| Erykah Badu의 싱글 | ||||
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"
Sweet Baby" (2001) |
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Love of My Life (An Ode to Hip Hop) (2002) |
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"
Come Close Remix (Closer)" (2002) |
| Common의 싱글 | ||||
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"
Dance for Me" (2002) |
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Love of My Life (An Ode to Hip Hop) (2002) |
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"
While I'm Dancin'" (2002) |
| Love of My Life (An Ode to Hip Hop) | ||||
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| 수록 음반 | Brown Sugar (Music for the Motion Picture Soundtrack), Worldwide Underground | |||
| 아티스트 | Erykah Badu featuring Common | |||
| B-Side |
"Love of My Life (An Ode to Hip Hop) (Album Version Edit)" "Love of My Life (An Ode to Hip Hop) (A Cappella)" (12인치 싱글) |
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| 발매일 | 2002년 8월 5일 | |||
| 녹음 기간 | 2001년 ~ 2002년 | |||
| 스튜디오 |
일렉트릭 레이디 스튜디오 (
뉴욕 주
뉴욕)[1] 더 키친 ( 텍사스 주 달라스)[2] 루마이너스 ( 텍사스 주 달라스)[3] |
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| 장르 | 네오 소울, 힙합 | |||
| 재생 시간 |
5:38 (앨범 버전) 5:25 (Love of My Life Worldwide)[4] |
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| 레이블 | MCA | |||
| 송라이터 |
Raphael Saadiq,
Erykah Badu, James Poyser, Robert Ozuma, Glen Standridge (작곡) Erykah Badu, Madukwu Chinwah, Rashid Lonnie Lynn (작사) |
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| 프로듀서 | Erykah Badu, Raphael Saadiq | |||
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1. 개요
에리카 바두의 싱글이며 테이 딕스, 새나 래선이 주연을 맡은 영화 "브라운 슈거"의 사운드트랙 앨범 Brown Sugar (Music for the Motion Picture Soundtrack)의 첫 싱글로 2002년 8월 5일에 발매되었고 커먼이 피쳐링으로 참여했다."Love of My Life Worldwide"는 에리카 바두의 3집 앨범 Worldwide Underground의 9번 트랙으로 수록되었다.[5]
2. 오디오/뮤직 비디오
| 오디오 |
| 앨범 버전 |
| Love of My Life Worldwide (featuring Queen Latifah, Bahamadia & Angie Stone) |
| 뮤직 비디오 |
3. 가사
| 앨범 버전 |
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[Intro] Right here what we gone do is go back Way back, Ooh... Way back, yeah [Verse 1: Erykah Badu] I met him when I was a A little girl, he gave me He gave me poetry He was my first But in my heart I knew I Wasn't the only one 'Cause when the tables turned He had to break, but... [Pre-Hook] Whenever I got lonely Or needed some advice He gave me his shoulder His words were very nice But that is all behind me 'Cause now there is no other My love is his and his is mine A friend became the... [Hook] Love of my life You are my friend Love of my life I can depend Love of my life Without you, baby It feels like I sampled true love But the shit didn’t clear [Interlude: Common] A freak-freak, y'all, and ya don't stop A to the beat y'all and ya don't stop A freak-freak [Verse 2: Erykah Badu] Or could it be that it was All just so simple then A teenage love but you said He's just a friend He moved around and we kept In touch through his friend Mike The world was young and we knew We couldn't rush but... [Pre-Hook] Whenever I got lonely Or needed some advice He gave me his shoulder His words were very nice But that is all behind me 'Cause now there is no other My love is his and his is mine A friend became the... [Hook] Love of my life You are my friend Love of my life On you I can depend, yeah, yeah Love of my life Without you, baby It feels like I sampled true love But the shit didn’t clear [Verse 3: Common] Y'all know how I met her We broke up and got back together To get her back, I had to sweat her Thought she'd roll with bad boys forever in many ways Them boys may be better, to grow, I had to let her She needed cheddar and I understood that Looking for cheese, that don't make her a hoodrat In fact she's a queen to me, her light beams on me I love it when she sings to me It's like that and a... [Hook] Love of my life Ooh, you know you rock my world and Love of my life You B-boy and I'm B-girl'n Love of my life It don't stop until the break of dawn, ooh... Love of my life Ooh, you know you rock my world and Love of my life You B-boy and I'm B-girl'n Love of my life Yeah... |
| Love of My Life Worldwide (featuring Queen Latifah, Bahamadia & Angie Stone) |
