'n' Dey Say

Infobox Single
Name = 'n' Dey Say


Artist = Nelly
from Album = Suit
B-side =
Released = May 23, 2005
Format = CD single
Recorded =
Genre = Rap
Length = 3:37
Label = Universal Records
Writer = C. Haynes
G. Kemp
J. Bridges
Producer = HSI Productions
Certification =
Last single = "Over and Over"
(2004)
This single = "'n' Dey Say"
(2005)
Next single = "Errtime"
(2005)

"'n' Dey Say" is a single by Nelly, released in 2005, from the album "Suit". In the UK it came up to number 6 in the chart, but 64 in the U.S chart. The song uses a musical sample of "True" by Spandau Ballet.

The video directed by Chris Robinson presents comparison of different lifestyles while putting an accent on their similarities (like war is equal with street gang rivalries in the civil life). It is brought into effect with a comic like city background with strong strokes that seems like a merge of a photo and a drawing. This "in-between" feeling is realized by masking the background with a non life-like orange pattern. Using Bluescreen technology to separate the actors/artists from the background the performers remain realistic and stand out from the whole picture. The casting includes Gabriel Casseus (from "Lockdown") as the patron of a homeless and Faune A. Chambers (from "White Chicks") as the mourning widow and the St. Lunatics as cameos.

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References

* [http://www.mvdbase.com/video.php?id=39325 Music Video Database]