DJ Shadow
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DJ Shadow & Pharoahe Monch & Nas
DJ Shadow & Raekwon & Ghostface Killah & Inspectah Deck
DJ Shadow & De La Soul
DJ Shadow & & Lateef the Truthspeaker & Gift of Gab
DJ Shadow & Paul Banks & Wiki
DJ Shadow & Stro
DJ Shadow & Run The Jewels
DJ Shadow & Dave East
DJ Shadow & & Fantastic Negrito
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DJ Shadow & Daemon & Tef Poe & Rockwell Knuckles
DJ Shadow & Samuel T. Herring
DJ Shadow & Pusha T
DJ Shadow & Loyle Carner & Dave East
DJ Shadow & Barny Fletcher
The innovative Californian hip-hop and electronic producer DJ Shadow teams up with the legendary rap trio De La Soul in order to craft “Rocket Fuel,” a single full of energy and funny clever wordplays, reminiscent of the first age of hip-hop, when the genre was mainly conceived as a soundtrack for t...
[Intro]
Ladies and gentlemen
Ladies and gentlemen
Are you ready?
Are you ready?
Get ready, y'all
Get ready
Ready‚ set
Steady‚ bet
Get ready
Ready‚ set
Steady, bet
Get ready
[Verse 1]
This be the green light, go
Tires burn the pavement
People wanna know where Mase‚ Pos, and Dave went
Still here, still in your ear
With a style so hot‚ you'll see where all the sun rays went
Legs, arms, and head all being moved in a frenzy
The blends be all the right cred
Meaning credentials
Best of both worlds
When we rocking over pearls in the instrumental
[Chorus]
Are you ready? (Ready) Set? (Set)
Jump to the rhythm as hard as you can go
Keep it steady (Steady), to the letter, right? (Bet)
Turn it up, we giving a show
But can you rock it like rocket fuel?
What you talking 'bout? Space or out your mind?
But can you rock it like rocket, fool?
That's a close encounter of what kind?
[Post-Chorus]
I'm a disc jockey
What's a disc jockey?
[Verse 2]
When it was time to get it lit we got it hot like fever
Sick with the talk, pass to your receiver
All about running the spot
And you know we got breath control so no need to take a breather
Cardio kingpins
Subjugate the dubplate
And you know we can't wait to bring spins
Aced all quizzes, A-plussed the final
Vocals we align, we move it all simul-
-taneously over joints we rock
We earned thirty years, so you can say that we got
Three turns, live off the board, unlike you and your chessmen
We install doubt in you and your yes-men
And if the game have veins, we'll insert the needle, upheaval the ground
'Cause the adrenaline we blend with the sound
Is our thing, relieving the kings of all crowns
[Chorus]
So are you ready? (Ready), are you set? (Set)
Then jump to the rhythm as hard as you can go
Keep it steady (Steady), to the letter, right? (Bet)
Turn it up, y'all, peep the flow
But can you rock it like rocket fuel?
What you talking 'bout? Space or out your mind?
But can you rock it like rocket, fool?
That's a close encounter of what kind?
[Bridge]
Ready, set
Steady, bet
Then jump to the rhythm as hard as you can go
Turn it up, y'all, peep the flow
[Chorus]
Are you ready? (Ready) Set? (Set)
Jump to the rhythm as hard as you can go
Keep it steady (Steady), to the letter, right? (Bet)
Turn it up, we giving a show
But can you rock it like rocket fuel?
What you talking 'bout? Space or out your mind?
But can you rock it like rocket, fool?
That's a close encounter of what kind?
[Post-Chorus]
Ready, set
Steady, bet
[Outro]
But can you rock it like rocket fuel?
Rocket Fuel was written by Maseo & Trugoy the Dove & Posdnuos.
Rocket Fuel was produced by DJ Shadow.
DJ Shadow released Rocket Fuel on Wed Jul 24 2019.
The music video for “Rocket Fuel” won Best Colour Grading in a Video and Best Editing in a Video at the 2020 UK Music Video Awards.
Yes! The 2019 animated film Spies in Disguise includes this song.