controversy Such As Storming Out At The 2004 American Music Awards After Not Receiving Best New Artist But Just Days After The Release Of His Second Studio Album West Began Embroiled In A Major Controversy After Going Off-Script During Hurricane Katrina Broadcast Proclaiming "George Bush Doesn't Care About Black People" Which Bush Claimed Was "one The Most Disgusting Moments Of My Presidency". In January 2006 West Posed On The Cover Of Rolling Stone Wearing A Crown Of Thorns Once Again Attracting Controversy. For His Third Release West Was Keen To Produce Songs That Could Be Used More Effectively When Performing In Arenas. For Graduation The Third And Ultimately Final Entry Into His 'Dropout Bear' Series West Drew Musical Inspiration From The Rolling Stones Led Zeppelin Bob Dylan And Johnny Cash. In The Lead Up To The Album He Became Involved In A Friendly Rivalry With 50 Cent Over Which Of The Two Artists' Upcoming Albums Would Sell More As They Were Both Released On The Same Day. West Ultimately Sold 957 000 Copies In The First Week Of Release Outselling Curtis By A Large Margin. The Albums Lead Single "Stronger" Sampled Daft Punk And Was West's Third Number One On Billboard 200. Many Proclaim West's 'victory' Over 50 Cent To Be The 'death' Of Gangster Rap As The Dominant Hip Hop Subgenre. Following The Death Of His Mother Donda West And The End Of His Engagement To Long Term Partner Alexis Phifer West Abandoned His Initial Plan To Release A Fourth Album Entitled Good Ass Job And Shocked His Fans By Releasing 808s And Heartbreak Which Was Full Of Autotune Singing Extensive Use Of The TR-808 Drum Machine Themes Of Love Loss And Loneliness And Very Little Rapping. It Received Slightly More Mixed Reviews Than His Previous Efforts But Many Critics Cite 808s And Heartbreak As The Catalyst For A New Wave Of Rappers Most Prominently Drake Due To Its Themes Which Were Uncommon In Mainstream Hip-Hop. West's Grief Seemed To Lead To A Spiral Out Of Control Which Culminated In Him Storming On Stage At The 2009 VMAs To Interrupt Taylor Swift's Award Acceptance Speech To Proclaim That Beyoncé Deserved The Award Instead In A Move That Is Infamous In Pop Culture And Was Vilified By The Entire World In The Aftermath. West Disappeared From The Public Eye Following This And His Upcoming Tour With Lady Gaga Was Cancelled. The Disgraced West Who Was Described As A 'jackass' By President Obama Seemed To Have Much Work To Do To Return To The His Former Glory But He Was About To Embark On What Some Critics Consider To Be The Best Run Of His Career. West Holed Up In Hawaii For A Few Months And Worked Tirelessly To Produce What Many Consider To Be His Magnum Opus. My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy West's Fifth Studio Album Was Released In November 2010 To Rave Reviews From Critics Which Solidified His Comeback. In Stark Contrast To His Previous Effort Which Featured A Minimalist Sound Dark Fantasy Adopts A Maximalist Philosophy And Deals With Themes Of Celebrity And Excess. The Record Included The International Hit All Of The Lights And Billboard Hits Power Monster And Runaway The Latter Of Which Accompanied A 35-Minute Film Of The Same Name. During This Time West Initiated The Free Music Program G.O.O.D. Fridays Through His Website Offering A Free Download Of Previously Unreleased Songs Each Friday Of The Week A Portion Of Which Were Included On The Album. Dark Fantasy Went On To Go Platinum In The United States But Its Omission As A Contender For Album Of The Year At The 54th Grammy Awards Was Viewed As A "snub" By Several Media Outlets. Following A Headlining Set At Coachella 2011 That Was Described By The Hollywood Reporter As "one Of Greatest Hip-Hop Sets Of All Time " West Released The Collaborative Album Watch The Throne With Jay-Z. By Employing A Sales Strategy That Released The Album Digitally Weeks Before Its Physical Counterpart Watch The Throne Became One Of The Few Major Label Albums In The Internet Age To Avoid A Leak. Niggas In Paris Became The Record's Highest Charting Single Peaking At Number Five On The Billboard Hot 100. In 2012 West Released The Compilation Album Cruel Summer A Collection Of Tracks By Artists From West's Record Label GOOD Music. Cruel Summer Produced Four Singles Two Of Which Charted Within The Top Twenty Of The Hot 100 Mercy And Clique. West Also Directed A Film Of The Same Name That Premiered At The 2012 Cannes Film Festival In Custom Pyramid-Shaped Screening Pavilion Featuring Seven Screens. Sessions For West's Sixth Solo Effort Begin To Take Shape In Early 2013 In His Own Personal Loft's Living Room At A Paris Hotel. Determined To "undermine The Commercial " He Once Again Brought Together Close Collaborators And Attempted To Incorporate Chicago Drill Dancehall Acid House And Industrial Music. Primarily Inspired By Architecture West's Perfectionist Tendencies Led Him To Contact Producer Rick Rubin Fifteen Days Shy Of Its Due Date To Strip Down The Record's Sound In Favor Of A More Minimalist Approach. Initial Promotion Of His Sixth Album Included Worldwide Video Projections Of The Album's Music And Live Television Performances. Yeezus West's Sixth Album Was Released June 18 2013 To Rave Reviews From Critics. It Became The Rapper's Sixth Consecutive Number One Debut. Def Jam Issued "Black Skinhead" To Radio In July 2013 As The Album's Lead Single. On September 6 2013 Kanye West Announced He Would Be Headlining His First Solo Tour In Five Years To Support Yeezus With Fellow American Rapper Kendrick Lamar Accompanying Him Along The Way. In November 2013 West Stated That He Was Working On And Recording His Next Studio Album. The Album Was To Be Produced By Rick Rubin And Q-Tip.. Kanye Released A Single Entitled "Only One" On December 