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Lay You Down
"Lay You Down" is a song by American R&B recording artist Usher. It was written by himself, Rico Love and Dwayne Nesmith, and produced by the latter two. It was released to urban radio on September 28, 2010 in the United States, as the third and final single from Usher's EP, Versus, which is an extension of his sixth studio album, Raymond v. Raymond. "Lay You Down" is an R&B song, that takes influence from pop musician Prince. The song received positive reviews from critics, who praised its production and Usher's vocals, noting the track as a stand-out from Versus. It entered the US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, and peaked at number fifty-six.
Background and composition
"Lay You Down" was written by Usher, Rico Love and Dwayne Nesmith, and produced by the latter two. Additional vocals were contributed by Love, and keyboard and programming was done by Nesmith. The song was recorded by Ian Cross at Midnight Blue Studios in Miami, Florida and mixed by Rob Marks at Circle House Studios. "Lay You Down" is an R&B song with a length of four minutes and three seconds. In an interview with music video website Vevo, Usher explained that the song is a "classic R&B baby maker". Sara Anderson of AOL wrote that it opens "with improvisational, high-pitched 'ooohs' and base-driven synth beats." The song was released as the third and final single from Versus, an extended play released as an extension of his sixth studio album, Raymond v. Raymond (2010).
Careless World: Rise of the Last King
Careless World: Rise of the Last King is the second studio album by American rapper Tyga. It is his first album under a major label after his independent release, No Introduction. Production for the album took place during 2009 to 2012 and was handled by Jess Jackson, Arthur McArthur, Pharrell Williams, Boi-1da, and Noah "40" Shebib, among others. The album was released on February 21, 2012 on Young Money Entertainment, Cash Money Records, and Universal Republic Records. The album endured several release dates due to sampling credits, and experienced a limited release in retail stores due to an uncredited use of Martin Luther King Jr.'s, I Have a Dream speech. Despite the limited release, the album received strong digital downloads, and debuted at number four on the US Billboard 200 chart, selling 61,000 copies in its first week. The album has received generally positive reviews from music critics upon release.
Release and promotion
Singles
The album's lead single, "Far Away" featuring Chris Richardson was released on May 17, 2011. The song peaked at number 86 on the US Billboard Hot 100. The album's second single, "Still Got It" featuring Drake was released on October 4, 2011. The song peaked at number 89 on the US Billboard Hot 100.
Kobe
Kobe (神戸市 Kōbe-shi, Japanese pronunciation: [koːꜜbe]) is the sixth-largest city in Japan and is the capital city of Hyōgo Prefecture. It is located on the southern side of the main island of Honshū, on the north shore of Osaka Bay and about 30 km (19 mi) west of Osaka. With a population around 1.5 million, the city is part of the Keihanshin metropolitan area along with Osaka and Kyoto.
The earliest written records regarding the region come from the Nihon Shoki, which describes the founding of the Ikuta Shrine by Empress Jingū in AD 201. For most of its history, the area was never a single political entity, even during the Tokugawa Period, when the port was controlled directly by the Tokugawa Shogunate. Kobe did not exist in its current form until its founding in 1889. Its name comes from "kanbe" (神戸), an archaic title for supporters of the city's Ikuta Shrine. Kobe became one of Japan's 17 designated cities in 1956.
Kobe was one of the cities to open for trade with the West following the 1853 end of the policy of seclusion and has since been known as a cosmopolitan port city. While the 1995 Great Hanshin earthquake diminished much of Kobe's prominence as a port city, it remains Japan's fourth busiest container port. Companies headquartered in Kobe include ASICS, Kawasaki Heavy Industries, and Kobe Steel, as well as over 100 international corporations with Asian or Japanese headquarters in the city such as Eli Lilly and Company, Procter & Gamble, Boehringer Ingelheim, and Nestlé. The city is the point of origin and namesake of Kobe beef, as well as the site of one of Japan's most famous hot spring resorts, Arima Onsen.
Kobe (disambiguation)
Kobe or KOBE may refer to:
Places
- Kobe beef, traditionally raised beef from the prefecture surrounding Kobe in Japan
People
- Kobe Doin' Work, Spike Lee's documentary film focused on Kobe Bryant
- "Kobe Bryant" (song), a song by Lil Wayne written for Kobe Bryant
Other
Language education
Language education is the teaching and learning of a foreign or second language. Language education is a branch of applied linguistics.
Need for language education
Increasing globalization has created a large need for people in the workforce who can communicate in multiple languages. The uses of common languages are in areas such as trade, tourism, international relations, technology, media, and science. Many countries such as Korea (Kim Yeong-seo, 2009), Japan (Kubota, 1998) and China (Kirkpatrick & Zhichang, 2002) frame education policies to teach at least one foreign language at the primary and secondary school levels. However, some countries such as India, Singapore, Malaysia, Pakistan, and the Philippines use a second official language in their governments. According to GAO (2010), China has recently been putting enormous importance on foreign language learning, especially the English language.
History of foreign language education
Ancient to medieval period
Although the need to learn foreign languages is older than human history itself, the origins of modern language education are in the study and teaching of Latin in the 17th century. Latin had for many centuries been the dominant language of education, commerce, religion, and government in much of the Western world, but it was displaced by French, Italian, and English by the end of the 16th century. John Amos Comenius was one of many people who tried to reverse this trend. He composed a complete course for learning Latin, covering the entire school curriculum, culminating in his Opera Didactica Omnia, 1657.