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[Intro] Don't you give up! Keep goin', keep goin', keep goin', uh Don't you give up! Keep goin', keep goin', keep goin', uh If you're not ready, you'd better get yourself together Funk you up, we gon' funk you up [Hook: Erykah Badu] Love of my life! Ring, ding, dong, ring-a, ding, ding, dong Ring, ding, dong, ring-a, ding, ding, dong [Verse 1: Erykah Badu] Freak, freak, da freak, da funk, funk; separate the good stuff from the junk And then I bang, bang, the bump, the bump girl My name is Apples and I rock your world Worldwide, do your math -30, 26, 36 and a 1/2 I hope that you will realize I got the hazel eyes that make you nitrified Step in the back and step to the front Come alive y'all I'll give you what you want The rhymes I got plenty; degrees 120 And if you want some then jump the fuck in it [Hook] Love of my life! Ring, ding, dong, ring-a, ding, ding, dong (jump the fuck in it) Ring, ding, dong, ring-a, ding, ding, dong Love of my life! Ring, ding, dong, ring-a, ding, ding, dong Ring, ding, dong, ring-a, ding, ding, dong [Verse 2: Queen Latifah] I'd like to introduce myself Queen Latifah is my name Jersey, what's poppin', we ain't gon' stop and Keep'em heads boppin', the remix droppin' Big girl, big trucks, big whips, whip up Black see for you only got my back Shut your lips up Do it, turn it up, wow!, we gon' burn it up Take anther pool and pass out on the furniture Hip-Hop, all of me, I just wanna party Grab somebody, sing "La Di Da Di" It's 7-P la, suits to di dor dora Erykah Badu, Angie, me, Bahamadia You know it feels right, it's the, hey [Hook] Love of my life! Ring, ding, dong, ring-a, ding, ding, dong (jump the fuck in it) Ring, ding, dong, ring-a, ding, ding, dong [Verse 3: Angie Stone] Before I bring you into this zone I think I better let you know that I am Angie Stone I put the hands on the paper Things gotta change up I wanna sing, but I think I better hold up B got beehive, you gotta a low ride Can't stop, won't stop, rockin' till I die As I flip the Hip Hop drops on ya You fo' real? Soulsinger Rollin' Erykah, Queen, me Angie, Bahamadia Original, Angie B, Hey, that's me I can rock you so dangerously [Hook] Love of my life! Ring, ding, dong, ring-a, ding, ding, dong (jump the fuck in it) Ring, ding, dong, ring-a, ding, ding, dong [Verse 4: Bahamadia] What's the deal? My name's Bahamadia Ain't no chick in the game who get it done like me Huh, I've been chosen by G.O.D To show the whole world the meaning of MC Look, I be in dope with a thing called hip hop People together like b-boy in shell tops And it don't stop because we can't quit I wanna getcha, it's built in the up lift I beat dawgs wit microphone disiss Soloist with the iller dope accent A livin' legend, baby throw me on the track and I'm guaranteed, Bahamadia get it crackin' [Bridge] Get up, get up, get up, get up, get up Get up, get up, get up, get up, get up Get up, get up, get up, get up, get up Get up, get up, get up Sit back down! [Erykah Badu] Funk you right on up We gon' funk you right on up We gon' funk you boy Funk you right on up We gon' funk you right on up If you not ready, you better get yourself together We gon' funk you up, we gon' funk you up We gon' have a real good time Don't care about the weather We gon' funk you up, we gon' funk you up Love of my life [Erykah Badu] You are my friend, I can depend Love of my life Without you baby, feels like a simple true love Yeah, but shit ain't clear But this shit ain't clear, yeah [Hook] Love of my life! Ring, ding, dong, ring-a, ding, ding, dong (jump the fuck in it) Ring, ding, dong, ring-a, ding, ding, dong Love of my life! Ring, ding, dong, ring-a, ding, ding, dong (jump the fuck in it) Ring, ding, dong, ring-a, ding, ding, dong [Outro: Erykah Badu] If you not ready You better get yourself together We gon' funk you up We gon' funk you up We gon' have a real good time Don't care about the weather We gon' funk you up We gon' funk you up |
4. 차트 성적
빌보드 R&B/힙합 차트에서 2002년 12월 넷째 주부터 2003년 1월 셋째 주까지 4주 연속 1위, 빌보드 핫 100에서 2003년 1월 첫째 주에 9위를 기록했고 10주 연속 20위권에 머물러 있었다.[6]2002년 빌보드 R&B/힙합 연말 차트에서 67위, 2003년 빌보드 R&B/힙합 연말 차트에서 19위, 2003년 빌보드 핫 100 연말 차트에선 78위에 올랐다.