"Big Blue (MURO's KG Remix Part 2)" is Japanese hip-hop group Shakkazombie's MURO remix of their 1999 single featuring Lupe Fiasco. It was released on March 23, 2022, dedicated in memory of member Takeshi "Big-O" Osumi (1973-2021), who passed away from sepsis.[1][2]
Fiasco had collaborated with Osumi and Hidehiro "Ignition Man" Iguchi for Swagger with his clothing brand, Trilly & Truly. He shared that he first met the duo in New York during the mid-2000s.[3] Fiasco had also done a musical collaboration with Big-O on the 2007 song, "City Wings," from the Straight to Next Door album.
Personnel[]
- Hidehiro "Ignition Man" Iguchi – vocals, writer
- Murota "Muro" Takayoshi – remixer, recording arranger, producer
- Shinji "Tsutchie" Tsuchida – vocals, writer
- Takeshi "Big-O" Osumi – vocals, writer
- Wasalu "Lupe Fiasco" Jaco – vocals, writer
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Lyrics[]
[Intro: Lupe Fiasco]
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Lupe!
Yeah, yeah, yeah (Blue sky), yeah, yeah
(Red carpet)
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Uh huh
Yeah, yeah, uh
[Verse 1: Lupe Fiasco]
By the way, at the time, we was lookin' fly
On the magazine covers, love you like a brother
Now you hover way above us in that blue sky
Phenomenal swagger, that's the crew, right?
Tokyo to Chi, Chi to Tokyo
Two sides to every coin, where we both of those
Shabu-shabu on the late night, we mix it up
Rip a stage, strike a pose, let them flick it up
Picture us, are a [?] but our hustles
And similar struggles to mob bubble
You kept it Trilly Trill
You let that beat ride
You helped the movie film, you rep that Eastside
Only rappers know what rapper plight
What we be rappin' 'bout, what we rappin' like
We know that life is a gift, that's why we wrap it nice
Yeah, uh
The nicest rapper I know, O
Shakkazombies don't die, they come back from the afterlife
Where they appetite, right
You always had your City Wings, now you a saint with a soul
References[]
- ↑ Wetherille, Kelly (February 3, 2021). "Takeshi Osumi, Designer of Mistergentleman, Dies at 47". WWD.
- ↑ Leung, Ambrose (February 3, 2021). "Mistergentleman, Phenomenon Founder Takeshi "Big-O" Osumi Dies at Age 47". Hypebeast.
- ↑ "Lupe Fiasco Special Interview on BIG-O (Short Ver.)". YouTube. March 22, 2022.