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"Ultralight Axle"
Song by Kanye West
from the anthology The Life of Pablo
Released February 14, 2016 (2016-02-xiv)
Recorded 2015–2016
Genre Hip hop
Length 5:21
Label
  • Skillful Music
  • Def Jam
Songwriter(s)
  • Kanye West
  • Mike Dean
  • Kelly Toll
  • Terius Nash
  • Nico Segal
  • Kirk Franklin
  • Kasseem Dean
  • Chancelor Bennett
  • Noah Goldstein
  • Jerome Potter
  • Samuel Griesemer
  • Cydel Young
  • Derek Watkins
Producer(due south)
  • Kanye West
  • Mike Dean
  • Take a chance the Rapper
  • Swizz Beatz

"Ultralight Beam" is a vocal by American recording creative person Kanye W from his seventh studio album The Life of Pablo (2016). The song features vocals by R&B singers The-Dream and Kelly Price, rapper Take a chance the Rapper, gospel vocalist Kirk Franklin and a 10-slice choir, with boosted vocals by Natalie Greenish and Samoria Green. Information technology was first performed live on Saturday Dark Live in February 2016.

The vocal, heavily influenced by soul and gospel music, is nearly Westward'south faith in God. Its recording procedure, as described past producer Derek Watkins, took place over multiple jam sessions, where some of West'due south regular collaborators, including Mike Dean, were involved. Other individuals who participated included Watkins, producer Swizz Beatz and vocalist Justin Bieber, whose contributions were omitted from the final recording. In an interview, Watkins describes the "ultralight axle" as "the connection that goes straight to heaven."[one] The song'south opening is taken from a video uploaded to the social media site Instagram of a four-year-old girl named Natalie Light-green talking about God.

Since beingness released, "Ultralight Axle" has received universal acclaim from music critics, who complimented its message and performances. Run a risk the Rapper was singled out with praise for his performance. It charted in the U.s., the United Kingdom, New Zealand, Ireland, and Canada in 2016. The song was nominated for the Grammy Accolade for All-time Rap/Sung Performance and All-time Rap Song at the 59th Annual Grammy Awards in 2017. The song appeared on year-end lists for 2022 by multiple publications, including Complex and Consequence of Audio. In 2019, Pitchfork and Rolling Stone both listed it amidst the best songs of the 2010s.

The song has since been performed by both West and Chance the Rapper in concert. Despite never having been released as a unmarried, it has left a significant legacy. The song has been covered past other artists including Harry Styles, Stormzy, Austin Gleason and Local Natives. A reinterpretation of the song, produced by Due west, was released by the Dominicus Service Choir in 2019.

Groundwork and recording [edit]

American producer Swizz Beatz standing in a park

According to writer and producer Derek Watkins, better known as Fonzworth Bentley, the song originated afterward he arrived at an L.A. studio and heard Mike Dean playing the song'southward chords.[ane] The drums were programmed by Swizz Beatz several days after. Watkins and Manifestly Pat retrieved some tambourines and held an impromptu jam session with Kanye Westward and Chance the Rapper. The tambourines from this session are on the song'due south final mix.[ane] The group was joined by Justin Bieber and his collaborator Poo Acquit. A freestyle was initiated by Westward.[1] [ii] The song's melody and the lyrics "this is an ultralight axle" were sung by West and Chance the Rapper during this freestyle. Co-ordinate to Watkins, many of West's patterns and words during the freestyle ended up in his final poetry.[i] The 2 were joined by Bieber, who sang a cappella. Bieber's participation was commencement revealed by Chance the Rapper, and later confirmed by Fonzworth Bentley in an interview with The Fader.[1] However, he does not appear on the concluding version of the song.[2]

