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| Label = | Writer = | Producer = Rahki | Last single = "Buy the World" (2014) | This single = "i" (2014) | Next single = "Pay for It" (2014) | Misc = }} "i" is a song by American rapper Kendrick Lamar, released on September 23, 2014 as the lead single from Lamar's third studio album ''To Pimp a Butterfly''. The song utilizes music from "That Lady", written by and originally performed by R&B group The Isley Brothers, elements from which were re-recorded rather than being directly sampled from the original record. "i" won two awards at the 2015 Grammy Awards: Best Rap Performance and Best Rap Song. The song debuted and peaked at number 39 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100. ==Background== "i" was produced by Los Angeles producer Rahki, who also produced the song "Institutionalized". Although the version of "i" that appears on the album is drastically different from the single release, both versions contain a sample of the song "That Lady" by The Isley Brothers. Lamar personally visited Isley Brothers' lead vocalist Ronald Isley to ask his permission to sample the song: "I actually had to go to St. Louis and get the blessings from Ronald Isley," he said. "That was a trip. We got in the studio and just vibed and talked about how things were back then and how they are now, and you can actually hear him on the record with a few ad-libs that he actually did. We got it on camera and things like that, it’s a beautiful thing." Isley also performs on the song "How Much a Dollar Cost?" with singer-songwriter James Fauntleroy.〔NME News Desk (September 24, 2014). ("NME News Kendrick Lamar says he visited Ronald Isley to ask to use 'That Lady' on new track 'I' | NME.COM" ). ''NME''.〕 The single cover for "i" features members of gangs the Bloods and the Crips forming a heart, on the subject of the cover art Lamar said in an interview with AMP Radio: "Where I'm from, there's a lot of gang culture and things like that, so instead of throwing on up gang signs, which we used to, I put a Blood and I put a Crip together and we’re throwing up hearts...sparking the idea of some type of change through music or through me because I go back to the city now and people give me the honor and respect that, you know, this kid can change a little bit something different that’s been going on in the community."〔HipHopDX (September 24, 2014). ("Kendrick Lamar Discusses Blood, Crip Presence On "i" Cover Art" ). ''HipHopDX''.〕 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「I (Kendrick Lamar song)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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