31 2014 Featuring Paul McCartney As Well As Collaborating With McCartney On The Rihanna Track " FourFiveSeconds" Released In January 2015. West Appeared On The SNL 40th Anniversary Special On February 15th 2015 To Debut A New Song Wolves Featuring Sia Furler And Vic Mensa. Another Single Entitled "All Day" Was Released On March 2 2015 Again Featuring McCartney As Well As Theophilus London Allan Kingdom. In June Of The Same Year Kanye Headlined The Glastonbury Festival In The UK Which Garnered Much Outrage Including A Petition With 135 000 Signatures Against His Appearance Leading To West Declaring He Was "the Greatest Living Rock Star On The Planet" Towards The End Of His Set And The Performance Receiving A Mixed Reaction Among Fans And Critics Due To Its Controversy. In September 2015 West Performed {album Artist Kanye West 808s And Heartbreak In Its Entirety At The Hollywood Bowl Over Two Nights Which Received Rave Reviews A Featured A 60 Person Orchestra Guests Such As Kid Cudi And Mr Hudson And Over 70 Dancers. West Released "Facts" At The Turn Of The New Year. West Had Originally Stated That His Upcoming Album Would Be Called 'So Help Me God' Before Changing The Title To 'SWISH' And Announcing That It Would Be Released On February 11th. In January 2016 He Released "Real Friends" And "No More Parties In LA" Featuring Kendrick Lamar. As Well As Renaming The Album Once Again To "Waves" West Became Involved In Several Twitter Controversies In The Lead Up To The Album Including With Rapper Wiz Khalifa After He Suggested That West Had Stolen The Idea Of The Wave From Other Artists And Seemingly Dissed Kim Kardashian Which Later Turned Out To Be A Misunderstanding Over The Use Of "KK". West Again Changed The Name Of The Album Just Days Before It's Release This Time To "{album Artist Kanye West The Life Of Pablo" And Debuted It At Madison Square Garden On February 11 But Delayed It's Release For A Few Days. On February 14 West Released The Album Are A Performance On SNL. West Initially Claimed The Album Was To Be A Tidal Exclusive But It Was Later Released On Other Streaming Platforms Although It Is Yet To Receive A Physical Release. West Continued To Tinker With The Mixing And Production Of The Album Even After It Was Released And It Was Updated Several Times Including The Final Song "Saint Pablo" In June 2016. West Had Also Made Public His Plans To Release An Album In The Summer Of 2016 Entitled "Turbo Grafx 16" Based On The 1990s Games Console Which Never Surfaced Although He Did Release A Single Thought To Be From The Upcoming G.O.O.D. Music Album "Cruel Winter" Called Champions. In The Same Month A Video For "Famous" Was Released Including Nude Wax Figures Of Celebrities Such As West Kim Kardashian Taylor Swift Donald Trump Chris Brown Rihanna Bill Cosby And George W. Bush. In August 2016 West Embarked On The Ambitious Saint Pablo Tour Which Included A Mobile Stage Suspended From The Ceiling. After The Violent Robbery Of Kim's Jewellery In Paris In October West Had To End A Show Early And Postpone Shows Following It. In The Following Performances West Cancelled Shows Early And Went On Long Winded Rants Against Fellow Artists Such As Jay Z And Beyoncé Among Others As Well As Making Controversial Political Statements Including Implying His Support For Donald Trump. On November 21st 2016 West Cancelled The Rest Of The Tour And Was Hospitalised Due To Sleep Deprivation And Extreme Dehydration. Following This West Disappeared From Social Media And Only Resurfaced 11 Months Later With A Series Of Tweets Which Included Many Philosophical Thoughts And The Announcements Two Albums In June 2018 A Solo Album Which Would Include 7 Tracks On June 1 And A Collaboration With Kid Cudi To Be Released On June 8. On August 29th 2021 Kanye Released His 10th Highly Anticipated Studio Release Donda Via GOOD Music And Def Jam Recordings After A Series Of Three Listening Parties. Personal Life West Was Born In Atlanta Georgia. When He Was Three Years Old As Mentioned In Hey Mama His Parents Divorced And He Moved With His Mother To Chicago Illinois. His Father Ray West Was A Former Black Panther One Of The First Black Photojournalists At The Atlanta Journal-Constitution And Is Now A Christian Counselor. Kanye’s Late Mother Dr. Donda West Worked As A Professor Of English At Clark Atlanta University And The Chair Of The English Department At Chicago State University Before Retiring To Serve As Kanye’s Manager. He Was Later Raised In An Upper Middle Class Background Attending Polaris High School In Suburban Oak Lawn Illinois After Living In Chicago. After Attending The American Academy Of Art A Chicago Art School West Attended Chicago State University But Eventually Dropped Out Due To Poor Grades And To Continue Working On His Music Career. While Attending School West Produced For Local Artists Including On Rapper Grav’s Debut Album Down To Earth. He Later Gained Fame By Producing Hit Singles For Major Hip Hop/R&B Artists Including Jay-Z Talib Kweli Cam’ron Paul Wall Common Mobb Deep Jermaine Dupri Scarface The Game Alicia Keys Janet Jackson And John Legend Among Others. He Also “ghost-Produced” For His Once Mentor Deric Angelettie According To His Song Last Call And The Credits Of Nas’ Poppa Was A Playa. West Was Married To Kim Kardashian. Together They Had Four Children Daughters Named North *2013 And Chicago *2018 And Sons Named Saint *2015 And Psalm *2019 . In 2021 Kardashian Filed For Divorce. In 2020 West Launched An Unsuccessful Independent Presidential Campaign That Primarily Advocated For A Consistent Life Ethic. In 2022 He Faced Backlash And Lost A Number Of Sponsors And Partnerships—including His Collaborations With Adidas Gap And Balenciaga—after Making Antisemitic Statements.