Watkins began editing the freestyle at West'south request. As he was editing, he "heard" Kelly Price and Kirk Franklin in a choir and knew they had to be on the track. Watkins told W and contacted Price and Franklin. He told Price about the concept of the "ultralight beam."[i] Price said Watkins sent her the rails and told her to "write what you experience."[3] She felt the connectedness betwixt the contributors was "spiritual."[iii] Watkins chosen Franklin and had him wing to 50.A. to tape his poetry. When he was in the studio with the choir, Franklin taught every fellow member their parts in 7 minutes.[1] After the choir had performed, Franklin and Toll recorded their parts. Chance the Rapper knew the lyrics to his verse. He put headphones on and penned it out.[1] Co-ordinate to Watkins, the vocal was not officially complete until The Life of Pablo 's release. The song, like its parent album, was viewed as "a working document." He stated, "you don't hear the last version of it until information technology is available for purchase."[1]

In an interview, producers Samo Sound Boy and DJ Dodger Stadium (DJDS) said they both contributed to songs on The Life of Pablo, including "Ultralight Axle", a month before the album's release.[4] On the final release, Same Audio Boy is credited every bit a author and DJ Dodger Stadium is credited as both a author and producer.[5]

Limerick and lyrics [edit]

"Ultralight Axle" is a hip hop song with elements of soul and gospel music.[1] [6] [7] The song has one official sample credit, a video uploaded to the social media site Instagram by user @sheisnatalie of a four-twelvemonth-onetime girl named Natalie Greenish talking well-nigh God.[8] In the video, she says, "We don't desire no devils in the house, God!", followed by: "We want the Lord, and that's information technology!" The clip is used as the vocal's intro.[9] The girl's adoptive parents sued West on February 8, 2019, claiming in court documents that although the sample was cleared past her biological mother, she was non authorized to give permission for its use.[ten]

Later on the Instagram sample, West sings his poetry, with assistance from The-Dream. Kelly Cost provides the 3rd poesy and Take a chance the Rapper raps the 4th verse. The song ends with Westward, the choir, and gospel singer Kirk Franklin.[i] In his poetry West talks about his relationship with and his faith in God.[eleven] In her verse, Price asks her ain questions about God, but ultimately knows when her faith is tested she tin look towards "the light" and everything volition be alright.[11] In his verse, the longest on the song, Chance the Rapper speaks near his relationship with God, his daughter, and his life growing up in Chicago.[eleven] He besides comments on Spike Lee'south film Chi-Raq (2015), whose premise he has openly spoken out against.[eleven] Explaining the lyrics: "You can feel the lyrics, the spirit coming in braille/Tubman of the underground, come and follow the trail," Chance the Rapper wrote: "The Tubman line refers to my own leadership of all other artists towards independence and freedom."[12]

Watkins, Toll, and Chance the Rapper have spoken out about the song's pregnant. In an interview with The Fader, Derek Watkins describes the "ultralight beam" as "the connection that goes straight to heaven."[1] Watkins continued, "This is the matter that people say is intangible, that people try to wrap their heads around. A lot of different people articulate it in different ways, merely information technology just made sense in the manner that Kanye said it."[1] Chance the Rapper has said that "'Ultralight Beam' is about West's religion in God. Whenever he'southward downwardly or feels he can't fight anymore, he searches for the lite and knows, in God's hands, everything will be alright."[xiii] Price has praised the track, calling it "a street parable."[3] Cost continued, "I can heed to it and hear messages of injure, shame, anger, and fright, and then I tin turn around and run across hope, faith, redemption, compassion, rejuvenation, forgiveness, and getting upwardly from a fall."[i]

Release and promotion [edit]

"Ultralight Axle" was released on February xiv, 2016, as the first track on W's seventh studio anthology The Life of Pablo.[5] [14] The day before, West performed the song on Saturday Dark Live with Chance the Rapper, Kirk Franklin, The-Dream, Kelly Cost and a gospel choir.[xv] The functioning received positive reviews from critics, with many commenting on Chance the Rapper's verse. Matt Wilstein of The Daily Beast said that he "ended up stealing the show with his fire poesy."[16] Jon Caramanica of The New York Times described the functioning equally "stirring" and "of uncommon intensity and vision."[17] Price, in particular, has praised the functioning considering of her "spiritual connection" to the song.[iii] Two days before the anthology's release, a handwritten track list had been tweeted past West. Information technology showed the song was called "Ultra Light Beams" rather than "Ultralight Beam" every bit it was titled on the official release.[xviii] Take chances the Rapper revealed the song was originally slated to be the closing track to The Life of Pablo rather than the album'south opener.[12]

