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Cops Shot the Kid
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Wikipedia article
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| name = Cops Shot the Kid
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|type=| artist = Nas featuring Kanye West
| album = Nasir
| recorded = 2018
| studio = West's ranch in Jackson Hole, Wyoming
| genre =
*East Coast hip hop
*hip hop
| length = 2:47
| label =
| writer =
| producer =
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"'Cops Shot the Kid'" is a song by American rapper Nas, featuring fellow rap artist Kanye West, from his eleventh studio album, 'Nasir' (2018).
Background
Nas took to Instagram shortly after the song had generated attention as a standout from the album and paid homage to Slick Rick, since he's sampled and behind the inspiration for it.
In October 2020, a snippet of the original version of the song featuring an unreleased guest verse from Andr 3000 surfaced online.
Composition
For the background vocals saying: "The cops shot the kid" throughout the vast majority of "Cops Shot the Kid", a sample from "Children's Story" by Slick Rick is used. The speech in the track's intro is sampled
from a scene including Richard Pryor in 1973 Stax Records film 'Wattstax'.
Critical reception
The song received mostly positive reviews. 'NME' described it as being: 'a track full of evocative images', and labelled the Rick sample as being both 'breathless' and 'frantic'. 'Rolling Stone' viewed "Cops Shot the Kid" as being the album's 'most cogent song' and branded West's appearance as a 'lone guest verse'.
Commercial performance
Upon the release of 'Nasir', the track debuted at number 96 on the US 'Billboard' Hot 100. This made it the only song from the album to enter that chart.
Charts
References
Category:2018 songs
Category:Nas songs
Category:Kanye West songs
Category:Song recordings produced by Kanye West
Category:Songs written by Nas
Category:Songs written by Kanye West
Category:Songs written by Rhymefest
Category:Songs against racism and xenophobia
Category:Songs about police brutality
Category:Songs about black people
Category:Songs based on speech samples
Category:Songs written by Slick Rick
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