The song contains samples taken from "The Payback" by James Brown, namely the hi-hat/bass figure that drives the beat and the recurrent wah-wah guitar chord.
Michel Gondry directed the music video for the song.
The group has won numerous music awards throughout their career, including a Brit Award—winning Best British Dance Act, two MTV Europe Music Awards, and two Q Awards. They have released five studio albums that have sold over 11 million copies worldwide.
History
DJs Daddy G and Andrew Vowles and graffiti artist-turned-rapper Robert Del Naja met as members of partying collective The Wild Bunch. One of the first homegrown soundsystems in the UK, The Wild Bunch became dominant on the Bristol club scene in the mid-1980s.
"Massive Attack" is a song by American rapper Nicki Minaj and American recording artist Sean Garrett. Written by Minaj, co-written and produced by Garrett and Alex da Kid, "Massive Attack" was released on April 13, 2010. It was initially intended to be the first single from Minaj's debut studio album Pink Friday, but the release was later scrapped in favor of "Your Love". The song was a distinct change in Minaj's previous work on mixtapes and features, thus receiving mixed to positive reviews from critics, commending lyrical content and distinctiveness, and critiquing that it did not fit her "Barbie" persona well. An accompanying music video which features a helicopter chase, and militaristic jungle and desert scenes, was positively received.
Commercially, the song had limited success, reaching number 65 on the US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart but only managing to bubble under the Billboard Hot 100 at 22. Later in an interview with Billboard magazine, Garrett revealed that the song would not be included on Pink Friday and that the poor performance of the song was out of his control, "I was only able to do as much as I was allowed to do. Sometimes you have to step back and get off the wheel. I didn't have control of the entire creative process. A lot of [other] artists trust me enough and allow me to do what I know is best to do as a producer".
"Bu liao qing" (不了情; Cantonese: bat1 liu5 cing4; pinyin: bùliǎo qíng) is a Mandarin song variously translated into English as ""Love Without End", "Endless Love", or "Unforgettable Love". The music was composed by Wong Fuk Ling (王福齡), and the lyrics were written by Tao Tseon (陶秦). The song was first sung by Koo Mei (顧媚), sister of Joseph Koo, in the 1961 Shaw Brothers film of the same name (不了情). This song has been sung by various singers in later years, such as Sally Yeh, Anita Mui, Tsai Chin and Francis Yip.
Discover more about this classic song and the Protection album here: http://www.udiscovermusic.com/stories/20-years-protection
Listen to more from Massive Attack: https://MassiveAttack.lnk.to/Essentials
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Official video of Massive Attack performing Protection from the album Protection.
published: 06 Mar 2009
Protection
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Protection · Massive Attack · Tracey Thorn
Protection
℗ 1994 Virgin Records Limited
Released on: 1994-01-01
Producer: Massive Attack
Producer: Nellee Hooper
Composer Lyricist: Del Naja
Composer Lyricist: Andrew Lee Isaac Vowles
Composer Lyricist: Tracey Thorn
Composer Lyricist: Grant Marshall
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My first work on Massive Attack, especially the"Protection/No Protection" era, always with the combination of the album version and the Mad Professor Remix : here, "Protection" itself featuring Tracey Thorn (from Everything But The Girl) on vocals...
published: 02 Dec 2017
Massive Attack - Protection (HQ)
album protection
published: 15 Dec 2007
Massive Attack &Tracey Thorn - Protection - Live in London
Versión en vivo del tema que da nombre al segundo álbum de la banda, editado en 1994, con la participación de Tracey Thorn (cantante de Everything But the Girl). Grabado en Londres en 1991.
published: 19 Aug 2015
Massive Attack - Protection
Massive Attack are an English trip hop group formed in 1988 in Bristol, consisting of Robert "3D" Del Naja, Grant "Daddy G" Marshall and formerly Andy "Mushroom" Vowles ("Mush"). Their debut album Blue Lines was released in 1991, with the single "Unfinished Sympathy" reaching the charts and later being voted the 63rd greatest song of all time in a poll by NME. 1998's Mezzanine, containing "Teardrop", and 2003's 100th Window charted in the UK at number one. Both Blue Lines and Mezzanine feature in Rolling Stone's list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time.
