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"Blame Game" is a song by American hip hop recording artist Kanye West from his fifth studio album, ''My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy'' (2010). The song features recording artist John Legend and was produced by West, Justin Franks, and Mike Dean. The song features a hip hop skit provided by comedian Chris Rock. It contains a sample of "Avril 14th", written by Richard D. James, known primarily by his pseudonym, Aphex Twin. Lyrically, the song contains West's thoughts on past break-ups, and explores themes of unrequited love, heartbreak, and spousal abuse. Midway through the song, Rock delivers an extended monologue as the new boyfriend of West's past lover. Critics were generally complimentary, and praised Legend's vocal delivery. The appearance by Rock was widely noted as a surprising element of the song, and received mixed criticism, though some critics described it as a highlight. It charted on the South Korean Gaon Chart at position 81. West and Legend performed "Blame Game" together on ''Vevo Presents GOOD Music'' at SXSW. The song was featured in West's 2010 short film ''Runaway''. West planned to produce a music video for the song featuring Amber Rose, but she declined the offer of appearing, and West scrapped the video. ==Background== "Blame Game" was recorded in Oahu, Hawaii, where most of the sessions for ''My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy'' took place.〔Callahan-Bever, Noah (2010-12-12). (Kanye West: Project Runaway ). ''Complex''. Retrieved on 2010-11-30.〕 West opted to work with more familiar songwriters to maintain artistic privacy and keep a low profile after several of his publicized controversies.〔Rodriguez, Jayson (2010-05-25). (Kanye West's 'Power' Producer Explains How Song Happened ). MTV. Viacom Retrieved on 2010-11-30.〕 West recorded the song with vocalist John Legend, a frequent collaborator of his since West's 2004 debut album ''The College Dropout''.〔Serpick, Evan. (Kanye West ). ''Rolling Stone'' Jann Wenner. Retrieved on 2009-12-26.〕 During an appearance on Ustream, West announced that Legend was set to appear on a song from his currently upcoming album, titled "Blame Game".〔〔 During the announcement, West cited "Blame Game" as his favorite song from the album, which was at the time unfinished.〔Asward, Jem. (2010-11-04) (Kanye West Talks Up New Album in Live Chat ). ''Rolling Stone'' Jann Wenner. Retrieved on 2009-12-26.〕〔 The song developed from Legend and West's brainstorming, which also led to several other tracks, including "All of the Lights".〔Staff (2010-10-18). (Kanye West’s Biggest Collaboration Yet ). Rap-Up. Devin Lazerine Retrieved on 2010-11-28.〕 Rapper Pusha T was erroneously reported to have provided backing vocals on the song.〔〔Pump, Joe Lay (2010-11-03). (Pusha Talks The Difference Between Working With Kanye & Pharrell ). PushaT.com Retrieved on 2010-11-30.〕 West asked comedian Chris Rock to appear on the song.〔 Rock, a fan of West's, mused that he was more than happy to collaborate with West,〔 and said, "you'd be amazed at how many people want to work with you if you just ask, if you just make a call."〔 He had previously collaborated on other hip hop songs, such as with rappers Ludacris, Ol' Dirty Bastard, and Ice Cube on the track "You Ain't Gotta Lie (Ta Kick It)".〔Koroma, Salima (2011-03-07). (Chris Rock Shares Sentiments About Kanye West's 'Blame Game' ). HipHopDX. Retrieved on 2010-11-27.〕 Rock described his collaboration with West as exciting in nature, commenting that he was always open to working on unusual ventures.〔〔 In an interview with ''The New York Times'', Rock went into detail about the composition of the song:
The song is partly inspired by West's relationship with model Amber Rose.〔Weiner, Jonah (2010-11-22). (Review: ''My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy'' ). ''Slate''. Retrieved on 2011-01-29.〕〔 West originally met Rose in 2008, and they subsequently developed a romantic relationship, before having a dramatic break-up in 2010; Rose cited allegations of adultery.〔Staff (2012-01-12). (Amber Rose Cries While Discussing Kanye West In An Interview ) ''The Huffington Post''. Retrieved on 2011-01-29.〕 Rose also said that West had written the song about their relationship, commenting that West "talked reckless about me on his album".〔〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Blame Game」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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