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Or going to Mama's house to make a phone call (no no)
No we don't have to struggle at all John Legend (Ft. Miri Ben-Ari - מירי בן-ארי) – Live It Up
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The phrase “rob Peter to pay Paul” figuratively means to solve one problem while creating/worsening another*. Similarly, placing a phone call from Mama’s house avoids increasing your own phone bill, although your dear mother’s bill suffers instead.
Fortunately for Legend, he no longer has to deal with such problems.
*Interestingly, it’s believed that the specific names Peter and Paul may have originally referred to St. Peter’s church in Rome and St. Paul’s church in London.
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Having signed John to his G.O.O.D. Music label, Kanye co-produced several of the album’s tracks.
The drum beat that kicks in after the first “Holla, holla hollaaaaa! and persists throughout the song was sampled from "Doggone” by Love and increased in tempo:
http://youtu.be/YBdD7X-oULY?t=4m56s
In the music video, Kanye plays the part of a preacher at the church John brings his soon-to-be ex to.
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A feel-good song that’s all about that sweet taste of victory – finally achieving success after struggling for such a long time.
Legend teamed up with Devo Springsteen and Kanye West as producers while also recruiting The Hip Hop Violinist, Miri Ben-Ari:
Miri’s worked with Legend and West before – check this live performance of West’s “Through The Wire”!
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This is Busta Rhymes, spelled with a ‘A’ Busta Rhymes – Intro Talk
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Back in 1992, the young Busta Rhymes rapped as part of a hip hop group called Leaders Of the New School aka LONS. Their own debut album A Future Without A Past was released on July 2, 1991 – just one year before What’s the 411?
fyi that’s Busta on the left ;)
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