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}} "No Church in the Wild" is a song by American hip hop artists Kanye West and Jay-Z from their first collaborative album ''Watch the Throne'' (2011). It is the first track on the album and features vocals from Odd Future's Frank Ocean and The-Dream, although the latter is uncredited for his contributions to the song. The song explores themes of religion and decadence. The track received highly positive reviews from music critics, who praised Ocean's vocal hooks, the depth of the verses, the cinematic production and the song's power as an opening track. The track was released as the seventh and final single from ''Watch the Throne''. The song peaked at number 72 on the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100 and entered the top 40 on both the US ''Billboard'' Hot Rap Songs and Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs charts. The song received a music video directed by Romain Gavras released on May 29, 2012. The video does not feature any of the performers featured on the song and instead features anarchic riot footage and large street fights. The video received positive reviews from critics who praised the visuals of the video and the unique aesthetic presented in the video. Jay-Z and West performed the song as part of the setlist of their Watch the Throne Tour and Ocean performed his portion of the song on several different occasions during his November 2011 tour through North America and Europe. "No Church in the Wild" was featured in the theatrical trailers for the action films ''Safe House'' and ''Gangster Squad'', as well as the 2013 film adaptation of ''The Great Gatsby''. The song itself has debuted at #18 on the US ''Billboard'' YouTube 100 music video chart in July 2012. The song received a nomination for Best Rap/Sung Collaboration and Best Short Form Music Video at the 55th Grammy Awards to be held in February 2013. It later won in the category of Best Rap/Sung Collaboration, marking this Jay-Z's sixth win & Kanye's fourth win in this category. ==Background== Jay-Z and Kanye West are American rappers who have collaborated on several tracks together, such as singles like "Swagga Like Us", "Run This Town", and "Monster".〔 In 2010, they began production and recording on a collaborative record ''Watch the Throne.'' Frank Ocean is an R&B recording artist who released his debut mixtape ''Nostalgia, Ultra'' in early 2011 to critical acclaim. The release of the mixtape interested West, who was reported to be a large fan. West invited Ocean to write and sing on two songs off of the record. Frank wrote and provided vocals on tracks "No Church in the Wild" and "Made in America" and the songs were recorded in New York.〔 The production of the track was handled by 88-Keys and Kanye West.〔 88-Keys reportedly "played 20 of his beats" to West and Jay, and "everybody in the room just started going crazy".〔 An hour later, they had singled out the beat that would become '"No Church in the Wild." The next day, 88-Keys met Frank Ocean and they recorded the chorus together and an unreleased spoken word portion. 88-Keys did not hear the final version until Jay-Z showcased it at the invite-only listening session at the Museum of Natural History's planetarium in August 2011.〔 Producer and recording artist The-Dream sings a verse on the track using AutoTune. The track impacted urban radio as the seventh and final single from ''Watch the Throne'' on March 20, 2012. 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「No Church in the Wild」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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