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"One Love" is a song by American rapper Nas, released October 25, 1994 on Columbia Records. It was issued as the fifth and final radio single in promotion of his debut studio album ''Illmatic'' (1994). The song was produced by Q-Tip of A Tribe Called Quest, who also contributed vocals for the chorus line. According to Nas, the title of the song originates from Jamaican singer-songwriter and musician Bob Marley's song of the same name. "One Love" is composed as a series of letters by Nas to his incarcerated friends, describing events that have occurred prior to and after the receivers' imprisonment. "One Love" contains samples of the Heath Brothers' "Smilin' Billy Suite Part II" (1975) and Parliament's "Come In Out the Rain" (1970). In the song's first verse, Nas references fellow Queensbridge emcee Cormega, whose rapping career had been put on hold due to his incarceration during the early 1990s. In 2008, VH1 named "One Love" the forty-eighth greatest hip hop song.〔(Hip Hop Press: VH1's '100 Greatest Hip Hop Songs' )〕 ==Composition== Produced by Q-Tip, "One Love" samples the mbira(thumb piano), double bass and piano from the Heath Brothers' "Smilin' Billy Suite Part II" (1975) and contains a drum break from Parliament's "Come In Out the Rain" (1970), which add to the song's mystical and hypnotic soundscape.〔Love, Dan. (Deconstructing Illmatic ). Oh Word. Retrieved on 2008-02-15.〕 Lyrically, "One Love" is composed of a series of letters by Nas to incarcerated friends,〔''Icons of Hip Hop''. Hess (2007), pp. 360.〕 recounting mutual acquaintances and events that have occurred since the receiver's imprisonment,〔Hill, Marc. (Illmatic (Anniversary Edition) ). PopMatters. Retrieved on 2006-02-11.〕 including unfaithful girlfriends, emotionally tortured mothers and underdog loyalty.〔(Illmatic: Ten-Year Anniversary Series Review on Blender ). Maxim Digital. Retrieved on 2009-02-11.〕 According to one writer, the phrase "one love" represents street loyalty in the song.〔(IGN: Illmatic - 10 Year Anniversary Platinum Series ). IGN Entertainment, Inc. Retrieved on 2009-02-12.〕 Nas later explained that the title of the song originated from Jamaican singer-songwriter Bob Marley's song of the same name, which, according to writer Mickey Hess, "echoed the ubiquitous street salutation 'one' (similar to 'peace') used around Nas's neighborhood."〔 In a 1994 article on the distinct styles of East Coast and West Coast hip hop, music journalist Touré referred to "One Love" as an example of the thematic differences between the two regional scenes, stating: Among those referenced in the song was fellow Queensbridge-based rapper Cormega ("And night time is more trife than ever/What up with Cormega, did you see him, are y'all together?").〔Birchmeier, Jason. (Cormgea: Biography ). Allmusic. Retrieved on 2009-02-22.〕 Cormega's rapping career had been put on hold due to his incarceration during the early 1990s, before his release in 1995.〔 After delivering "shout-outs to locked down comrades", Nas chastizes a youth who seems destined for prison in the final verse, "Shorty's laugh was cold blooded as he spoke so foul/Only twelve tryin to tell me that he liked my style ... Words of wisdom from Nas, try to rise up above/Keep a eye out for Jake, shorty-wop, one love".〔(RapReviews: Illmatic ). RapReviews. Retrieved on 2009-02-11.〕 Music writer Susan Weinstein wrote that "the literary technique Nas most strongly excels in is the one that would seem to be most pedestrian: rhyme", and cited "One Love" as the first display of Nas's "formal inventiveness".〔 The song's lyrical structure has been compared to that of American rapper Eminem's "Stan" (2000).〔 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「One Love (Nas song)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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