Radio Stations - Kōbe-shi
Podcasts:
Kobe
ALBUMS
- Made of Water released: 2003
Kobe
ALBUMS
- ShadyXV released: 2014
- Dream.Zone.Achieve released: 2014
- Trill O.G.: The Epilogue released: 2013
- No Love Lost released: 2013
- Destiny released: 2012
- A Loose Quarter released: 2012
- California Republic released: 2012
- Shady XV released: 2011
- The Soul Controller released: 2011
- Dirty Pretty Things released: 2011
- At Your Inconvenience released: 2011
- Doggumentary released: 2011
- Give the Drummer Some released: 2011
- The Science of Self: The Best of DJ Khalil released: 2010
- There Is No Competition 2: The Funeral Service released: 2010
- Recovery released: 2010
- Gang Mentality released: 2009
- The Leak Mixtape, Volume 4 released: 2009
- Loso's Way released: 2009
- Block Obama II released: 2008
- Fight Night released:
Dream.Zone.Achieve
Released 2014- Dream
- Count Me In
- Ghost of Dipset
- City of Dreams
- Jigga Flow
- Fhvt Bvsturd
- 9Eleven
- Pull Your Skirt Down (interlude)
- Hearses
- I Don't Know
- Zone
- Legends in the Making (Ashtray, Part 2)
- Pass Off
- Robin Givens
- It Ain't About the Money (interlude)
- Errthang Valid
- Tropicana Roses
- Maybe
- Puzzle of Life
- Black Independence
- Achieve
California Republic
Released 2012- God Speed
- Red Bottom Boss
- The Drill
- Hit the J
- Mean Muggin
- Yonkers Freestyle Base
- Death Penalty
- Bottles and Rockin J's (remix)
- Tonight
- Greystone
- Pussy Money Weed
- Gone Ahead
- Now That I'm Paid
- Skate On
- When My Niggas Come Home
- It Must Be Tough
- She Want to Have My Baby
- Come Up
- Cats and Dogs
- The Logo
- The Best Revenge
- They Don't Want None
- Bills Is Paid
- Roll My Shit
The Science of Self: The Best of DJ Khalil
Released 2010- The Underrated Intro
- Kinda Like a Big Deal
- Da Shit
- Candy Bar
- All Said & Done
- Best Part
- Fear
- Lay You Down
- A Million
- Bitches on My Dick
- Ain't My Fault
- Yacht Music
- I Made It
- Jetski
- Klack
- The One
- I Still Kill
- King Kong
- I'm Comin
- Footsteps
- Imma Do It
- Never Fallin
- Better on the Other Side
- Esco Lets Go
- City Lights
- Live & Breath
- Never Let It Go
- Too Soon
- Bonus (Clubbas Pick)
- There Was a Murder
- Another Soldier
Fight Night
- All She Wrote (solo version)
- Magic
- Where I'm At
- Love the Way You Lie
- I Need a Doctor
- 2010 Freestyle
- The Warning
- All She Wrote (album version)
- Celebrity (original version)
- Echo
- Session One
- Despicable Freestyle
- Love the Way You Lie, Part II (mastered)
- Living Proof
- Talking to Myself (SMU mix)
- Ridaz
- All She Wrote (mastered)
- I Feel Pretty (Roman's Revenge) (alternate version)
Kobe
ALBUMS
- The Loneliest Link in a Very Strange Chain released: 2005
- Summoning of the Muse: A Tribute to Dead Can Dance released: 2005
- Eclectica, Volume Two released: 2003
- Butoh released: 2000
Eclectica, Volume Two
Released 2003- Pale (remix)
- Ashes Falling (Hyper-Magma mix)
- Nature (Cream of the Crop mix)
- R'lyeh Rerisen (original version)
- In the Dark (remix)
- Finale
- Momentary Vision
- The Chattering Man (The Mad Artist's Sketch)
- My Shadow, Your Ghost (Time Travelers mix)
- Suspended
- Butterfly Wings (edit)
- A Song for Sosaja
- Lotus (Slippers in the Snow mix)
Butoh
Released 2000- Primary
- Words That Lay Buried Forever
- As a Mirror (dance Hall mix)
- The Unaware (Smooth Motion mix)
- Chrysalis
- Morpheus (Repraise)
- Vessel of the Incubi
- Damnation
- Midnight (Dancing There)
- Moebius Stripped (There's Always Tomorrow mix)
- Blue Darkness (Inverse mix)
- Secrets of Death
- Angels (The Tortoises Are Nodding mix)
- Aftermath
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by Sara Melson
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by Rangers
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by G-Unit
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by In Essence
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by Skints
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by Gerald Levert
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by Jagged Edge
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by Tony Yayo
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by Usher
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by 50 Cent
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by Cutting Jade
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by Jermaine Dupri
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by Erick Right
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by Tyga
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by Sean Garrett
Lay You Down
by: Sara MelsonWhen your eyes met mine
The room was still
Inside our circle
In the eye of the storm
You ask to be reborn
To lay you down
Well, I will
Lay you down, in silence easy
Yes I will
It's all right
Later tonight
I'll gonna lay you down
It's all right
Later on tonight
I'm gonna lay you down
I love the way you hit the bass, you're gone
Your eyes turned up into your faraway face
Your mouth was open, and so was mine
You rock my world, you ease my mind
It's all right
Later tonight
I'm gonna lay you down
It's all right
Later tonight
I'll lay you down
In silence easy
Yes I would
It's alright
Later tonight
I'm gonna lay you down
It's alright
Cuz later on tonight
I'm gonna lay you down
In silence easy
Yes I will