Gossip Files
| "Gossip Files" | |
|---|---|
| Song by Kanye West | |
| from the album Freshmen Adjustment | |
| Released | March 21, 2005 |
| Recorded | 2003[1] |
| Genre | Hip hop |
| Length | 3:52 |
| Label | Def Jam |
| Songwriter(s) | Kanye West |
| Producer(s) | West |
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"Gossip Files" is a song by American rapper and producer Kanye West from his mixtape, Freshmen Adjustment (2005).[2]
Composition
Throughout the track, multiple elements of the 1977 Belle Epoque song "Me and You" are sampled.[3]
The song also samples vocals from Ol' Dirty Bastard's 1995 track "Shimmy Shimmy Ya".[4]
Reused lyrics
The lyrics: "I'm finna get on this TV and put s**t down/I ain't finna let these light skinned ni**as come back in style" from "Gossip Files" were reused as: "I'mma get on this TV, mama/I'mma, I'mma put s**t down" in West's 2004 song "School Spirit".[5] As well as this, the lyrics "‘Cause we the leaders, and they the followers/And we the nut busters, and they the swallowers" were reused in his 2013 song "New Slaves" as: "You see it's leaders and it's followers/But I'd rather be a d**k than a swallower".[6]
References
- ↑ "Digging deep: Kanye's sharp edge". Dummy Mag. Retrieved September 1, 2018.
- ↑ "Freshmen Adjustment - Kanye West". AllMusic. Retrieved September 1, 2018.
- ↑ "Kanye West's 'Gossip Files' sample of Belle Epoque's 'Me and You'". WhoSampled. Retrieved September 1, 2018.
- ↑ "Kanye West's 'Gossip Files' sample of Ol' Dirty Bastard's 'Shimmy Shimmy Ya'". WhoSampled. Retrieved September 1, 2018.
- ↑ "Kanye West - Gossip Files Lyrics". Genius Lyrics. Retrieved September 3, 2018.
- ↑ "Kanye West Recycles Lyrics From Old Material". Noisey. Archived from the original on September 3, 2018. Retrieved September 3, 2018.
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