Pure Souls
| "Pure Souls" | |
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| Song by Kanye West | |
| from the album Donda | |
| Released | August 29, 2021 |
| Length | 5:59 |
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"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".[1][2] 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?".[3] 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.[4] 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".[5]
The song was first previewed during a listening party at Mercedes-Benz Stadium on July 22, 2021.[5] 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".[6] 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.[7] 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.[8]
Personnel
Credits adapted from Tidal.[9]
- Co-production - Bastian Völkel, Mike Dean, Ojivolta, Shuko, Sucuki
- Additional production - Fya Man
- Mixing and mastering - Irko
- Record engineering - Alejandro Rodriguez-Dawsøn, Chris Connors, Josh Berg, Mikalai Skrobat, Patrick Hundley, Roark Bailey, Will Chason
- Vocal editing - Chris Connors, Louis Bell
References
- ^ "Kanye West Whizzing On His Own Grammy... Gets Twitter Time-out". TMZ. 16 September 2020. Retrieved 30 November 2021.
- ^ Cordero, Rosy (16 September 2020). "Kanye West tweets pages from record contracts, video of Grammy in toilet". EW. Retrieved 30 November 2021.
- ^ Saponara, Michael (16 March 2021). "Roddy Ricch Calls Out Kanye West For Pissing On His Grammy Award After Winless 2021 Showing". HipHopDX. Retrieved 30 November 2021.
- ^ Eilbert, Mark (10 June 2021). "Roddy Ricch Clears Up Grammy Rant Directed At Kanye West". HipHopDX. Retrieved 30 November 2021.
- ^ a b Robinson, Joshua (23 July 2021). "Roddy Ricch's Feature On "DONDA" Addresses His Past Frustrations With Kanye West". HotNewHipHop. Retrieved 30 November 2021.
- ^ Rindner, Grant (9 August 2021). "11 Ways Kanye West's Donda Album Has Already Changed". GQ. Retrieved 30 November 2021.
- ^ Lee, Sasha (2 September 2021). "Five Takeaways From Shenseea's New Kanye West Features". Dancehall Mag. Retrieved 30 November 2021.
- ^ Watkis, Donovan (27 August 2021). "Shenseea Joins Kanye West At Chicago 'Donda' Livestream Event". Dancehall Mag. Retrieved 30 November 2021.
- ^ "Donda Deluxe credits". Tidal. Retrieved 30 November 2021.
