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Kanye West – Skit #4
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The fourth and final installment of Kanye’s Broke Phi Broke skits utilized throughout Late Registration. Here, we see Kanye get kicked out of the fraternity, he is gone. Leading
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Kanye West – Skit #4 Samples
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See all of “Skit #4” by Kanye West’s samples, covers, remixes, interpolations and live versions
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Kanye West – Skit #2
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The second skit which continues with the collegiate theme of the Late Registration album.
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Genius Traducciones al Español – Kanye West - Skit #4 (Traducción al Español)
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[Letra de "Kanye West - Skit #4 (Traducción al Español)"] / [Todos susurrando] / Pelado, pelado, pelado, Phi está pelado (No lo tenemos) / Pelado, pelado, pelado, Phi está pelado (
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Kanye West – Skit #1
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The first of four “Broke Phi Broke” skits that are interspersed throughout Late Registration.
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Genius Traducciones al Español – Kanye West - Skit #1 (Traducción al Español)
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[Letra de "Kanye West - Skit #1 (Traducción al Español)"] / [Sketch] / Les traje a ustedes hermanos hoy aquí para empezar nuestra fraternidad / Phi está pelado, no lo tenemos / Phi
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Kanye West – Skit #3
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[Skit: DeRay Davis] / This was founded years ago / By broke slaves, years ago / Who did not have, years ago / By broke brothas in the 20s, years ago / Who did not have when we
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Genius Traducciones al Español – Kanye West - Skit #3 (Traducción al Español)
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[Letra de "Kanye West - Skit #3 (Traducción al Español)"] / Esto se fundó hace años / Por esclavos rotos, hace años / Quienes no tenían, hace años / Por hermanos rotos en los años
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Kanye West – Wake Up Mr. West
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In this skit, DeRay Davis impersonates the late Bernie Mac in the same style as the school administrator previously seen in The College Dropout’s Intro.
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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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Kanye West (Ft. Desiigner) – Freestyle 4
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“Freestyle 4” represents a libido-driven, intoxicated Kanye, who raps about the fast life and wilding out at fancy dinners. The title itself is representative of the communication
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Kanye West (Ft. Lupe Fiasco) – Touch the Sky
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Produced by Just Blaze, using a slowed down sample from Curtis Mayfield’s “Move On Up”, a style that Kanye also employs.
This song notably features Lupe Fiasco’s first big
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Kanye West – Late
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[Intro] / Little girl (A-ha-ha-ha-ha) / Please stop your crying (Stop your cryin', baby) / [Chorus] / I'll be late for that, baby, I'll wait for that / If you had a taste of that
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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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Kanye West (Ft. JAY-Z) – Diamonds From Sierra Leone (Remix)
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Both this remix and the original were singles from Kanye’s Late Registration album. Kanye uses the remix to go into more detail on “conflict diamonds”: diamonds which are mined
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Kanye West (Ft. GLC & Paul Wall) – Drive Slow
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“Drive Slow” is his homage to the art of creeping through the hood, with a more general message about taking life easy. Slow-flowing rappers GLC and Paul Wall are featured to
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Kanye West (Ft. Adam Levine) – Heard 'Em Say
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“Heard ‘Em Say” was released as the third single from Late Registration. The single achieved gold status while peaking at #26 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #12 on the Hot Rap Tracks
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Kanye West (Ft. Cam'ron & Consequence) – Gone
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In the closing track off 2005’s Late Registration, Cam'ron, Consequence, and Kanye West himself deliver some of their best verses ever over a classic sample of Otis Redding’s “It’s
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Kanye West – Diamonds from Sierra Leone
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This was Late Registration’s lead single, and it was technically a bonus track on the album.
Jay-Z would later jump on the track for the remix.
West explained the inspiration for
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Kanye West (Ft. Common) – My Way Home
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“My Way Home” is the seventh track on Kanye’s second studio album, Late Registration (2005). It samples “Home is Where the Hatred Is” by Gil Scott-Heron.
This is the only track on
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Kanye West – Roses
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Around the time that Late Registration came out, Kanye West’s grandmother had a near death experience.
