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Kanye West – Gold Digger (2:04)

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“Gold Digger” is a song recorded by American rapper Kanye West featuring guest vocals by Jamie Foxx. Released as the second single from West’s second album, Late Registration, “Gold Digger” peaked at number one on the US Billboard Hot 100 on September 6, 2005, becoming West’s and Foxx’s second number one single. Co-produced with Jon Brion, the song contains an interpolation of Ray Charles’ “I Got a Woman” by Foxx.

The single broke a record for the most digital downloads in a week, selling over 80,000 digital downloads, and was also the fastest selling digital download of all time; both records have since been broken. It was 2005’s second-longest running number one on the Billboard Hot 100 at ten weeks, behind Mariah Carey’s “We Belong Together”. “Gold Digger” was nominated for Record of the Year at the 2006 Grammy Awards (losing to Green Day’s “Boulevard of Broken Dreams”) and won the award for Best Rap Solo Performance. The song lists at number 49 on Billboard magazine’s All Time Top 100. The song was voted number 20 on VH1’s 100 Greatest Songs of Hip Hop.

Upon its release, many surmised that West conceived “Gold Digger” after watching Jamie Foxx’s Oscar-winning portrayal of Ray Charles in the biographical film Ray. However, he had actually recorded the song long before the movie was even developed. West originally produced and recorded the song in Ludacris’s home in Atlanta, Georgia for Shawnna’s 2004 debut album Worth Tha Weight and had written the chorus from a female first-person viewpoint.
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  • Late Registration
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  • pjbird

    We want Prenup!!

    9 days ago

  • Goscicki

    "I'm in need!!!!!!"

    11 days ago

  • GDM1997

    Ive got a weeve,

    12 days ago

  • thekills1985

    LOL, "I've got a weave"? WTF, this song is HILARIOUS! <3

    17 days ago

  • iuriraredu

    Pediu Limão, veio Abacaxi! kkkkkk ZUAVA muito na escola com essa musica o/

    last month

  • mannequinchaos

    I'VE GOTTA WEEEEEEE.

    last month

  • ciera-H

    is he sayin' "I'VE GOT WEED"??????

    March 2012

  • xxBrandNewRiotx

    still golden <3

    March 2012

  • TrippedB

    Them bitches are everywhere!

    March 2012

  • bostache

    this is funny....but also true

    March 2012

  • Wirftgu_

    he sucks now, get over it

    March 2012

  • Jre_Day

    Why won't he make songs like this anymore? [10]

    January 2012

  • Beatnik24

    I got a weave. I got a weave.

    November 2011

  • rufuspig

    the edit should be "broke bloke" not just "broke broke"

    September 2011

  • TheDarkSide73

    Great Song...I hate gold digging women....

    September 2011

  • Cheezdude

    great lyrics

    August 2011

  • josht69

    I aint saying she's a gold digger... mostly cuz she dumped him for a broke, a broke nigger! (me) :D... (im also white)

    July 2011

  • fo_sho

    WE WANT PRENUP!

    May 2011

  • MELEBOY

    sang it to my x gf & she was pist off... love it...

    March 2011

  • wyzguy6131

    creative and catchy...

    February 2011
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