"Grammy Family" | ||||
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Single by DJ Khaled featuring Kanye West, Consequence and John Legend | ||||
from the album Listennn... the Album and Don't Quit Your Day Job! | ||||
Released | July 1, 2006 | |||
Recorded | September 2005 | |||
Genre | Hip hop | |||
Length | 3:24 | |||
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"Grammy Family" is the second single from DJ Khaled's debut album, Listennn... the Album . The single features and was written by Kanye West,Consequence and John Legend;Jon Brion assisted West in producing the track. As well as being featured on Khaled's album,the song appears on Consequence's album Don't Quit Your Day Job! (2007). The track's beat was sampled and rapped over by J. Cole on his debut mixtape The Come Up (2007). [1]
"What the World Is Coming To" by Dexter Wansel is directly sampled throughout the hip hop song. [2] As well as this,a riff from "You've Made Me So Very Happy" by Lou Rawls is made sample of throughout. [3] Furthermore,West quotes his own lyrics from Late Registration track "Celebration" when rapping:"It's a celebration b***hes". [4]
CD single [5]
On the week that it was officially released as a single,"Grammy Family" debuted and peaked at number 24 on the US Bubbling Under R&B/Hip-Hop Singles chart. [6]
Chart (2006) | Peak position |
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US Bubbling Under R&B/Hip-Hop Singles ( Billboard ) [7] | 24 |
Dexter Raymond Mills Jr.,better known by his stage name Consequence,is an American rapper from Queens,New York City,New York. He is best known for his collaborative work with A Tribe Called Quest and Kanye West.
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