This song samples “Rosie” by Bill Withers
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Kanye West – Addiction
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In this song Kanye raps out the many addictions that fame has given him such as money, girls, and weed. He questions himself on whether he can deal with his addictions and keep his
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Kanye West – Celebration
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Coming as the seventeenth track off of Late Registration, Kanye West’s “Celebration” is exactly what the title suggests. Full of references to sex, alcohol, and glamour, Kanye
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Kanye West – Hey Mama
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This song is a ballad dedicated to Kanye West’s mom Donda West and was written in 2000. It later appeared in its final version on Kanye’s 2005 album Late Registration.
West
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Kanye West (Ft. The Game) – Crack Music
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Theme of the song is comparing the crack cocaine epidemic in America to the addiction of hip-hop in America. Also, he talks about conspiracy theories that have to do with politics.
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Kanye West (Ft. Fivio Foreign & Playboi Carti) – Off The Grid
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A recording of the fourth track off of Kanye West’s Donda, “Off The Grid,” with vocals from American rapper Playboi Carti, played off of Kanye’s speakers in a Belgian hotel during
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JAY-Z – 4:44
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“4:44” is the title track from Jay Z’s 13th studio album. It is an open love/apology letter to his wife Beyoncé and is the 5th track of 4:44. In the song he discusses being a bad
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Kanye West (Ft. Nas & Really Doe) – We Major
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A cut off of Kanye’s Late Registration best known for Nas' verse. This helped close the gap between Jay-Z and Nas' feud, since Kanye and Jay are closely associated. Jay even called
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Genius Traducciones al Español – Kanye West - Bring Me Down ft. Brandy (Traducción al Español)
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[Letra de "Kanye West - Bring Me Down ft. Brandy (Traducción al Español)"] / [Estribillo: Brandy] / Siempre supe que un dia / Ellos tratarían de derribarme / Muy abajo, muy abajo
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JAY-Z & Kanye West – Murder to Excellence
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“Murder To Excellence” is the thematic centerpiece of Watch The Throne. The song, like the album, contains lyrical expressions of the spectrum of black experience and blackness in
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JAY-Z (Ft. Beyoncé) – '03 Bonnie & Clyde
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In their first musical collaboration, Jay-Z and Beyoncé put their own spin on 2Pac’s classic “Me And My Girlfriend”, only with a twist: while 2Pac was referring to his gun, Jay’s
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Kanye West (Ft. Brandy) – Bring Me Down
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A big ol' “fuck you” to the haters from Mr. West and Brandy.
Some of these lines from this were previously in a January 2004 freestyle with Tim Westwood.
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Genius Traducciones al Español – Kanye West - Wake Up Mr. West (Traducción al Español)
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[Letra de "Kanye West - Wake Up Mr. West (Traducción al Español)"] / [Sketch Satírico] / Oh, ho-ho-ho! / Sabía que iba a verte, sabía que iba a verte otra vez, sabía que iba a
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Kanye West (Ft. Common) – Back to Basics
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Originally included on one of Kanye’s official mixtapes, called Freshmen Adjustment 3, this song was later included on the Japanese edition of Late Registration.
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Genius Brasil Traduções – Kanye West - Hey Mama (Tradução em Português)
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[Refrão] / (Ei, mamãe, ah, ow) / Eu quero gritar muito alto para você, porque tô muito orgulhoso de você / Deixe-me te contar o que estou prestes a fazer / (Ei, mamãe) / Eu
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JAY-Z – Lucifer
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“Lucifer” is one of the stand-out tracks off of The Black Album, produced by JAY-Z’s friend and frequent collaborator, Kanye West.
This song heavily relies on religious and
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Genius Traducciones al Español – Kanye West - My Way Home ft. Common (Traducción al Español)
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[Letra de "Kanye West - My Way Home ft. Common (Traducción al Español)"] / [Intro: Common & Gil Scott-Heron] / Sí / Estoy camino a casa / [Verso: Common] / Dicen que el hogar es
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Genius Brasil Traduções – Kanye West - Heard ’Em Say ft. Adam Levine (Tradução em Português)
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[Intro] / West—Sr. West—Sr. West / Uh, yeah, uh, yeah / Uh, yeah, uh, yeah / [Verso 1: Kanye West] / E eu ouvi eles dizerem / Que nada nunca foi prometido, o amanhã, o hoje / Sou
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