Kanye West feat. Jamie Foxx - Gold Digger
Hip-Hop / Sorry, it’s yet another Kanye post, but holy shit this is a good hip-hop song. It’s not deep, it’s not shallow, it’s just rap with Jamie Foxx doing his best Ray Charles impression and some great drums and some great lyrics (”If you aint no punk holla we want want prenup — WE WANT PRENUP!”). Kanye is paying rent on the best spot in the rap world right now. Listen to gold digger below.
Listen to the whole track here (.wmp).
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November 13th, 2005 at 7:53 pm
[…] How does Kanye West top the understated cool of ‘Gold Digger’ featuring Jamie Foxx? The short answer: he doesn’t try. Instead, Mr. West’s new single takes a departure into more reflective territory, featuring Adam Levine’s wonderful vocals. The lyrics talk of low-wage living, cigarette addiction, the government, among many other things. The original video, filmed by Michel Gondry who directed Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind was scrapped at the last minute and replaced by a hand-drawn animation by Bill Plympton. There has been no official word as to why this was. […]