Levántate

[BBart11]

I don't know if he necessarily is using it at a producer tag. If he is I'm all about it for sure. But a while back I was going through some stock sound effects in Logic Pro and found the Levantate sample. I wonder if he just chose to use it twice for some reason. I am super down for it to be a producer tag for him as well though don't get me wrong.

[Leao]

@jbmcpayne I think it’s just another sample adding to the song, calling for the energy to continue getting “lifted up”

[LuvJB85]

Thank u for asking this. It’s a very great question. I’ve been wondering to why he chose to put that in worship and walls.

[tiachante_]

@jbmcpayne can you explain this? I’m a little lost

[JotchE]

Bumping this post for a response lol @User12261990

[Isaac]

@BBart11 Do you remember the name of the sample in logic it was a part of?

[jbmcpayne]

@tiachante_ You can hear the word 'Levántate' being said repeatedly at the end of Walls by Jonas Brothers. You can hear it after the intro of Worship by Jon Batiste as well. It's probably supposed to be Jon's producer tag, kinda like Pharrell's iconic four-count start.
Just interested to know how it came to be.

[tiachante_]

@jbmcpayne ohhh i didn’t know that. I have to go listen to them. Now that you mention it, it’s also hinted at in Kid Again with all the times he says “wake up!”

[jbmcpayne]

@BBart11 Interesting that you found the sample. I thought it was Jon's vocal made to sound like that. I'd personally love to hear it again. It sounded great in the songs where it came during sort of a calm before the storm, especially in Walls.

[BBart11]

@Isaac I don’t remember off the top of my head. I’ll sort through them when I’ve got a sec and keep you posted.

[Apple Jax]

@jbmcpayne I don’t think Levàntate is a producer tag. Producer tags tell you who produced the song. I think Levàntate was something specifically for the Jonas Brothers album, meaning look at these brothers who started making music as teens, and now their adults and now their sound is elevating and evolving.
The closes thing Jon has to a ‘producer tag’ is when he shouts out Beautiful Mind, but even then, that’s just him shouting out his label.

[jbmcpayne]

@Jaxson-Jean Well, anything can become a producer tag if they use it in enough songs, it'll tell you who the producer is anyway. Pharrell's 4-count start is a prime example of not having to shout out the name of the producer. Plus, Levántate was used in a Jon Batiste song as well. Do it often enough and it may very well become Jon's producer tag.