Attualmente Monica è in studio di registrazione per dare il tocco finale al suo nuovo disco di prossima uscita. Il fatto che compaia nel nuovo album di Ludacris ha una sua chiave di lettura. Di solito questo è uno dei tanti modi per annunciare il suo rientro in scena, un ritorno imminente ed io (ovviamente) oltre ad esserne fiero, non vedo l’ora di stringere tra le mani il suo nuovo progetto.
“Ocean Skies” vede collaborare nuovamente i due artisti dopo l’esperienza di “Can’t Live With You”, canzone contenuta nel disco di Ludacris “Battle of the Sexes”, pubblicato nel 2010. Una cooperazione che si rinnova abbiamo detto, disponibile nel nuovo progetto discografico del Rapper Statunitense, in uscita il 30 Marzo 2015.
Il compito di “Ludaversal” (al suo interno troviamo tra gli altri collaborazioni con Usher, CeeLo Green e John Legend) è quello di riprendersi la popolarità ottenuta nel 2003 da “Stand Up”, una canzone contenuta nel quarto album “Chicken & Beer”, prodotto da Kanye West e co-prodotta dallo stesso Ludacris.
Fu la prima canzone di Ludacris ad arrivare nella prima posizione della Billboard 100 diventando il brano di maggior successo nel mondo nel 2003.
Ovviamente prima di preparare questo post ho ascoltato il disco e volutamente evito di dare impressioni in merito, rimettendo a voi le vostre impressioni. Per cui evidenzio un dato che la dice lunga sul suo curriculum. Ludacris ha venduto 15 milioni di dischi negli Stati Uniti e 20 milioni in tutto il mondo. È uno dei pochi rapper ad avere più singoli nella 1ª posizione della Billboard Hot 100.
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Testo
Rest in peace Wayne Bridges,
You’re still living through me
Listen!
Look, I lost my father to the bottle
I’d hug the man today like I might not see him tomorrow
Got a little sorrow for a lifetime
‘Cause when he was living I’m thinking how do I get him to listen
When he was seldom in his right mind
My early years I was too young to understand
But I remember the smell of beer and seeing all the empty cans
Waking up, crying in the night, hearing arguments
Hands off my momma, somehow I knew he was the cause of it
Got a little owe to anyone, got a little worse
Drinking must be his remedy, he got a little cursed
Well, tell me what’s the cure for a man who misses past
The beat goes on, but the drinking’ gotta stop!
[Monica verse: ]
If I had to know I wouldn’t see you tomorrow
I would’ve had you hold to your heart, and put your love in a bottle, hey
But now you got me proved, got that thing gone after sorrow
Wishing every day you were here with me
But now that you’re gone, I lost my heart to the bottle, to the bottle
Ooh oh oh
Yeah, I lost my father to the bottle,
Function and alcoholics what they call it far as I know
Became a teenager and started to understand,
But even through drinks he still taught me to be a man
So before the hospital, when the paramedics rest him
He knew that everybody who met him, instantly loved him
I run the con concerts ?? made him even sicker
‘Cause who gon’ tell him he can’t drink none of his son’s liquor
And tell me how without my father am I supposed to manage?!
He had the biggest heart, but had so much of liver damage
Tell me what’s the cure for a man who misses past?!
The beat goes on, but the drinking’ gotta stop!
[Monica verse: ]
If I had to know I wouldn’t see you tomorrow
I would’ve had you hold to your heart, and put your love in a bottle, hey
But now you got me proved, got that thing gone after sorrow
Wishing every day you were here with me
But now that you’re gone, I lost my heart to the bottle, to the bottle
Ooh oh oh
Not a day goes by that I don’t miss ya, and don’t wish you here with me
No matter what you did, I forgive you!
I lost my father to the bottle,
Tell your parents you love ’em
You might not see them tomorrow!
I swallow my pride, try to put my problems aside
But I feel so hollow inside
Gotta keep my eyes on the prize,
‘Cause I’m steady wishing you were here
and see the goals that I plan to reach
You left the day after I put you into my Grammy speech
It’s almost like you waited just to see me win,
Well, pops I can’t wait till the day we meet!
[Monica verse: ]
If I had to know I wouldn’t see you tomorrow
I would’ve had you hold to your heart, and put your love in a bottle, hey
But now you got me proved, got that thing gone after sorrow
Wishing every day you were here with me
But now that you’re gone, I lost my heart to the bottle, to the bottle
I can’t get over you you you, hey
Love in a bottle, hey heyyy
Oh, I miss you!
I wanna see you tomorrow
I wanna see you again
I wanna see you tomorrow
I miss you, you you you you
I love you, you you you