On Easter 2016, West shared the SoundCloud link to an alternative version of the vocal, titled "Ultralight Prayer", via Twitter and wished everyone a happy Easter in his tweet.[19] Run a risk the Rapper is not present on the two-infinitesimal long alternate gospel version sung by Franklin.[19] When Westward traveled to Iceland with The Kardashians in April 2016, it had been rumored he was either filming a music video for "Ultralight Beam" or another album rail, "Highlights". His married woman Kim Kardashian and her sister Khloé Kardashian confirmed West filmed a video for "Highlights".[20] Kim released Ultra Lite Beam Highlighters for KKW Beauty in November 2017, as an "unexpected tribute" to her married man's song of the same proper noun.[21] This marked the showtime time West was function of KKW Dazzler. It was non the first connexion between his music and Kim's brand. She featured prominently on some of the merchandise for W'south Saint Pablo Tour.[21] The proper name pick was praised by fans beyond Twitter.[21]

Critical reception [edit]

Chance the Rapper performing live in 2017

Chance the Rapper has received widespread acclaim for his performance on the song, with his verse described by one critic as a "clear highlight."[22]

The vocal has received universal acclaim from music critics. David Jeffries of AllMusic called the song a "masterpiece."[xiv] Jeffries felt "[information technology] represents the celestial side, offer a complicated emotional ride with the Gospel of Kirk Franklin fueling the song's jaw-dropping climax."[14] Slate 's Forrest Wickman described the track every bit signaling listeners that "[The Life of Pablo] volition be the anti-Yeezus."[22] Ray Rahman from Entertainment Weekly praised the performances and viewed the song as a "powerful" and "electric opening rail."[23] Writing for The Guardian, Alexis Petridis looked at the song as not feeling "episodic so much equally fractured."[24]

Many critics accept commented upon Chance the Rapper's verse and performance on the runway.[25] [26] Wickman called him "a articulate highlight".[22] Brian Josephs of Spin wrote that, "Run a risk'south performance on "Ultralight Beam" was arguably his strongest" operation of 2016, on tiptop of his own critically acclaimed mixtape Coloring Book.[26] Complex called Chance the Rapper's verse ane of the best rap verses of 2022 describing it as "dexterous and forceful" noting it is "more than a star turn, it's the kind of performance legacies are built on."[25] Ryan Dombal of Pitchfork besides praised Chance'south the Rapper verse, writing, "In one virtuosic poesy, Gamble raps his redemption, how he was saved past God, by Kanye, past his infant girl. He's giddy, young. 'Ugh, I'm just having fun with it,' he glows as a swell of brass joins his exaltation. So those aforementioned horns dissipate, leaving Kanye lonely with his clangorous choir over again."[6] Okayplayer listed Adventure the Rapper's poetry among the 25 best rap verses of the 2010s, with the verse being ranked at number 16.[27] Amusement Weekly ranked the verse at number six on their list of the top ten rap verses of the decade.[28]

Accolades [edit]

The song has appeared on year-end lists of multiple publications. Pitchfork listed "Ultralight Beam" every bit the best song of 2022 on their ranking of the twelvemonth's 100 best songs, writing: "[The vocal] is an exalted space, a promise of redemption and healing that felt more fragile and unlikely as the year wore on. It is a song of Godlike perspective from a human being who spent most of the yr appearing to have none."[29] Similarly, Rolling Stone listed it as the fifth best song of 2022 on their listing of the year'southward 50 best songs, writing "[the song's collaborators] aid [West] institute a foot on the devil'due south cervix."[30] Conversely, Complex ranked the song 31 on their listing of the twelvemonth's 50 best songs, describing it as "audio weed, Xanax on wax, and a Bible verse rolled into i."[31]

