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Nicki Minaj (Ft. Sean Garrett) – Massive Attack
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Initially intended to be the first single from Nicki’s debut album, later replaced by Your Love, Massive Attack failed to appeal radio audiences but remains a milestone in Nicki’s
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Massive Attack (Ft. Horace Andy) – Angel
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Angel is the opening track of Massive Attack’s third album Mezzanine. It samples “Lost Bongo in Belgium” by The Incredible Bongo Band.
Originally, Angel was intended to be a
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Massive Attack – Teardrop
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Written in 1998, “Teardrop” is arguably one of Massive Attack’s most popular singles, reaching number 10 on the UK Singles Chart. It features vocals by Elizabeth Fraser of the
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Massive Attack – Risingson
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The second song (and first single) on the classic Mezzanine, talks about Bristol’s club scene at the time.
Risingson ended up being the first completed song from Mezzanine and was
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Massive Attack – Mezzanine
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The title track from the album Mezzanine, went through many changes (roughly about five different variations that differed majorly from each other, none of which have ever been
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Massive Attack – Black Milk
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“Black Milk” was the second Elizabeth Fraser song to be conceived after “Teardrop” during the Mezzanine recording sessions at a studio in Cornwall that occurred throughout 1997. It
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Massive Attack (Ft. Horace Andy) – Exchange
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There are two versions of this song: “Exchange”, which is instrumental, and “(Exchange)”, which has vocals by Horace Andy.
“Exchange” is perhaps the song that most obviously
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Massive Attack (Ft. Azekel) – Ritual Spirit
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Massive Attack contacted relative newcomer, London based soul singer, Azekel Adesuyi, in 2015 to collaborate together on “Ritual Spirit” which would go on to be the title track of
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Massive Attack – Inertia Creeps
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Massive Attack’s “sex song” is, in a strange twist of fate, about 3D’s relationship (which had ended at the time).
A proto-version of “Inertia Creeps” was originally written by
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Massive Attack – Daydreaming
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Quite probably the the first song produced for Blue Lines, “Daydreaming” was a product mostly of 3D and Tricky coalescing their lyrical ideas together on such things as house
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Massive Attack – Reflection
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At the midpoint during the 1998 tour, there was a seven week rest period, were Massive Attack could recuperate for the second leg of the 1998 tour. While Daddy G and Mushroom
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Massive Attack (Ft. Martina Topley-Bird) – Babel
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The second track on Heligoland, “Babel” is one of two tracks on the album to feature English singer-songwriter Martina Topley-Bird. Topley-Bird is perhaps best known to trip hop
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Massive Attack (Ft. Yasiin Bey) – I Against I
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[Chorus] / I-ya / I against I / Flesh of my flesh / And mind of my mind / Two of a kind but one won't survive / My images reflect in the enemy's eye / And his images reflect in
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Massive Attack (Ft. Sinéad O'Connor) – Special Cases
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“Special Cases” was probably the easiest and quickest song recorded for 100th Window. In terms of message it was quite simple and direct, about looking and observing the fragility
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Massive Attack – Sly
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Sly was the combination of Craig Armstrong’s strings combined with Nicolette’s unique sensual vocals. Massive Attack had chosen Nicolette to appear on the album Protection after
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Massive Attack (Ft. Martina Topley-Bird) – Psyche
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“Psyche” was constructed around a looping sample that 3D took from scratching a CD containing classical music and then recording the seemingly random jumps and skips when trying to
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Massive Attack – Safe from Harm
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The third single from Massive Attack’s debut album, “Safe from Harm” was one of the first songs recorded in the initial sessions for the record, and the first song on which the
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Massive Attack – Group Four
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The longest track of Mezzanine, 3D mentions in an interview that “Group Four” is “an operatic, building, changing track,” closing the album.
