Coming up at 07:30 #VersionXcursion Labi Siffre #MySong Vs Kanye West #iwonder Labi Siffre (born 25 June 1945) is a British poet, songwriter, musician, and singer. Born the fourth of five children, at Queen Charlottes Hospital in Hammersmith, London to a British mother of Barbadian–Belgian descent and a Nigerian father, Siffre was brought up in Bayswater and Hampstead and educated at a Catholic independent day school, St Benedicts School, in Ealing, west London. Despite his Catholic education Siffre has stated that he has always been an atheist. Studio albums Labi Siffre (1970) The Singer and the Song (1971) Crying Laughing Loving Lying (1972) For the Children (1973) Remember My Song (1975) Happy (1975) So Strong (1988) Man of Reason (1991) The Last Songs (1998) Monument (Spoken Word) (1998) The Last Songs (Re-mastered) (2006) My Song is from his album Crying Laughing Loving Lying is the 1972 release by Labi Siffre. All songs written, performed and produced by Labi Siffre. The album was recorded at Chappells in London. The record contains two of Labis best known songs: It Must Be Love (No. 14, 1971) (later covered by and a No. 4 hit for Madness, for which Siffre himself appeared in the video) and Crying Laughing Loving Lying (No. 11, 1972). Both It Must Be Love and Crying Laughing Loving Lying were released as singles in the U.S. by Bell Records but failed to chart. The album was never released in the U.S. Kanye Omari West born June 8, 1977) is an American rapper, songwriter, record producer, film director, entrepreneur, and fashion designer. West first gained prominence as a producer for Roc-A-Fella Records; he achieved recognition for his work on rapper Jay-Zs The Blueprint (2001), as well as hit singles for musical artists including Alicia Keys, Ludacris, and Janet Jackson. His style of production originally used high-pitched vocal samples from soul songs incorporated with his own drums and instruments. In 2007 Yeezy released his third studio album Graduation. It was released on September 11, 2007 on Roc-A-Fella Records. Kanye Wests album holds a song by the name of I Wonder in which he samples Siffres My Song from this album. The re-mastered album was released on CD in 2006 by EMI featuring 6 bonus tracks and liner notes by Labi Siffre. #BridgingtheGAP
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