- US Placers
Infobox Single
Name = Us Placers
Artist =Child Rebel Soldier
from Album =Child Rebel Soldier
Released =May 25 ,2007
Format =
Recorded =
Genre =Alternative Rap
Length = 3:54
Label =G.O.O.D. Music /1st & 15th /Star Trak
Writer = Wasalu Muhammad Jaco,Kanye West ,Pharrell Williams ,Thom Yorke
Producer =Lupe Fiasco
Chart position =
Last single = -
This single = "US Placers" (2007)
Next single = "Everyone Nose (Remix)""Us Placers" is the debut single of
Child Rebel Soldier , a supergroup consisting of rap artistsLupe Fiasco ,Kanye West andPharrell Williams . The song contains a prominent sample ofThom Yorke 's "The Eraser", incorporating the song's signature piano loops along with a vocal sample of Yorke's refrain for the chorus. The track appears on Kanye's "Can't Tell Me Nothing" mixtape and has circulated throughout the internet.cite web |url=http://www.datpiff.com/Kanye-West-Cant-Tell-Me-Nothing---The-Official-Mix-mid4750.html|title=Kanye West - Cant Tell Me Nothing - The Official Mixtape|publisher= Plain Pat] Having been released on an exclusive mixtape, the song didn't enter the charts but managed to become listed at #43 on "Rolling Stone "'s list of the 100 Best Songs of 2007. [No byline ( December 11 ,2007 ). [http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/17601363/the_100_best_songs_of_2007/11 "The 100 Best Songs of 2007"] "Rolling Stone". Retrieved2007-12-21 ]Music video
Though the group has yet to release a music video for the song, an uncommissioned video was produced by a director under the name of Vashtie. [ [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-xz8FXgLpI4 va$htie - "Us Placers" by Lupe, Kanye & Pharrell (CRS)] ] The music video features child impersonators standing respectively in for Lupe, Kanye, Pharrell, and even Thom Yorke who act out scenes described in the song's lyrics. Despite its low-budget, unofficial nature, the video was very well-received, garnering nearly one million views on
YouTube alone. It has since gone on to have caught the attention of Kanye West, who expressed his affinity by posting the video up on his official blog. [ [http://www.kanyeuniversecity.com/blog/?em3106=0_-1__-1_~-1_-1_05_2008_0_0 Kanye West: Blog] ]References
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