In 2019, Pitchfork listed "Ultralight Beam" amidst the 200 best songs of the 2010s decade, ranking it number 77. Mike Gowler of the publication praised West'southward employ of guest appearances, the vocal'south "uplifting" message, every bit well as the music itself.[32] On Rolling Stone 's list of the 100 best songs of the 2010s, the song was ranked at number 70, with Charles Holmes of the publication calling information technology "where Westward soars as a possessed choir director bringing out the all-time of his collaborators in service of a nearly half-dozen-minute opus."[33] Other all-time songs of the decade listing placements include; Insider ranking it the 27th best vocal of the 2010s,[34] Uproxx naming it the 21st all-time song of the 2010s,[35] and Stereogum placing it at 45th on its best songs of the 2010s list.[36]

The song received Grammy nominations for Best Rap/Sung Performance and All-time Rap Vocal at the 59th Almanac Grammy Awards in 2017, losing both to "Hotline Bling" past Canadian rapper and singer Drake.[37] However, the lack of a nomination for Song of the Twelvemonth at the ceremony was called a snub past several publications.[38] [39] [40] Kyle Hodge of VH1 viewed "Ultralight Axle" equally the most deserving track from The Life of Pablo to earn a nomination for the award and described Chance the Rapper'southward verse on it every bit one of the album's "incredible musical and pop culture moments that can't be overlooked."[40] In an interview with The Associated Press, The-Dream spoke of the song being snubbed, saying: "Commonly in those Grammy categories, the song with more feeling actually wins. ... When I listen to this record, whether I'm in it or non, I would still feel something listening to it."[41]

Live performances [edit]

West performed "Ultralight Beam" with Chance the Rapper, Kirk Franklin, The-Dream, Kelly Price and a gospel choir live on Saturday Night Live forth with The Life of Pablo track "Highlights" the day before the album's release.[15] Immediately after the operation, W made the announcement that The Life of Pablo had been released telling viewers: "Kanye West dot com right now, Tidal streaming right now."[59] "Ultralight Axle" was on the setlist West shared for the kickoff show on his Saint Pablo Tour in Indianapolis on August 25, 2016, but he did not perform the song there as planned.[60] On September 5, 2016, West performed the track as a closer for the bout's Madison Square Garden testify. GQ 's Jake Wolf felt, "It served less as musical entertainment and more as a collective exhalation for anybody making their way towards the go out."[61] [62] Rapper G-Eazy and DJ Carnage moshed with a fan to the song when West performed information technology live on October 29, 2016, in Las Vegas on the Saint Pablo Tour.[63] In September 2019, Run a risk the Rapper performed his verse at a "Sun Service" of West'due south in Chicago.[64] Take a chance the Rapper would also perform his verse as role of a medley on his 2022 NBA All-Star Game halftime performance.[65]

Commercial functioning [edit]

"Ultralight Beam" charted in a number of countries and performed similarly to the anthology track "Waves" commercially. The song peaked at number 63 on the United kingdom Singles Chart, making it the highest charting non-single from The Life of Pablo in the United Kingdom; the vocal remained on the chart for ii weeks.[66] As of October 24, 2019, the song ranks equally West'due south 36th almost successful rail of all time on the UK Singles Chart.[67] The song entered at number 67 on the Usa Billboard Hot 100 with 7.eight 1000000 streams—the highest charting non-single from the anthology in the Us—and spent two weeks on the nautical chart before dropping off it.[68] [69] On the US Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs nautical chart, "Ultralight Beam" debuted at number 22 in the same calendar week as it debuted on the Billboard Hot 100.[70] In its 2d week on the nautical chart, the song fell 11 places to number 33.[71] It roughshod a further 8 places to number 41 in its third and terminal calendar week on the chart.[72] [70] In Canada, the song debuted at number 88 on the Canadian Hot 100, where it remained for one calendar week earlier dropping off the chart.[73] Along with "Waves" and "FML", information technology became one of just 3 non-single releases from the album to chart in Canada.[74] The song charted in Republic of ireland, debuting at number 78 on the Ireland Singles Superlative 100 nautical chart where it remained for 2 weeks. This made it the highest charting non-single release from The Life of Pablo in the country. Like "Waves" it was the second non-single release from the album to chart in Ireland.[75] The following week, the song dropped to number 82 and so off the chart.[76] [75]