Frogtoon Muziek - Nummerinformatie: All of the Lights
Kanye-West - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
"All Of The Lights" Is A Song By American Rapper Kanye West As The Fourth Single From His Fifth Studio Album "My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy". It Was Produced By West And Features Additional Vocals From Several Other Recording Artists Including John Legend The-Dream Elly Jackson Alicia Keys Fergie Elton John Drake Kid Cudi And Rihanna The Latter Two Are Credited On Music Video While Solely The Latter Is Credited On The Single. "All Of The Lights" Was Well Received By Music Critics Who Complimented Its Detailed Production And Dramatically-Themed Style. The Single Was A Moderate International Success Reaching Number 18 On The Billboard Hot 100 Was The 59th Most Popular Song Of 2011 And Number Two On The Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs Chart In The United States Being The 12th Most Popular Song On That Chart In 2011 While It Also Attained Respectable Chartings In Several Other Countries. It Won Grammy Awards For Best Rap Song And Best Rap/Sung Collaboration And Was Nominated For Song Of The Year At The 54th Grammy Awards. As Of December 2011 The Song Has Sold Over 1 561 000 Digital Units In The US. By August 2013 It Had Been Certified Triple Platinum By The RIAA. The Song's Accompanying Music Video Directed By Hype Williams Featured Strobe-Lit Images Of Rihanna And West As Well As Kid Cudi. It Was Given A Discretionary Warning By Epilepsy Action Stating That The Video "potentially Triggers Seizures For People With Photosensitive Epilepsy". West And Rihanna Performed The Song At The 2011 NBA All-Star Game While It Was Also Featured In The Promo For The Same Event. Background And Recording
"All Of The Lights" Was Written By Kanye West Jeff Bhasker Malik Jones Warren Trotter Stacy Ferguson And Terius Nash. Its Production Was Helmed By West Himself And Co-Produced By Bhasker. Fourteen Artists Lent Their Voices As Background Vocals To The Song Alicia Keys John Legend The-Dream Drake Fergie Kid Cudi Elton John Ryan Leslie Charlie Wilson Tony Williams La Roux Alvin Fields Ken Lewis And Rihanna Who Also Sang The Song's Hook And Is Labeled As A Featured Artist On The Single Version. West And Rihanna Previously Collaborated With Jay-Z On "Run This Town" The Blueprint 3 2009 . The Early Working Title For "All Of The Lights" Was Previously "Ghetto University" When The Production On The Song Was Just Beginning. During The 2010 MTV Europe Music Awards On November 10 2010 Rihanna Was Interviewed By MTV News' Staff. In The Interview She Explained That West Already Played His Album To Her Three Months Ago And That "All Of The Lights" Was One Of Her Favorite Songs. About It She Further Commented "So When He Asked Me To Come Up To The Studio At 2 O'clock In The Morning I Had To Because I Loved It I Knew It Was That Song." In An Interview For The Same Publication Elly Jackson Said Of The Song's Vocal Layering "He Got Me To Layer Up All These Vocals With Other People And He Just Basically Wanted To Use His Favorite Vocalists From Around The World To Create This Really Unique Vocal Texture On His Record But It's Not The Kind Of Thing Where You Can Pick It Out". Andrew Dawson Anthony Kilhoffer Mike Dean HI And Noah Goldstein Recorded West's Vocals At Avex Recording Studios In Honolulu Hawaii And Electric Lady Studios In New York City. Rihanna's Vocals Were Recorded By Marcos Tovar At The Westlake Recording Studios In West Hollywood California. In A 2013 Interview With The Breakfast Club West Said That The Song Took Two Years To Finish And Detailed The Creation And Process Of The Song "'All The Lights' Is A Futurist Song That Started Out As A Jeezy Record With Horns On It Then We Put In Another Bridge Then Dream Wrote The Hook Then Rihanna Sang It And By The Time You Got It It Was To The Level Of Like The Nike Flyknit Or Something Like That. Leaks And Release
Even Though Not Fully Leaked "All Of The Lights" Was Featured For The First Time On "Runaway"—a 35-Minute Film About West's "true Labor Of Love" Which Was Released On October 23 2010. The Song Was Featured In The Film Together With Other Songs From West's Then-Upcoming Fifth Studio Album My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy 2010 Including "Monster" "Power" And "Lost In The World" Among Others. The Song Fully Leaked On November 4 2010 Online. West Announced Through His Twitter Account That "All Of The Lights" Would Be The Album's Fourth Single. Following The Album's Release The Song Debuted At Number 92 On The Billboard Hot 100. "All Of The Lights" Was Released As A Single On January 18 2011 In The US And Was Released In The UK On February 21 2011. Rihanna Was Credited As A Featured Artist For The Single When Impacting Radio. In The United Kingdom It Was Included In BBC Radio 1's B-Playlist. The Song Was Released As Fourth And Final Single From My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy. It Was Sent To British Urban Radio Stations On November 25 2010 And To Australian Contemporary Hit And Alternative Radio Stations On December 13. On January 18 2011 The Song Was Sent To Contemporary Hit And Rhythmic Radio In The United States. On February 19 2011 "All Of The Lights" Was Solicited To Mainstream Radio Stations In The United Kingdom. Composition
