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An Entity of Type : wsb:Song, within Data Space : wasabi.inria.fr associated with source document(s)

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  • Retrospect For Life
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  • 12-inch single
  • Gramophone record
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  • eng
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  • 1997 singles
  • 1996 songs
  • Songs about abortion
  • Songs written by Stevie Wonder
  • Song recordings produced by No I.D.
  • Songs written by No I.D.
  • Songs written by Syreeta Wright
  • Songs written by James Poyser
  • Common (rapper) songs
  • Songs written by Common (rapper)
  • Relativity Records singles
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  • %22Retrospect for Life%22 is the first single from rapper Common's third album One Day It'll All Make Sense. It features production from James Poyser and No I.D., vocals from Lauryn Hill and bass guitar playing by Vere Isaacs. Its autobiographical lyrics weigh the choices of abortion and birth for a woman impregnated by Common. The lyrics as well as a %22mellow, piano-driven beat%22 has caused Dan Menella to call it the most memorable track on Common's third album. Kevin Powell of Rolling Stone considers it to be the centerpiece of its album, and Leo Stanley of Allmusic similarly boasts of its significant emotional impact. Lauryn Hill's verse embodies portions of %22Never Dreamed You'd Leave in Summer%22 by Stevie Wonder, while the song's beat samples %22A Song for You%22 by Donny Hathaway. A music video directed by Lauryn Hill was made for it. Two of its b-sides, %22Invocation%22 and %22Hungry,%22 received low budget music videos.
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  • Stevie Wonder
  • No I.D.
  • Syreeta Wright
  • James Poyser
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  • USRE40700002
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  • No I.D.
  • James Poyser
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  • 238
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  • 13175455
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  • english
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  • Relativity Records
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  • 1996
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  • Retrospect For Life
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