In that same interview, recorded with
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Massive Attack – Five Man Army
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Five Man Army more than any other Massive Attack recalls the heydays of The Wild Bunch with lyrics referencing The Wild Bunch’s live stint in Japan, turntable’s and mixer boards
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Massive Attack (Ft. Terry Callier) – Live with Me
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“Live With Me” was among the first slew of tracks conceived in the newly constructed Massive Attack studio in Bristol in 2005. Coming off the back of making two separate soundtrack
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Massive Attack – Blue Lines
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[Verse 1: Tricky, 3D, & Daddy G] / Can't be with the one you love? Then love the one you're with / Spliff in the ashtray, red stripe, I pull the lid / Her touch tickles, especially
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Massive Attack (Ft. Tricky) – Take It There
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All evidence points to “Take It There” being originally conceived in the Summer of 2012, when Massive Attack first went to Tricky’s studio in Paris, which they posted about on
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Massive Attack (Ft. Horace Andy) – Splitting the Atom
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Splitting The Atom was the product of Massive Attack going into Damon Albarn’s London studio for a period of roughly two weeks in late 2008, in an attempt to finish the fifth
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Massive Attack – Be Thankful for What You’ve Got
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“Be Thankful for What You’ve Got” is Massive Attack’s cover of of the 1974 William DeVaughn soul hit of (almost) the same name.
Lyrical annotations can be found at DeVaughn’s song
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Massive Attack – Three
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[Verse 1: Nicolette] / Three's my lucky number / And fortune comes in threes / But wish I knew that number / That even little children seem to see / [Chorus: Nicolette] / Oh, I'm
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Massive Attack (Ft. Ghostpoet) – Come Near Me
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[Chorus: Ghostpoet] / We've been here before, don't fear me / Don't stand by the door, come near me / We've been here before, don't fear me / Don't stand by the door, come near me
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Massive Attack – Dissolved Girl
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Sara Jay was an unknown singer from Sheffield discovered by Massive Attack’s manager Marc Picken, who believed she would be an ideal addition to the Mezzanine recording sessions. “
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Massive Attack – Butterfly Caught
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Released on 16th June 2003 as the second single from 100th Window, the track features vocals from Robert ‘3D’ Del Naja.
The cryptic lyrics cover the topic of fake friends, and
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Massive Attack – Weather Storm
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[Instrumental]
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Massive Attack – Better Things
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[Verse 1] / Don't drag me down just because you're down / Just cause you're blue don't make me too / And though you've found you need more than me / Don't talk to me about being
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Massive Attack (Ft. Hope Sandoval) – The Spoils
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Massive Attack joins up with Mazzy Star singer Hope Sandoval for this exploration of anxious love. On August 9, 2016, they released a captivating video starring Cate Blanchett. It
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Massive Attack – Rush Minute
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Track 8 on Heligoland, “Rush Minute” is one of only two songs on the record without a guest vocalist. Vocals are performed by Robert “3D” Del Naja.
The lyrics of “Rush Minute
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Massive Attack – Aftersun
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“Aftersun” is a Massive Attack track with guest vocals from Dot Allison, heard exclusively during the end credits of the 2004 Jet Li starring film Danny The Dog.
Dot Allison had
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Massive Attack – Eurochild
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“Eurochild” is the second of the two songs on Protection to feature Massive Attack collaborator Tricky. The title refers to the then newly-formed European Union.
The song’s
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Massive Attack – Man Next Door
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More than likely, “Man Next Door” is a product mostly of Daddy G’s desire to do a reggae cover. The reggae cover ended up being Jamaican reggae singer’s John Holt’s “I’ve Got To
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Massive Attack – Lately
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[Verse 1] / Summertime always gives me the blues / Thinking about the things we used to do / Watching lovers in the park making love so free / And now I realize there's only me / [
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Massive Attack (Ft. Young Fathers) – Voodoo in My Blood
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“Voodoo in My Blood” is the third track of the Extended Play Ritual Spirit by the English trip hop group Massive Attack, released on January 28, 2016 under the label Virgin Records
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Massive Attack – Joy Luck Club
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It's here, it's here / It's here (i don't see [god/you/y'all/all]?) / Its here it's here (follow) / It's here (follow) / Holy here-ahhaah (i don't see all) / Holy healer / Keep up
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Massive Attack (Ft. Tunde Adebimpe) – Pray For Rain
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“Pray For Rain” is the first track off of Brit trip-hop duo Massive Attack’s latest album Heligoland (2010). Tunder Adebimpe of TV on the Radio provides monotonic, yet somehow
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Massive Attack (Ft. Hope Sandoval) – Paradise Circus
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“Paradise Circus” was the first single of the 2010 Album Heligoland. Its poetic-sounding title refers, rather unpoetically, to a roundabout in central Birmingham.
The song is well
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