"All Of The Lights" Is A Hip Hop Song That Runs For 4 Minutes And 59 Seconds. According To The Sheet Music Published By Universal Music Publishing Group At Musicnotes.Com It Was Composed In The Key Of B Flat Minor Using Common Time And A Steady Groove. Rihanna's Vocal Range Spans From The Low Note Of Ab3 To The Falsetto Note Of F5. Instrumentation Is Provided By Drums Bass Piano And Horns. The Piano Is Played By Elton John Who Also Together With Thirteen Other Vocalists Provides The Background Vocals. American Singers Fergie And Alicia Keys Sing The Break-Downs And Ad-Libs Respectively. Alex Deney From NME Called The Song A "sleb-Studded Centrepiece". Reception
"All Of The Lights" Received Critical Acclaim. AllMusic's Andy Kellman Stated "At Once The Song Features One Of The Year’s Most Rugged Beats While Supplying Enough Opulent Detail To Make Late Registration Collaborator Jon Brion's Head Spin". Alex Denney Of NME Called It "the Sleb-Studded Centrepiece" Commenting That "In Anyone Else’s Hands It’d Be An A-List Circle-Jerk Of Horrid Proportions But Through Kanye’s Bar-Raising Vision It Becomes A Truly Wondrous Thing". Zach Baron Of The Village Voice Found The Song's Lyrics Relevant To The "year Of Economic Suffering" Writing That "West Interrupted His Own Wealthy Anomie To Pen 'All Of The Lights ' An Incongruously Star-Stuffed Song About A Disoriented Parolee Trying To Beat A Restraining Order And See His Daughter Working Out A Brief Reunion With Her Estranged Mother 'Public Visitation We Met At Borders'". Chicago Sun-Times Writer Thomas Conner Viewed That "as Crowded As 'All Of The Lights' Is It Maintains An Almost Operatic Drama Telling A Tale Of Adultery And Its Aftermath That Winds Up Being Quite Moving". The Guardian's Kitty Empire Cited The Song As "the Album's Most Magnificent High" Writing That It "backs Up Operatic Levels Of Sound With Great Drama". Ann Powers Of NPR Included "All Of The Lights" In Her List Of The Top 10 Top 40 Singles Of 2011 Commenting "its Like An Action Painting The Artist Scatters Elements Across Its Canvas To Form A Whole That's All Motion And Colorful Build." Slant Magazine Named It The Best Single Of 2011 Describing The Song As "perhaps The Most Acute Example Of Kanye West’s Pitched Mania For Theatrical Expressions Of Manic-Depressive Instability His Mixture Of Self-Destruction And Self-Love" They Later Listed It Second In Their List Of The Best Singles Of The 2010s In 2019. Tampa Bay Times Named It The Second Best Pop Song Of The Decade Proclaiming "Everything Kanye West Has Ever Believed Himself To Be Came To Life In This Song The Stadium-Sized Horns The Chilling Rihanna Hook The Snarl Of Cockiness In His Voice The Insane List Of Uncredited Cameos .. It’s The Moment King Midas Figured Out How To Use His Touch." Elsewhere Nothing But Hope And Passion Listed It 13th On Its List Of "100 Must Listen Songs Of The 2010s". Time Out Named It The 13th Best Song Of All-Time In 2016. Music Video And Remix
The Music Video For "All Of The Lights" Was Filmed In January 2011 And Directed By Hype Williams. It Features Strobe-Lit Images Of Rihanna And West Kid Cudi In A Red Leather Suit And Visual References To Gaspar Noé's 2009 Film Enter The Void. The Video Premiered Through West's Vevo Channel On February 19 2011. After Reports Of The Video's Images Causing Seizures With Epileptic Viewers And A Public Response From British Organization Epilepsy Action An Alternate Video Was Released That Includes A Discretionary Warning That The Video "potentially Trigger Seizures For People With Photosensitive Epilepsy" And Removed Its Opening Prologue And Neon Credits. In 2015 The Video Faced Controversy When Gaspar Noé Commented The Similarities Between The Video And Enter The Void Especially When Hype Williams Featured His Name In The Title And Credit Sequences Over And Over Again. An Earlier Version Of The Song's Remix Was Leaked In 2010 Featuring A Verse By Drake. On March 14 2011 An Unfinished Version Of The Remix Was Leaked To The Internet Featuring Guest Verses From Lil Wayne Big Sean And Drake A Different Verse From The Leak. It Did Not Feature West Himself Though He Did Write A Verse For It According To Big Sean. Media
In 2016 The Song Was Used In A Gatorade Commercial Starring Serena Williams. The Song Is Also Featured In The Game NBA 2K14 As Part Of The Soundtrack Chosen By LeBron James. In 2019 The Song Was Featured In A Peloton TV Commercial Entitled Our Kind Of Joy. Liverpool F.C. Used The Song During Their Medal Collection And Trophy Lift After Winning The 2019–20 Premier League And Played The Song Last In The Dressing Room Before Matches Throughout The Season.