The group has won numerous music awards throughout their career, including a Brit Award—winning Best British Dance Act, two MTV Europe Music Awards, and two Q Awards. They have released five studio albums that have sold over 11 million ...
published: 08 Oct 2017
Protection
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Protection · Massive Attack · Tracey Thorn
Singles Collection
℗ 1995 Virgin Records Limited
Released on: 1998-01-01
Studio Personnel, Mix Engineer: Mark 'Spike' Stent
Producer, Studio Personnel, Mixer: Massive Attack
Producer, Studio Personnel, Mixer: Nellee Hooper
Associated Performer, Vocalist: Tracey Thorn
Composer Lyricist: Tracey Thorn
Composer Lyricist: Robert Del Naja
Composer Lyricist: Andrew Vowles
Composer Lyricist: Grantley Marshall
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Discover more about this classic song and the Protection album here: http://www.udiscovermusic.com/stories/20-years-protection
Listen to more from Massive Attac...
Discover more about this classic song and the Protection album here: http://www.udiscovermusic.com/stories/20-years-protection
Listen to more from Massive Attack: https://MassiveAttack.lnk.to/Essentials
Stream the complete Massive Attack discography now on Spotify: https://MassiveAttack.lnk.to/complete
Experience Massive Attack on Vinyl LP:
https://MassiveAttack.lnk.to/vinyl
Follow Massive Attack
https://www.facebook.com/massiveattack/
https://twitter.com/massiveattackuk
https://www.instagram.com/massiveattackofficial/
http://www.massiveattack.co.uk/
Official video of Massive Attack performing Protection from the album Protection.
Discover more about this classic song and the Protection album here: http://www.udiscovermusic.com/stories/20-years-protection
Listen to more from Massive Attack: https://MassiveAttack.lnk.to/Essentials
Stream the complete Massive Attack discography now on Spotify: https://MassiveAttack.lnk.to/complete
Experience Massive Attack on Vinyl LP:
https://MassiveAttack.lnk.to/vinyl
Follow Massive Attack
https://www.facebook.com/massiveattack/
https://twitter.com/massiveattackuk
https://www.instagram.com/massiveattackofficial/
http://www.massiveattack.co.uk/
Official video of Massive Attack performing Protection from the album Protection.
Provided to YouTube by Universal Music Group
Protection · Massive Attack · Tracey Thorn
Protection
℗ 1994 Virgin Records Limited
Released on: 1994-01-01
Pr...
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Protection · Massive Attack · Tracey Thorn
Protection
℗ 1994 Virgin Records Limited
Released on: 1994-01-01
Producer: Massive Attack
Producer: Nellee Hooper
Composer Lyricist: Del Naja
Composer Lyricist: Andrew Lee Isaac Vowles
Composer Lyricist: Tracey Thorn
Composer Lyricist: Grant Marshall
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Protection · Massive Attack · Tracey Thorn
Protection
℗ 1994 Virgin Records Limited
Released on: 1994-01-01
Producer: Massive Attack
Producer: Nellee Hooper
Composer Lyricist: Del Naja
Composer Lyricist: Andrew Lee Isaac Vowles
Composer Lyricist: Tracey Thorn
Composer Lyricist: Grant Marshall
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My first work on Massive Attack, especially the"Protection/No Protection" era, always with the combination of the album version and the Mad Professor Remix : he...
My first work on Massive Attack, especially the"Protection/No Protection" era, always with the combination of the album version and the Mad Professor Remix : here, "Protection" itself featuring Tracey Thorn (from Everything But The Girl) on vocals...
My first work on Massive Attack, especially the"Protection/No Protection" era, always with the combination of the album version and the Mad Professor Remix : here, "Protection" itself featuring Tracey Thorn (from Everything But The Girl) on vocals...
Versión en vivo del tema que da nombre al segundo álbum de la banda, editado en 1994, con la participación de Tracey Thorn (cantante de Everything But the Girl)...
Versión en vivo del tema que da nombre al segundo álbum de la banda, editado en 1994, con la participación de Tracey Thorn (cantante de Everything But the Girl). Grabado en Londres en 1991.
