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"Temptations" is a song by rap artist Tupac Shakur (2Pac) from the album ''Me Against the World''. It was released as a single on June 4, 1996, and was released as a CD, cassette, and 12" promo. While rapping is solely performed by Shakur, Erick Sermon and producer Easy Mo Bee are also featured in the song, primarily as background vocalists. The song uses the bassline from the "Computer Love", and the theme focuses on relationship and infidelity issues. Debuting at number sixty-eight on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, the song did fairly well in the United States. It was also well received by critics, with many writers commenting on its romantic tone. The song's music video does not have any shots of Shakur, since he was incarcerated at the time. Instead, the video features many celebrities such as Coolio, Ice-T, Adina Howard, and Warren G. Taking place in a hotel, the video opens and closes with the concierge (Ice-T) complaining about Coolio (a bellboy). The main plot of the video follows Coolio while he is working in the hotel. ==Writing and composition== The idea for "Temptations" began in late 1993 when record producer Easy Mo Bee came to Shakur while he was on the set of ''Above the Rim'' (1994). At Rucker Park in New York City, Mo Bee approached Shakur with several different songs they could sample from in the ''Me Against the World'' album. Out of the pieces he showed the rapper, Shakur favored the Zapp song "Computer Love." Despite being frequently sampled in the past by other artists, Shakur proposed that they simply speed up the tempo of "Computer Love" and use a low frequency automatic filter to retrieve the song's bassline.〔 After adding new beats and synth pads/leads, Mo Bee decided to add a sample of the Redman and Erick Sermon song "Watch Yo Nuggets", which contributes to much of the song's tenor section with the repeated line of "Hey." The song's hook samples "Sing a Simple Song" by Sly & the Family Stone. The song also features Mo Bee and some of his friends singing harmonies.〔 "Temptations" deals with a male-female relationship, where Shakur is—in Mo Bee's word's—basically saying to his significant other, "I like the time I'm spendin' with (), but baby, I'm busy." Other than the theme of the relationship issues, the song also focuses on the ability for anyone to feel lonely. The lines "'cause even thugs get lonely, understand. Even the hardest of my homies need attention; catch you blowin' up the telephone, reminiscing." from the third verse, are explained by William Buckholz in his 2011 book, ''Understand Rap: Explanations of Confusing Rap Lyrics You and Your Grandma Can Understand.'' He states that despite having a "tough" attitude and exterior, thugs are not emotionless. Buckholz goes on to say that there are times where everyone longs for the company of someone—be a friend or significant other—so they can share feelings and troubles with. 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「Temptations (song)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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