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Biography - Kanye West
Ye Born Kanye Omari West On June 8 1977 In Atlanta Georgia Professionally Known As Kanye West Is A Grammy Award-Winning American Rapper Producer Singer Author Director Performance Artist And Fashion Designer. West Began Making Beats And Rapping In The Early 90s In His Hometown Of Chicago Illinois When He Formed The Rap Group Go Getters With Chicago Natives GLC And Really Doe. He Later Gained Nationwide Popularity Through His Work In New York Where He Began Producing Tracks For Artists Such As Jay-Z Twista Mase Talib Kweli And Alicia Keys. West's Style Of Production Often Utilizes Pitched-Up Vocal Samples Usually From Soul Songs With His Drums And Instruments. The First Major Label Song He Produced Was The Truth By Beanie Sigel And His First Major Release Featuring His Trademark Vocal Sampling Style Was This Can’t Be Life A Track From Jay-Z’s The Dynasty Roc La Familia. West Said He Sped Up The Drum Beat Of Dr. Dre’s Xxplosive To Use As A Replacement For His Drums On This Can’t Be Life. West Has Said That Wu-Tang Clan Producer RZA Influenced Him In His Style And Has Said On Numerous Occasions That Wu-Tang Rappers Ghostface Killah And Ol’ Dirty Bastard Were Some Of His All-Time Favorites. Said Kanye West “Wu-Tang? Me And My Friends Talk About This All The Time… We Think Wu-Tang Had One Of The Biggest Impacts As Far As A Movement. From Slang To Style Of Dress Skits The Samples. Similar To The Production Style I Use RZA Has Been Doing That.” In 2004 After Being Pushed Aside By Many Record Companies Who Felt He Wasn't A Marketable Hip-Hop Artist He Managed To Release His Debut Solo Album The College Dropout On Roc-A-Fella Records. The Album Received Critical Acclaim Including 10 Grammy Nominations And The Awards For Album Of The Year And Best Rap Album As Well As Defining The Style For Which West Would Become Known "wordplay" And Heavy Sampling Of The 70s Soul And RnB Tracks. Not Content To Rest On His Laurels West Invested Two Million Dollars And Hired A String Orchestra To Help With His Latest Effort Late Registration 2005 . West Collaborated With Jon Brion To Help Develop The Sound Of The Album Despite His Lack Of Experience In Hip Hop Production. The Album Received Widespread Acclaim Like Its Predecessor And Again Claimed The Best Rap Album Award At The Grammys. West Was No Stranger To Controversy Such As Storming Out At The 2004 American Music Awards After Not Receiving Best New Artist But Just Days After The Release Of His Second Studio Album West Began Embroiled In A Major Controversy After Going Off-Script During Hurricane Katrina Broadcast Proclaiming "George Bush Doesn't Care About Black People" Which Bush Claimed Was "one The Most Disgusting Moments Of My Presidency". In January 2006 West Posed On The Cover Of Rolling Stone Wearing A Crown Of Thorns Once Again Attracting Controversy. For His Third Release West Was Keen To Produce Songs That Could Be Used More Effectively When Performing In Arenas. For Graduation The Third And Ultimately Final Entry Into His 'Dropout Bear' Series West Drew Musical Inspiration From The Rolling Stones Led Zeppelin Bob Dylan And Johnny Cash. In The Lead Up To The Album He Became Involved In A Friendly Rivalry With 50 Cent Over Which Of The Two Artists' Upcoming Albums Would Sell More As They Were Both Released On The Same Day. West Ultimately Sold 957 000 Copies In The First Week Of Release Outselling Curtis By A Large Margin. The Albums Lead Single "Stronger" Sampled Daft Punk And Was West's Third Number One On Billboard 200. Many Proclaim West's 'victory' Over 50 Cent To Be The 'death' Of Gangster Rap As The Dominant Hip Hop Subgenre. Following The Death Of His Mother Donda West And The End Of His Engagement To Long Term Partner Alexis Phifer West Abandoned His Initial Plan To Release A Fourth Album Entitled Good Ass Job And Shocked His Fans By Releasing 808s And Heartbreak Which Was Full Of Autotune Singing Extensive Use Of The TR-808 Drum Machine Themes Of Love Loss And Loneliness And Very Little Rapping. It Received Slightly More Mixed Reviews Than His Previous Efforts But Many Critics Cite 808s And Heartbreak As The Catalyst For A New Wave Of Rappers Most Prominently Drake Due To Its Themes Which Were Uncommon In Mainstream Hip-Hop. West's Grief Seemed To Lead To A Spiral Out Of Control Which Culminated In Him Storming On Stage At The 2009 VMAs To Interrupt Taylor Swift's Award Acceptance Speech To Proclaim That Beyoncé Deserved The Award Instead In A Move That Is Infamous In Pop Culture And Was Vilified By The Entire World In The Aftermath. West Disappeared From The Public Eye Following This And His Upcoming Tour With Lady Gaga Was Cancelled. The Disgraced West Who Was Described As A 'jackass' By President Obama Seemed To Have Much Work To Do To Return To The His Former Glory But He Was About To Embark On What Some Critics Consider To Be The Best Run Of His Career. West Holed Up In Hawaii For A Few Months And Worked Tirelessly To Produce What Many Consider To Be His Magnum Opus. My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy West's Fifth Studio Album Was Released In November 2010 To Rave Reviews From Critics Which Solidified His Comeback. In Stark Contrast To His Previous Effort Which Featured A Minimalist Sound Dark Fantasy Adopts A Maximalist Philosophy And Deals With Themes Of Celebrity And Excess. The Record Included The International Hit All Of The Lights And Billboard Hits Power Monster And Runaway The Latter Of Which Accompanied A 35-Minute Film Of The Same Name. During This Time West Initiated The Free Music Program G.O.O.D. Fridays Through His Website Offering A Free Download Of Previously Unreleased Songs Each Friday Of The Week A Portion Of Which Were Included On The Album. Dark