In March 2018, the song was certified Platinum in the U.s.a. by the Recording Industry Clan of America (RIAA).[77] Information technology stands with "Waves" equally 1 of the two non-single releases from The Life of Pablo to achieve the certification in the U.s.a..[78] The track was certified Silver in the U.k. past the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) on March 15, 2019.[79]

Legacy [edit]

Post-release, the vocal's legacy has grown, fifty-fifty though West never released information technology as a single. On March 10, 2016, Westward tweeted out: "A lot of people tell me 'Ultralight Beam' is my greatest artwork to date only rival being 'Jesus Walks'."[80] Westward's wife Kim listed the rail amid her 28 favorite songs by her (now) ex-married man[81] in August 2016.[82] When Premier Gospel looked into The Life of Pablo peradventure being the gospel anthology of 2016. The site'due south Jamie Cutteridge voiced the belief that if the album's "Ultralight Beam", "Jesus Walks" or "Low Lights" had been released by anyone other than W, "we'd be hailing them as the new hero of gospel music."[83] Co-ordinate to Lawrence Ware of The Root, "Ultralight Beam" has get "the official song of Christians who love Jesus but curse a piffling."[84] He believes this because of the track's callback to onetime gospel traditions. He also cites the lyric "This is a God dream", and Kirk Franklin's appearance as enhancing the song's gospel roots.[84] Ware felt: "[The vocal] took me and many other black millennials into the presence of God like few songs tin can. It is self-assured notwithstanding humble, genre-bending while respecting and participating in black folk traditions. If that doesn't describe the current generation of blackness folks, then I don't know what does."[84] In June 2018, Complex looked dorsum on "Ultralight Axle" as a track that "sounded exactly like what [West] promised" when he made the claim that The Life of Pablo would be a gospel album.[85] On the track "Kids Run across Ghosts" by the group Kids Encounter Ghosts, which consists of Kanye West and Child Cudi, Due west drops a reference to the vocal with the line: "Ultralight building in the edifice by amateur."[86]

Lawsuit [edit]

In Feb 2019, W was sued past Natalie Dark-green'south legal guardians over the sample he used to open the track.[87] The kid'southward parents, Andrew and Shirley Light-green, claimed that West sought approval from Green's biological mother, Alice Johnson, and non them.[87] [88] [89] According to the Green family unit, Johnson was not authorized to clear the sample, equally they adopted her in Dec 2012, nor did she receive written license or payment for the employ of Natalie's voice on the song.[87] [xc] [91] The parents are seeking profits made from "Ultralight Axle" and "additional damages."[87] [90] In Dec 2019, W and his team filed the response to the lawsuit. West's lawyers argued that due to the sample non having been registered with the U.s. Copyright Office past the Green family at the fourth dimension of the vocal'due south release, statutory damages or attorney fees can't be claimed by the family.[92] The lawsuit has however to be resolved following Due west'southward motions.[92]

Cover versions and usage in media [edit]

American indie stone ring Local Natives covered the song in late 2022 as function of Spotify'due south "Singles" plan.[93] [94] The band announced the cover on Twitter, saying they "need the prayer of peace & serenity now more than ever."[95] [96] In early 2017, English hip hop creative person Stormzy covered the song during an advent on BBC Radio i'due south Alive Lounge,[97] and subsequently performed the cover during his headlining set at the 2022 Glastonbury Festival.[98] In May 2017, Harry Styles covered the song during a surprise concert in London, in celebration of the release of his cocky-titled debut album.[99] Daniel Kreps of Rolling Stone said Styles stripped the song of its gospel elements, instead giving it a "moody Purple Rain makeover" that made his rendition stand out on its own.[100]