Versión en vivo del tema que da nombre al segundo álbum de la banda, editado en 1994, con la participación de Tracey Thorn (cantante de Everything But the Girl). Grabado en Londres en 1991.
Massive Attack are an English trip hop group formed in 1988 in Bristol, consisting of Robert "3D" Del Naja, Grant "Daddy G" Marshall and formerly Andy "Mushroom...
Massive Attack are an English trip hop group formed in 1988 in Bristol, consisting of Robert "3D" Del Naja, Grant "Daddy G" Marshall and formerly Andy "Mushroom" Vowles ("Mush"). Their debut album Blue Lines was released in 1991, with the single "Unfinished Sympathy" reaching the charts and later being voted the 63rd greatest song of all time in a poll by NME. 1998's Mezzanine, containing "Teardrop", and 2003's 100th Window charted in the UK at number one. Both Blue Lines and Mezzanine feature in Rolling Stone's list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time.
The group has won numerous music awards throughout their career, including a Brit Award—winning Best British Dance Act, two MTV Europe Music Awards, and two Q Awards. They have released five studio albums that have sold over 11 million copies worldwide.
DJs Daddy G and Andrew Vowles and graffiti artist-turned-rapper Robert Del Naja met as members of partying collective The Wild Bunch. One of the first homegrown soundsystems in the UK, The Wild Bunch became dominant on the Bristol club scene in the mid-1980s.
Massive Attack started as a spin-off production trio in 1988, with the independently released song, "Any Love", sung by falsetto-voiced singer-songwriter Carlton McCarthy, and then, with considerable backing from Neneh Cherry, they signed to Circa Records in 1990 – committing to deliver six studio albums and a "best of" compilation. Circa became a subsidiary of, and was later subsumed into, Virgin Records, which in turn was acquired by EMI. Blue Lines (1991), was co-produced by Jonny Dollar and Cameron McVey, who also became their first manager. Geoff Barrow, who went on to form Portishead, was an intern and trainee tape operator at Bristol's Coach House studio when the album was recorded. McVey (credited at the time as 'Booga Bear') and his wife, Neneh Cherry, provided crucial financial support and in-kind assistance to the early careers of Massive Attack, Portishead and Tricky during this period, even paying regular wages to them through their Cherry Bear Organisation. Massive Attack used guest vocalists, interspersed with Del Naja and Marshall's (initially Tricky's) own sprechgesang stylings, on top of what became regarded as an essentially British creative sampling production; a trademark sound that fused down-tempo hip hop, soul, reggae and other eclectic references, musical and lyrical.
In the nineties, the trio became known for often not being able to easily get along with one another and working increasingly separately. Andy Vowles (Mushroom), who had once thought of himself as the trio's musical director, acrimoniously left Massive Attack in late 1999, after an ultimatum from the other two members to end the group immediately if he did not. Despite having taken Del Naja's side in the effective firing of Vowles and then participating in a show-of-unity webcast as a duo the following year, Grant Marshall (G) had also effectively left by 2001 in that he abandoned the studio altogether. Marshall returned to a studio role in 2005, having joined the touring line-up in 2003 and 2004.
Massive Attack are an English trip hop group formed in 1988 in Bristol, consisting of Robert "3D" Del Naja, Grant "Daddy G" Marshall and formerly Andy "Mushroom" Vowles ("Mush"). Their debut album Blue Lines was released in 1991, with the single "Unfinished Sympathy" reaching the charts and later being voted the 63rd greatest song of all time in a poll by NME. 1998's Mezzanine, containing "Teardrop", and 2003's 100th Window charted in the UK at number one. Both Blue Lines and Mezzanine feature in Rolling Stone's list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time.
The group has won numerous music awards throughout their career, including a Brit Award—winning Best British Dance Act, two MTV Europe Music Awards, and two Q Awards. They have released five studio albums that have sold over 11 million copies worldwide.
DJs Daddy G and Andrew Vowles and graffiti artist-turned-rapper Robert Del Naja met as members of partying collective The Wild Bunch. One of the first homegrown soundsystems in the UK, The Wild Bunch became dominant on the Bristol club scene in the mid-1980s.