Fantasy Went On To Go Platinum In The United States But Its Omission As A Contender For Album Of The Year At The 54th Grammy Awards Was Viewed As A "snub" By Several Media Outlets. Following A Headlining Set At Coachella 2011 That Was Described By The Hollywood Reporter As "one Of Greatest Hip-Hop Sets Of All Time " West Released The Collaborative Album Watch The Throne With Jay-Z. By Employing A Sales Strategy That Released The Album Digitally Weeks Before Its Physical Counterpart Watch The Throne Became One Of The Few Major Label Albums In The Internet Age To Avoid A Leak. Niggas In Paris Became The Record's Highest Charting Single Peaking At Number Five On The Billboard Hot 100. In 2012 West Released The Compilation Album Cruel Summer A Collection Of Tracks By Artists From West's Record Label GOOD Music. Cruel Summer Produced Four Singles Two Of Which Charted Within The Top Twenty Of The Hot 100 Mercy And Clique. West Also Directed A Film Of The Same Name That Premiered At The 2012 Cannes Film Festival In Custom Pyramid-Shaped Screening Pavilion Featuring Seven Screens. Sessions For West's Sixth Solo Effort Begin To Take Shape In Early 2013 In His Own Personal Loft's Living Room At A Paris Hotel. Determined To "undermine The Commercial " He Once Again Brought Together Close Collaborators And Attempted To Incorporate Chicago Drill Dancehall Acid House And Industrial Music. Primarily Inspired By Architecture West's Perfectionist Tendencies Led Him To Contact Producer Rick Rubin Fifteen Days Shy Of Its Due Date To Strip Down The Record's Sound In Favor Of A More Minimalist Approach. Initial Promotion Of His Sixth Album Included Worldwide Video Projections Of The Album's Music And Live Television Performances. Yeezus West's Sixth Album Was Released June 18 2013 To Rave Reviews From Critics. It Became The Rapper's Sixth Consecutive Number One Debut. Def Jam Issued "Black Skinhead" To Radio In July 2013 As The Album's Lead Single. On September 6 2013 Kanye West Announced He Would Be Headlining His First Solo Tour In Five Years To Support Yeezus With Fellow American Rapper Kendrick Lamar Accompanying Him Along The Way. In November 2013 West Stated That He Was Working On And Recording His Next Studio Album. The Album Was To Be Produced By Rick Rubin And Q-Tip.. Kanye Released A Single Entitled "Only One" On December 31 2014 Featuring Paul McCartney As Well As Collaborating With McCartney On The Rihanna Track " FourFiveSeconds" Released In January 2015. West Appeared On The SNL 40th Anniversary Special On February 15th 2015 To Debut A New Song Wolves Featuring Sia Furler And Vic Mensa. Another Single Entitled "All Day" Was Released On March 2 2015 Again Featuring McCartney As Well As Theophilus London Allan Kingdom. In June Of The Same Year Kanye Headlined The Glastonbury Festival In The UK Which Garnered Much Outrage Including A Petition With 135 000 Signatures Against His Appearance Leading To West Declaring He Was "the Greatest Living Rock Star On The Planet" Towards The End Of His Set And The Performance Receiving A Mixed Reaction Among Fans And Critics Due To Its Controversy. In September 2015 West Performed {album Artist Kanye West 808s And Heartbreak In Its Entirety At The Hollywood Bowl Over Two Nights Which Received Rave Reviews A Featured A 60 Person Orchestra Guests Such As Kid Cudi And Mr Hudson And Over 70 Dancers. West Released "Facts" At The Turn Of The New Year. West Had Originally Stated That His Upcoming Album Would Be Called 'So Help Me God' Before Changing The Title To 'SWISH' And Announcing That It Would Be Released On February 11th. In January 2016 He Released "Real Friends" And "No More Parties In LA" Featuring Kendrick Lamar. As Well As Renaming The Album Once Again To "Waves" West Became Involved In Several Twitter Controversies In The Lead Up To The Album Including With Rapper Wiz Khalifa After He Suggested That West Had Stolen The Idea Of The Wave From Other Artists And Seemingly Dissed Kim Kardashian Which Later Turned Out To Be A Misunderstanding Over The Use Of "KK". West Again Changed The Name Of The Album Just Days Before It's Release This Time To "{album Artist Kanye West The Life Of Pablo" And Debuted It At Madison Square Garden On February 11 But Delayed It's Release For A Few Days. On February 14 West Released The Album Are A Performance On SNL. West Initially Claimed The Album Was To Be A Tidal Exclusive But It Was Later Released On Other Streaming Platforms Although It Is Yet To Receive A Physical Release. West Continued To Tinker With The Mixing And Production Of The Album Even After It Was Released And It Was Updated Several Times Including The Final Song "Saint Pablo" In June 2016. West Had Also Made Public His Plans To Release An Album In The Summer Of 2016 Entitled "Turbo Grafx 16" Based On The 1990s Games Console Which Never Surfaced Although He Did Release A Single Thought To Be From The Upcoming G.O.O.D. Music Album "Cruel Winter" Called Champions. In The Same Month A Video For "Famous" Was Released Including Nude Wax Figures Of Celebrities Such As West Kim Kardashian Taylor Swift Donald Trump Chris Brown Rihanna Bill Cosby And George W. Bush. In August 2016 West Embarked On The Ambitious Saint Pablo Tour Which Included A Mobile Stage Suspended From The Ceiling. After The Violent Robbery Of Kim's Jewellery In Paris In October West Had To End A Show Early And Postpone Shows Following It. In The Following Performances West Cancelled Shows Early And Went On Long Winded Rants Against Fellow Artists Such As Jay Z And Beyoncé Among Others As Well As Making Controversial Political Statements Including Implying His Support For Donald Trump. On November 21st 2016 West Cancelled The Rest Of The Tour And Was Hospitalised Due To Sleep Deprivation And Extreme Dehydration. Following This West