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Kanye West – Lil Jimmy (Skit)
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Follow up to School Spirit Skit 2 where the son of the character from that skit talks about his life. Just like much of The College Dropout, this is an obvious criticism of the
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Genius Traducciones al Español – Kanye West - Lil’ Jimmy (Skit) (Traducción al Español)
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[Letra de "Kanye West - Lil’ Jimmy (Skit) (Traducción al Español)"] / Oye, Jimmy, ¿a dónde vas? / No sé a dónde voy / Mi padre murió, y ah, me dejó sus títulos / Mi madre siempre
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Genius Brasil Traduções – Kanye West - Lil Jimmy (Skit) (Tradução em Português)
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[Discurso: The World Famous Tony Williams & DeRay] / Hey, Jimmy, pra onde você está indo? / Eu não sei pra onde eu tô indo / Meu pai morreu e, uh, ele me deixou seus diplomas
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Kanye West – School Spirit (Skit 2)
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Donda West, Kanye West’s mother, was a strong believer in academics and this skit can be seen to be directed at her. Of course, there is no disrespect intended, but this is what
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Kanye West – School Spirit (Skit 1)
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In this skit, the speaker delivers an incredibly sarcastic monologue to Jimmy which explains how degrees by themselves will not get you far in life. This continues the theme of The
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Genius Russian Translations (Русские переводы) – Kanye West - Lil Jimmy (Skit) (Русский перевод)
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[Перевод песни Kanye West - «Lil Jimmy (Skit)»] / [Разговор: Всемирно Известный Тони Уильямс и ДеРэй Дэвис] / Эй, Джимии, куда ты идешь? / Я не знаю, куда я иду / Мой отец
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Lil Pump & Kanye West (Ft. Adele Givens) – I Love It
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An unlikely duo, Kanye West and Lil Pump teamed up for “I Love It,” a song about their respective sexual preferences. The song and its accompanying music video were debuted at the
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Genius Traducciones al Español – Kanye West - School Spirit (Skit 2) (Traducción al Español)
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[Letra de "Kanye West - School Spirit (Skit 2) (Traducción al Español)"] / [Skit] / Sigue así hombre / Mantienes esos libros rodando / Recoges todos esos libros que vas a leer y no
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¥$, Kanye West & Ty Dolla $ign (Ft. Bump J & Lil Durk) – VULTURES
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“VULTURES” is the lead single of Kanye West and Ty Dolla $ign’s joint album of the same name. The track reunites Ye with Bump J for the first time since Bump was sentenced to ten
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Kanye West – We Don't Care
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In response to a request to sing a song for the kids in The College Dropout’s “Intro,” Kanye gets the kids to sing a song to celebrate dealing drugs out of desperation. In fact
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toasty digital – RUNAWAY
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[Intro: Gil Scott-Heron, Samoria Green & Natalie Green] / All I want is a good home and a wife and a children / And some food to feed them every night / We don't want no devils in
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Kanye West – Graduation Day
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“Graduation Day” dramatizes Kanye getting reprimanded and kicked out of college for getting kids to sing about drugs in “We Don’t Care.”
