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Pure Souls
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Wikipedia article
"'Pure Souls'" is a song by American rapper Kanye West from his tenth studio album, 'Donda' (2021). The song features vocals from American rapper Roddy Ricch and Jamaican singer Shenseea.
Background
In September 2020, West had a rant on his Twitter account where amongst posting his full recording contract with Universal, he posted a video of him urinating on one of his Grammy awards; captioning the post with "Trust me... I won't stop". Roddy Ricch, who is featured on the track, was nominated for six entries at the 2020 Grammy awards, but left the show empty handed. Roddy Ricch called out West in March 2021, believing that he disrespected the Grammys, saying "How do you think that makes the world look at my accomplishment?". In an interview with Big Boy in June 2021, he stated that he had met up with West and recorded music together and that there was no disrespect towards him. Roddy Ricch references the incident on the song, singing "They said I was mad at the Grammys, but I'm looking at my Grammy right now/Pulled up on Ye and said they don't understand me, I just want my dog to pipe down".
The song was first previewed during a listening party at Mercedes-Benz Stadium on July 22, 2021. At the August 5 listening party, West changed part of his verse, removing lines that eluded to his relationship with Barack Obama such as "44 telling me I'm still not folks". At the August 26 listening party at Soldier Field, West added Jamaican singer Shenseea to the track. The collaboration came about after he had watched her freestyle at Hot 97 with Funkmaster Flex, which was uploaded on July 28, 2021. At the listening event, Shenseea joined West on the stairs of his remade childhood home along with artists such as Travis Scott, Marilyn Manson and DaBaby.
Personnel
Credits adapted from Tidal.
* Co-production - Bastian Vlkel, Mike Dean, Ojivolta, [https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shuko Shuko], Sucuki
* Additional production - Fya Man
* Mixing and mastering - Irko
* Record engineering - Alejandro Rodriguez-Dawsn, Chris Connors, Josh Berg, Mikalai Skrobat, Patrick Hundley, Roark Bailey, Will Chason
* Vocal editing - Chris Connors, Louis Bell
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References
Category:Kanye West songs
Category:Roddy Ricch songs
Category:2021 songs
Category:Song recordings produced by Kanye West
Category:Songs written by Kanye West
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