Disappeared From Social Media And Only Resurfaced 11 Months Later With A Series Of Tweets Which Included Many Philosophical Thoughts And The Announcements Two Albums In June 2018 A Solo Album Which Would Include 7 Tracks On June 1 And A Collaboration With Kid Cudi To Be Released On June 8. On August 29th 2021 Kanye Released His 10th Highly Anticipated Studio Release Donda Via GOOD Music And Def Jam Recordings After A Series Of Three Listening Parties. Personal Life West Was Born In Atlanta Georgia. When He Was Three Years Old As Mentioned In Hey Mama His Parents Divorced And He Moved With His Mother To Chicago Illinois. His Father Ray West Was A Former Black Panther One Of The First Black Photojournalists At The Atlanta Journal-Constitution And Is Now A Christian Counselor. Kanye’s Late Mother Dr. Donda West Worked As A Professor Of English At Clark Atlanta University And The Chair Of The English Department At Chicago State University Before Retiring To Serve As Kanye’s Manager. He Was Later Raised In An Upper Middle Class Background Attending Polaris High School In Suburban Oak Lawn Illinois After Living In Chicago. After Attending The American Academy Of Art A Chicago Art School West Attended Chicago State University But Eventually Dropped Out Due To Poor Grades And To Continue Working On His Music Career. While Attending School West Produced For Local Artists Including On Rapper Grav’s Debut Album Down To Earth. He Later Gained Fame By Producing Hit Singles For Major Hip Hop/R&B Artists Including Jay-Z Talib Kweli Cam’ron Paul Wall Common Mobb Deep Jermaine Dupri Scarface The Game Alicia Keys Janet Jackson And John Legend Among Others. He Also “ghost-Produced” For His Once Mentor Deric Angelettie According To His Song Last Call And The Credits Of Nas’ Poppa Was A Playa. West Was Married To Kim Kardashian. Together They Had Four Children Daughters Named North *2013 And Chicago *2018 And Sons Named Saint *2015 And Psalm *2019 . In 2021 Kardashian Filed For Divorce. In 2020 West Launched An Unsuccessful Independent Presidential Campaign That Primarily Advocated For A Consistent Life Ethic. In 2022 He Faced Backlash And Lost A Number Of Sponsors And Partnerships—including His Collaborations With Adidas Gap And Balenciaga—after Making Antisemitic Statements.
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"All of the Lights" is a song by American rapper Kanye West, as the fourth single from his fifth studio album "My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy". It was produced by West and features additional vocals from several other recording artists, including John Legend, The-Dream, Elly Jackson, Alicia Keys, Fergie, Elton John, Drake, Kid Cudi, and Rihanna; the latter two are credited on music video, while solely the latter is credited on the single.
"All of the Lights" was well received by music critics, who complimented its detailed production and dramatically-themed style. The single was a moderate international success, reaching number 18 on the Billboard Hot 100, was the 59th most popular song of 2011, and number two on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart in the United States, being the 12th most popular song on that chart in 2011, while it also attained respectable chartings in several other countries. It won Grammy Awards for Best Rap Song and Best Rap/Sung Collaboration and was nominated for Song of the Year at the 54th Grammy Awards. As of December 2011, the song has sold over 1,561,000 digital units in the US. By August 2013, it had been certified triple platinum by the RIAA.
The song's accompanying music video, directed by Hype Williams, featured strobe-lit images of Rihanna and West, as well as Kid Cudi. It was given a discretionary warning by Epilepsy Action, stating that the video "potentially triggers seizures for people with photosensitive epilepsy". West and Rihanna performed the song at the 2011 NBA All-Star Game, while it was also featured in the promo for the same event.
Background and recording
"All of the Lights" was written by Kanye West, Jeff Bhasker, Malik Jones, Warren Trotter, Stacy Ferguson and Terius Nash. Its production was helmed by West himself and co-produced by Bhasker. Fourteen artists lent their voices as background vocals to the song: Alicia Keys, John Legend, The-Dream, Drake, Fergie, Kid Cudi, Elton John, Ryan Leslie, Charlie Wilson, Tony Williams, La Roux, Alvin Fields, Ken Lewis, and Rihanna, who also sang the song's hook and is labeled as a featured artist on the single version. West and Rihanna previously collaborated with Jay-Z on "Run This Town" (The Blueprint 3, 2009).
The early working title for "All of The Lights" was previously "Ghetto University" when the production on the song was just beginning. During the 2010 MTV Europe Music Awards, on November 10, 2010, Rihanna was interviewed by MTV News' staff. In the interview she explained that, West already played his album to her three months ago and that "All of the Lights" was one of her favorite songs. About it, she further commented, "So when he asked me to come up to the studio at 2 o'clock in the morning, I had to, because I loved it, I knew it was that song."
In an interview for the same publication, Elly Jackson said of the song's vocal layering, "He got me to layer up all these vocals with other people, and he just basically wanted to use his favorite vocalists from around the world to create this really unique vocal texture on his record, but it's not the kind of thing where you can pick it out". Andrew Dawson, Anthony Kilhoffer, Mike Dean, HI and Noah Goldstein recorded West's vocals at Avex Recording Studios in Honolulu, Hawaii and Electric Lady Studios in New York City. Rihanna's vocals were recorded by Marcos Tovar at the Westlake Recording Studios in West Hollywood, California.