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Cardi B, Kanye West & Lil Durk – Hot Shit
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Cardi B announced “Hot Shit"—the lead single to her upcoming sophomore album via a commercial that first aired during the BET Awards with a short snippet of the song featuring bass
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Kanye West – The New Workout Plan
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This song speaks to all of the pressure put on women by men. This song is a satire of workout mixtapes – it’s upbeat and has steady rhythm, making it excellent to exercise to. The
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¥$, Kanye West & Ty Dolla $ign (Ft. Bump J) – VULTURES (Original)
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[Intro: Ty Dolla $ign & Kanye West, DJ Pharris] / All eyes is on me / Won't tell no lies, won't hold my tongue / Don't cry for me / (This Chicago, nigga) / (I want some Juice) / [
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Kanye West (Ft. Jimmy Kimmel) – 2013 Jimmy Kimmel Interview (Part 1)
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Kanye’s sit down with the late night host. Find Part 2 here
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Kanye West – School Spirit
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College is a great place… a great place to smoke weed, great place to have shady hook-ups…
… but not the best place to learn stuff, or so this song says. As Mark Twain once (
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Genius Traducciones al Español – Kanye West - Intro (Traducción al Español)
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[Letra de "Kanye West - Intro (Traducción al Español)"] / [Intro: DeRay Davis] / Kanye, ¿podemos hablar un momento? / Otros miembros del a facultad y yo pensamos / Que podrías
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Lil Pump & Kanye West (Ft. Adele Givens) – I Love It (Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike vs. Quintino Remix)
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[Chorus: Lil Pump] / You're such a fuckin' ho, I love it (I love it) / You're such a fuckin' ho, I love it (I love it) / [Verse 1: Lil Pump] / You're such a fuckin' ho, I love it (
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Kanye West – Intro
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“Intro” is the opening track to The College Dropout, features vocals done by DeRay Davis, who is impersonating Bernie Mac as a school administrator. This character would later come
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Kanye West (Ft. John Legend) – Blame Game
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This entire song can be taken two different ways: One, Kanye is talking about his relationship with fame (pretty easy to see metaphor-wise). Two, he’s talking about a specific girl
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Kanye West – Closed on Sunday
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Kanye West continues with the gospel theme of the album, naming “Closed on Sunday” after an important concept in Christianity. While Saturday is technically the Sabbath in Judaism
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Genius Traducciones al Español – Kanye West - Workout Plan (Traducción al Español)
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[Letra de "Kanye West - Workout Plan (Traducción al Español)"] / *Clave* / [C1] Chica #1 / [C2] Chica #2 / [C3] Chica #3 / [C1] ¿Ay, qué pasa chica? / [C2] Oye, chica / [C3] ¿Oye
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Kanye West (Ft. Syleena Johnson) – All Falls Down
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“All Falls Down” is a self-reflection of Kanye’s personal battle with consumerism. The track was the third single from his debut album, The College Dropout. The song peaked at
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Kanye West (Ft. Common & Talib Kweli) – Get Em High
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A crowd-pleaser and smoking anthem, Kanye, Talib, and Common take turns flexing their skills.
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JAY-Z & Kanye West (Ft. Otis Redding) – Otis
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The second single from Watch the Throne, “Otis” has Yeezus flipping a portion of a classic Otis Redding track into an entire instrumental. He formed the track after his mentor No I
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Kanye West (Ft. JAY-Z & J. Ivy) – Never Let Me Down
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Originally recorded by Hov for his seventh studio album The Blueprint²: The Gift & The Curse, “Never Let Me Down” finds the track’s inherent hope being interpreted differently by
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Kanye West (Ft. Consequence & GLC) – Spaceship
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Kanye enlists the help of friends and frequent collaborators GLC and Consequence to discuss the plight of the black man in the ghettos of Chicago. ‘Ye also discusses his work as a
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Kanye West – Family Business
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The stories in this song are not actually all about Kanye’s family. Per Complex, Tarrey Torae (who sings “they don’t mean a thang” toward the end) helped Kanye with the stories for
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Lil Pump & Kanye West (Ft. Adele Givens & Tyga) – Sluts Are Awesome (I Love It Original)
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[Intro: Adele Givens] / 'Cause you know in the old days / They couldn't say the shit they wanted to say / They had to fake orgasms and shit / We can tell niggas today: / "Hey, I
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Kanye West (Ft. Jimmy Kimmel) – 2013 Jimmy Kimmel Interview (Part 2)
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[Kimmel] / So now, that was funny, right? / [Kanye] / I imagine the skit was probably funny too. / [Kimmel] / It wasn’t that funny, to be honest with you. It was a five, I’d give
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Kanye West – Facts (Charlie Heat Version)
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“Facts” celebrates Kanye’s Adidas Yeezy Boost line and denounces his affiliation with competitor Nike. It appears that the track is simply a spur of the moment recording
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Kanye West (Ft. Rihanna) – Famous
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“Famous” explores what it means to be famous—Rihanna personifies fame on the hook.
Kanye premiered the music video for “Famous” on June 24th, 2016, at The Forum in Los Angeles
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Kanye West (Ft. Jamie Foxx) – Gold Digger
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Kanye examines the “gold digger” phenomenon and sheds light on relationships on this hit single. The song’s hook was originally written for Shawnna and performed from a female’s
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