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Life of the Party (Kanye West and Andr 3000 song)
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Wikipedia article
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| released = November 14, 2021
| recorded = 20202021
| artist = Kanye West and Andr 3000
| album = Donda (Deluxe)
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| genre = Conscious hip hop
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| chronology = Kanye West
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| prev_year = 2021
| next_title = Believe What I Say
| next_year = 2021
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'"Life of the Party"' is a song by American rappers Kanye West and Andr 3000. It was intended for West's tenth studio album 'Donda' (2021), but was left off the album due to Andr 3000 not agreeing to his verse being edited to a clean version. The song was later leaked by Canadian rapper Drake on Sound 42 radio amidst a feud with West. It was initially released as an exclusive to the Donda Stem Player in October 2021. The song was released fully in November 2021 on the deluxe version of 'Donda', and an explicit version as a single.
Background
On July 16, 2021, rapper Consequence posted a video to Instagram of West in the studio with Tyler, the Creator, with a snippet of "Life of the Party" being played. On July 18, the original version of the song (which did not include any vocals from Andr 3000) was previewed at a private listening event in Las Vegas. West played the song for German news outlet Bild in Berlin on September 2, stating that a video shoot was planned and that he wanted to release it soon.
Leak
In the lead up to 'Donda' releasing, West had taken shots aimed at Drake, even posting his home address to his Instagram. On September 4, a day after Canadian rapper Drake released his album 'Certified Lover Boy', Drake leaked "Life of the Party" on his Sound 42 radio show on Sirius XM amidst a feud with West. This version leaked by Drake seemed to have a different verse from West with disses aimed at Drake, as well as a guest verse from Andr 3000. Andr 3000 made a statement about the leak saying that West had reached out to him a few weeks prior to the song leaking to be part of 'Donda' and was inspired to make a musical tribute to his mom. The song ended up being omitted from the album due to West's stance on profanity and Andr 3000 not agreeing to his verse being edited to be clean without having the raw original available. Moreover, the original version of the song Andr 3000 wrote to, did not have the diss verse aimed at Drake. Andr 3000 lamented that the song leaked with the diss verse, stating "Its unfortunate that it was released in this way and two artists that I love are going back and forth".
Release
A new version of the track, containing the original verse from West and a censored verse from Andr 3000, was released on the Donda Stem Player on October 27, 2021. The track was released along with two other previously unreleased tracks titled "Never Abandon Your Family" and "Up from the Ashes", as well as the original version of "Remote Control", containing a verse from Kid Cudi. The song was released as part of the deluxe version of Donda, and as a single for the explicit version on November 14, 2021.
Reception
Andre 3000's verse was named best rap verse of the year by both 'Complex' and 'HipHopDX'.
Music video
A music video of the song was uploaded to West's official channel on May 8, 2022. It showcases childhood photos of West with the faces animated to sync with the song's lyrics. The music video doesn't feature any of Andr 3000's vocals, possibly due to the controversy of the song being released without consent of his verses being censored. The video ends with a short video of Kanye rapping when he was a kid.
Personnel
Credits adapted from Tidal.
'Music'
* Dem Jointz additional production
* Federico Vindver additional production
* Fonzworth Bentley additional production, vocal production
* Ojivolta additional production
* BoogzDaBeast co-production
* The Twilite Tone co-production
'Technical'
* Maurizio "Irko" Sera master engineering, mix engineering, remixing
* Rashade Benani Bevel - mix assistance
* Alejandro Rodriguez-Dawson record engineering
* Andrew Drucker record engineering
* Josh Berg record engineering
* Kalam Ali Muttalib record engineering
Charts
References
Category:Kanye West songs
Category:Andr 3000 songs
Category:2021 songs
Category:2021 singles
Category:Song recordings produced by Kanye West
Category:Songs written by Kanye West
Category:Songs written by Andr 3000
Category:Songs written by Pusha T
Category:Songs written by Dem Jointz
Category:Songs written by Malik Yusef
Category:Songs written by Fonzworth Bentley
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