Massive Attack started as a spin-off production trio in 1988, with the independently released song, "Any Love", sung by falsetto-voiced singer-songwriter Carlton McCarthy, and then, with considerable backing from Neneh Cherry, they signed to Circa Records in 1990 – committing to deliver six studio albums and a "best of" compilation. Circa became a subsidiary of, and was later subsumed into, Virgin Records, which in turn was acquired by EMI. Blue Lines (1991), was co-produced by Jonny Dollar and Cameron McVey, who also became their first manager. Geoff Barrow, who went on to form Portishead, was an intern and trainee tape operator at Bristol's Coach House studio when the album was recorded. McVey (credited at the time as 'Booga Bear') and his wife, Neneh Cherry, provided crucial financial support and in-kind assistance to the early careers of Massive Attack, Portishead and Tricky during this period, even paying regular wages to them through their Cherry Bear Organisation. Massive Attack used guest vocalists, interspersed with Del Naja and Marshall's (initially Tricky's) own sprechgesang stylings, on top of what became regarded as an essentially British creative sampling production; a trademark sound that fused down-tempo hip hop, soul, reggae and other eclectic references, musical and lyrical.
In the nineties, the trio became known for often not being able to easily get along with one another and working increasingly separately. Andy Vowles (Mushroom), who had once thought of himself as the trio's musical director, acrimoniously left Massive Attack in late 1999, after an ultimatum from the other two members to end the group immediately if he did not. Despite having taken Del Naja's side in the effective firing of Vowles and then participating in a show-of-unity webcast as a duo the following year, Grant Marshall (G) had also effectively left by 2001 in that he abandoned the studio altogether. Marshall returned to a studio role in 2005, having joined the touring line-up in 2003 and 2004.
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Protection · Massive Attack · Tracey Thorn
Singles Collection
℗ 1995 Virgin Records Limited
Released on: 1998-0...
Provided to YouTube by Universal Music Group
Protection · Massive Attack · Tracey Thorn
Singles Collection
℗ 1995 Virgin Records Limited
Released on: 1998-01-01
Studio Personnel, Mix Engineer: Mark 'Spike' Stent
Producer, Studio Personnel, Mixer: Massive Attack
Producer, Studio Personnel, Mixer: Nellee Hooper
Associated Performer, Vocalist: Tracey Thorn
Composer Lyricist: Tracey Thorn
Composer Lyricist: Robert Del Naja
Composer Lyricist: Andrew Vowles
Composer Lyricist: Grantley Marshall
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Provided to YouTube by Universal Music Group
Protection · Massive Attack · Tracey Thorn
Singles Collection
℗ 1995 Virgin Records Limited
Released on: 1998-01-01
Studio Personnel, Mix Engineer: Mark 'Spike' Stent
Producer, Studio Personnel, Mixer: Massive Attack
Producer, Studio Personnel, Mixer: Nellee Hooper
Associated Performer, Vocalist: Tracey Thorn
Composer Lyricist: Tracey Thorn
Composer Lyricist: Robert Del Naja
Composer Lyricist: Andrew Vowles
Composer Lyricist: Grantley Marshall
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Discover more about this classic song and the Protection album here: http://www.udiscovermusic.com/stories/20-years-protection
Listen to more from Massive Attack: https://MassiveAttack.lnk.to/Essentials
Stream the complete Massive Attack discography now on Spotify: https://MassiveAttack.lnk.to/complete
Experience Massive Attack on Vinyl LP:
https://MassiveAttack.lnk.to/vinyl
Follow Massive Attack
https://www.facebook.com/massiveattack/
https://twitter.com/massiveattackuk
https://www.instagram.com/massiveattackofficial/
http://www.massiveattack.co.uk/
Official video of Massive Attack performing Protection from the album Protection.