Take a chance the Rapper performed a cover of the song live in June 2022 on the Be Encouraged Tour, aslope covers of W'due south "Waves" and "Begetter Stretch My Hands, Pt. 1".[101] American artist and filmmaker Arthur Jafa used "Ultralight Axle" as the soundtrack for his 2022 seven and a half-minute video artwork Love Is The Message, The Message Is Death.[102] Austin Gleason uploaded a cover version of the vocal in May 2022 to his SoundCloud.[103] Information technology was released for digital download equally a single in November 2018.[104] In 2019, New Zealand artist Stan Walker covered the song on his EP Religion Hope Dear.[105]

Sunday Service Choir version [edit]

"Ultralight Beam"
Song by Sunday Service Choir
from the album Jesus Is Born
Released Dec 25, 2019 (2019-12-25)
Recorded 2019
Genre
  • Gospel
Length 3:20
Label
  • INC
Composer(southward)
  • Kanye West
  • Nikki Grier

American gospel grouping Sunday Service Choir recorded a encompass of the song in belatedly 2019.[106] Composed past West and Nikki Grier, it was released as the eighth track on their debut studio album Jesus Is Born.[107] [108] Prior to release, the song had been featured at Sun Service sessions throughout 2019.[109] The vocal is a gospel track that has the aforementioned meaning equally the original version of "Ultralight Beam", while staying true to the chorus.[110] [111] Both Chance the Rapper and Westward's verses are replaced with flourishes from the choir'southward managing director Jason White.[111] [112]

Reception [edit]

The Sunday Service Choir version of "Ultralight Axle" received widespread acclamation from music critics, with many comparing information technology to the original version. The song was viewed past Laviea Thomas of ClashMusic as a "distinctive" rendition of the original.[113] In The Guardian, Dean Van Nguyen listed the song amid the near interesting parts of the album for West'southward fans and described information technology every bit "whittled down to the choir department that helped power the original."[114] Ryan B. Patrick from Exclaim cited the vocal every bit a "new take" of the original and viewed it as one of the parts of Jesus Is Born to vibe off of.[115] Rhian Daly of NME cited the song as 1 of the parts that describe fans of W into the album and looked at the song every bit what "stays faithful to the original" outside of Chance the Rapper's appearance.[116] Bianca Gracie of Billboard described the song as making the original "even more than captivating."[117] Writing for AllMusic, Neil Z. Immature commented that the song is a fresh accept on the latter.[108]

"Ultralight Beam" experienced a bottom reception commercially. Following the release of Jesus Is Born, the track entered at number 25 on the US Billboard Gospel Songs chart.[118] The next week, it rose 14 places to peak at number 11 on the chart.[119]

Credits and personnel [edit]

Credits adapted from Tidal.[107]

  • Jason White – arranger
  • Phil Cornish – arranger
  • Kanye West – composer
  • Nikki Grier – composer

Credits and personnel [edit]

Credits adjusted from Westward's official website.[five]

  • Production – Kanye West, Mike Dean #MWA for Dean's Listing Productions, Chance the Rapper & Swizz Beatz
  • Co-production – Rick Rubin & Derek Watkins
  • Additional product – Apparently Pat, DJDS & Noah Goldstein for Ark Productions, Inc
  • Engineering – Noah Goldstein, Andrew Dawson, Anthony Kilhoffer, Mike Dean & Mike Malchicoff
  • Mix – Manny Marroquin at Larrabee Studios, North Hollywood, CA.
  • Mix assisted – assisted by Chris Galland, Ike Schultz & Jeff Jackson
  • Vocals – Hazard the Rapper, Kirk Franklin, The-Dream & Kelly Toll
  • Additional vocals – Natalie Light-green & Samoria Green
  • Trumpets – Donnie Trumpet
  • Keyboards & bass guitar – Mike Dean
  • Choir contractor – Anthony Evans for Sherman James Productions
  • Choir – Aaron Encinas, Shanika Bereal, Crystal Lewis Ray, Kenyon Dixon, Rachel Whitlow, George Young, Lakesha Shantell, Tiffany Stevenson & Chavonne Stewart

Charts [edit]

Certifications [edit]

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