Love.Live.Life
Love.Live.Life is the third studio album to be released by British hip hop group N-Dubz, released on 29 November 2010, as a collaboration by All Around the World and Island Records. Following the release of the album the group announced an indefinite hiatus to focus on all three individual solo projects.
Background
"We'll never use American accents. I hate [it] when singers go [over] there and do that. You lose respect from British fans."
The group began recording the album following the success of Against All Odds. Following the success of the group's MOBO Award-winning single "Playing with Fire", the group announced that they would be embarking on a trip to the United States in an attempt to secure a record deal for themselves there. The group, however, were banned from travelling to the country because of visa issues which were later resolved in early February.Def Jam Recordings boss L.A. Reid, a big N-Dubz fan, then arranged a meeting with the group with the intention of signing the trio to his label. In May 2010, it was announced that the group had secured a five-album recording deal with Def Jam, and that they would be flying to Los Angeles to record their third studio album with American producers Dr. Luke and Jim Jonsin. The group recorded the album with American producers Salaam Remi, Jean Baptiste Kouame and Jim Jonsin on the album who are well known for their work with the likes of Amy Winehouse, The Black Eyed Peas and Beyoncé Knowles. The producers recording with the album issues with the group's British slang on the tracks and as a result the group improved their vocabulary but put their creative foot down and in the end lost none of their roots on the album. Words like "Blood" and "You get me?" were removed from the final edit of the album, but the group's trademark phrase "Na, na, niii" remained as the group did not want to lose the respect they had earned from their British fans. The making of the album was released on DVD.
Podcasts:
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by Matt Easton
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by Youth Brigade
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by Crush 40
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by Amanda Walker
Live Life
by: Matt Easton[Verse 1: Matt Easton]
So it's like Monday, yeah 10 AM, and I'm
Realizing I'm about to do this all again
Get out of bed, grab my books and a pen
Headed to astrology, leaving Earth on the rag
49 cent Jimmy John's bread
Allowing me to save my money just to party instead
Yeah Bacardi and bread, Rhino already dead
A Wednesday night we do it right, wake up and do it again
Uh, I make my ass go to class, strolling on the grass
Backpack strapped, always passing back facts on the napkins
Tilt it down, flat-brim
Getting every answer right up on the section of the matching
After class, pop the Mac and find a chill spot
To pack Vesuvius, so I'm fluent on the track
Then I hit the sack, hearing jazz like the Rat Pack
Dreams of hi-hats and rata-tat-tats
Like that, yeah, I like that, add scratchin' and action
Some music I can snap at
Saying peace to the weak, hearing beats in my sleep
Feet tappin' up and down, yes I catch a couple z's
[Hook] (x2)
(Yeah, that's the way we live life)
Livin' life, livin' life, living mine
(Yeah, that's the way we live life)
Livin' life, livin' life, like I shine
(Yeah, that's the way we live life)
Livin' life, livin' life, livin' life
(Yeah, that's the way we live life)
Livin' life, livin' life, livin' life
[Hook] (x2)
Na na na na (Uh)
Na na na na na na (I like this)
Na na na na na na (I like that)
Na na na na na na (A-bring it back, bring it back)
[Verse 2: Matt Easton]
Friday around 10 PM, and I'm
Realizing we're about to do this all again
So I, throw down a 5 before the Friday flies by
Bout to buy a couple bottles, pre-gaming with just the guys (no homo)
Or getting high, taking my time looking fly
With the fly tie, bout to fly by, sittin' a mile high
Bringing style to the skyline, all the time
Here comes the weekend, filled with lots of drinkin'
From experience, this is where my level weakens
Plus on top of that, add a whole bunch of cheifin'
Mixin' chemicals, chemistry is what we're teachin'
Featuring 1138, all season
Posted up deep, digging the ladies sitting next to us
Right of us, left of us, I be ambidextrous
When I step in the room, panties hit the ground
I guess when I dress up, all the ladies dress down
Even with the same pristine routine, I find myself exploring
A-wa-a-weaving outta dreams, and even though
I do the same damn things it's the people making the pattern
Making it worth standing
[Hook] (x2)