Provided to YouTube by Universal Music Group
Protection · Massive Attack · Tracey Thorn
Protection
℗ 1994 Virgin Records Limited
Released on: 1994-01-01
Producer: Massive Attack
Producer: Nellee Hooper
Composer Lyricist: Del Naja
Composer Lyricist: Andrew Lee Isaac Vowles
Composer Lyricist: Tracey Thorn
Composer Lyricist: Grant Marshall
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My first work on Massive Attack, especially the"Protection/No Protection" era, always with the combination of the album version and the Mad Professor Remix : here, "Protection" itself featuring Tracey Thorn (from Everything But The Girl) on vocals...
Versión en vivo del tema que da nombre al segundo álbum de la banda, editado en 1994, con la participación de Tracey Thorn (cantante de Everything But the Girl). Grabado en Londres en 1991.
Massive Attack are an English trip hop group formed in 1988 in Bristol, consisting of Robert "3D" Del Naja, Grant "Daddy G" Marshall and formerly Andy "Mushroom" Vowles ("Mush"). Their debut album Blue Lines was released in 1991, with the single "Unfinished Sympathy" reaching the charts and later being voted the 63rd greatest song of all time in a poll by NME. 1998's Mezzanine, containing "Teardrop", and 2003's 100th Window charted in the UK at number one. Both Blue Lines and Mezzanine feature in Rolling Stone's list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time.
The group has won numerous music awards throughout their career, including a Brit Award—winning Best British Dance Act, two MTV Europe Music Awards, and two Q Awards. They have released five studio albums that have sold over 11 million copies worldwide.
DJs Daddy G and Andrew Vowles and graffiti artist-turned-rapper Robert Del Naja met as members of partying collective The Wild Bunch. One of the first homegrown soundsystems in the UK, The Wild Bunch became dominant on the Bristol club scene in the mid-1980s.
Massive Attack started as a spin-off production trio in 1988, with the independently released song, "Any Love", sung by falsetto-voiced singer-songwriter Carlton McCarthy, and then, with considerable backing from Neneh Cherry, they signed to Circa Records in 1990 – committing to deliver six studio albums and a "best of" compilation. Circa became a subsidiary of, and was later subsumed into, Virgin Records, which in turn was acquired by EMI. Blue Lines (1991), was co-produced by Jonny Dollar and Cameron McVey, who also became their first manager. Geoff Barrow, who went on to form Portishead, was an intern and trainee tape operator at Bristol's Coach House studio when the album was recorded. McVey (credited at the time as 'Booga Bear') and his wife, Neneh Cherry, provided crucial financial support and in-kind assistance to the early careers of Massive Attack, Portishead and Tricky during this period, even paying regular wages to them through their Cherry Bear Organisation. Massive Attack used guest vocalists, interspersed with Del Naja and Marshall's (initially Tricky's) own sprechgesang stylings, on top of what became regarded as an essentially British creative sampling production; a trademark sound that fused down-tempo hip hop, soul, reggae and other eclectic references, musical and lyrical.
In the nineties, the trio became known for often not being able to easily get along with one another and working increasingly separately. Andy Vowles (Mushroom), who had once thought of himself as the trio's musical director, acrimoniously left Massive Attack in late 1999, after an ultimatum from the other two members to end the group immediately if he did not. Despite having taken Del Naja's side in the effective firing of Vowles and then participating in a show-of-unity webcast as a duo the following year, Grant Marshall (G) had also effectively left by 2001 in that he abandoned the studio altogether. Marshall returned to a studio role in 2005, having joined the touring line-up in 2003 and 2004.
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Protection · Massive Attack · Tracey Thorn
Singles Collection
℗ 1995 Virgin Records Limited
Released on: 1998-01-01
Studio Personnel, Mix Engineer: Mark 'Spike' Stent
Producer, Studio Personnel, Mixer: Massive Attack
Producer, Studio Personnel, Mixer: Nellee Hooper
Associated Performer, Vocalist: Tracey Thorn
Composer Lyricist: Tracey Thorn
Composer Lyricist: Robert Del Naja
Composer Lyricist: Andrew Vowles
Composer Lyricist: Grantley Marshall
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The song contains samples taken from "The Payback" by James Brown, namely the hi-hat/bass figure that drives the beat and the recurrent wah-wah guitar chord.
Michel Gondry directed the music video for the song.