In a 2013 interview with The Breakfast Club, West said that the song took two years to finish, and detailed the creation and process of the song;
"'All The Lights' is a futurist song that started out as a Jeezy record with horns on it, then we put in another bridge, then Dream wrote the hook, then Rihanna sang it, and by the time you got it, it was to the level of like, the Nike Flyknit or something like that.
Leaks and release
Even though not fully leaked, "All of the Lights" was featured for the first time on "Runaway"—a 35-minute film about West's "true labor of love" which was released on October 23, 2010. The song was featured in the film together with other songs from West's then-upcoming fifth studio album My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (2010), including "Monster", "Power" and "Lost in the World" among others. The song fully leaked on November 4, 2010, online.
West announced through his Twitter account that "All of the Lights" would be the album's fourth single. Following the album's release, the song debuted at number 92 on the Billboard Hot 100. "All of the Lights" was released as a single on January 18, 2011 in the US and was released in the UK on February 21, 2011. Rihanna was credited as a featured artist for the single when impacting radio. In the United Kingdom, it was included in BBC Radio 1's B-Playlist.
The song was released as fourth and final single from My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy. It was sent to British urban radio stations on November 25, 2010, and to Australian contemporary hit and alternative radio stations on December 13. On January 18, 2011, the song was sent to contemporary hit and rhythmic radio in the United States. On February 19, 2011, "All of the Lights" was solicited to mainstream radio stations in the United Kingdom.
Composition
"All of the Lights" is a hip hop song that runs for 4 minutes and 59 seconds. According to the sheet music published by Universal Music Publishing Group at Musicnotes.com, it was composed in the key of B flat minor using common time and a steady groove. Rihanna's vocal range spans from the low note of Ab3 to the falsetto note of F5. Instrumentation is provided by drums, bass, piano and horns. The piano is played by Elton John, who also together with thirteen other vocalists provides the background vocals. American singers Fergie and Alicia Keys, sing the break-downs and Ad-libs, respectively. Alex Deney from NME called the song a "sleb-studded centrepiece".
Reception
"All of the Lights" received critical acclaim. AllMusic's Andy Kellman stated "At once, the song features one of the year’s most rugged beats while supplying enough opulent detail to make Late Registration collaborator Jon Brion's head spin". Alex Denney of NME called it "the sleb-studded centrepiece", commenting that "In anyone else’s hands it’d be an A-list circle-jerk of horrid proportions, but through Kanye’s bar-raising vision it becomes a truly wondrous thing". Zach Baron of The Village Voice found the song's lyrics relevant to the "year of economic suffering", writing that "West interrupted his own wealthy anomie to pen 'All of the Lights,' an incongruously star-stuffed song about a disoriented parolee trying to beat a restraining order and see his daughter, working out a brief reunion with her estranged mother: 'Public visitation, we met at Borders'". Chicago Sun-Times writer Thomas Conner viewed that "as crowded as 'All of the Lights' is [,] it maintains an almost operatic drama, telling a tale of adultery and its aftermath that winds up being quite moving". The Guardian's Kitty Empire cited the song as "the album's most magnificent high", writing that it "backs up operatic levels of sound with great drama".
Ann Powers of NPR included "All of the Lights" in her list of the Top 10 Top 40 singles of 2011, commenting "its like an action painting: the artist scatters elements across its canvas to form a whole that's all motion and colorful build." Slant Magazine named it the best single of 2011, describing the song as "perhaps the most acute example of Kanye West’s pitched mania for theatrical expressions of manic-depressive instability, his mixture of self-destruction and self-love", they later listed it second in their list of the best singles of the 2010s in 2019.
Tampa Bay Times named it the second best pop song of the decade, proclaiming "Everything Kanye West has ever believed himself to be came to life in this song: The stadium-sized horns, the chilling Rihanna hook, the snarl of cockiness in his voice, the insane list of uncredited cameos .. It’s the moment King Midas figured out how to use his touch." Elsewhere, Nothing but Hope and Passion listed it 13th on its list of "100 Must Listen Songs of the 2010s". Time Out named it the 13th best song of all-time in 2016.
Music video and remix
The music video for "All of the Lights" was filmed in January 2011 and directed by Hype Williams. It features strobe-lit images of Rihanna and West, Kid Cudi in a red leather suit, and visual references to Gaspar Noé's 2009 film Enter the Void. The video premiered through West's Vevo channel on February 19, 2011. After reports of the video's images causing seizures with epileptic viewers and a public response from British organization Epilepsy Action, an alternate video was released that includes a discretionary warning that the video "potentially trigger seizures for people with photosensitive epilepsy", and removed its opening prologue and neon credits. In 2015, the video faced controversy when Gaspar Noé commented the similarities between the video and Enter the Void, especially when Hype Williams featured his name in the title and credit sequences over and over again.
An earlier version of the song's remix was leaked in 2010, featuring a verse by Drake. On March 14, 2011, an unfinished version of the remix was leaked to the internet, featuring guest verses from Lil Wayne, Big Sean, and Drake, a different verse from the leak. It did not feature West himself, though he did write a verse for it, according to Big Sean.
Media
In 2016, the song was used in a Gatorade commercial starring Serena Williams. The song is also featured in the game NBA 2K14 as part of the soundtrack chosen by LeBron James. In 2019, The song was featured in a Peloton TV commercial, entitled; Our Kind of Joy. Liverpool F.C. used the song during their medal collection and trophy lift after winning the 2019–20 Premier League, and played the song last in the dressing room before matches throughout the season. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.