I Pulled Up In The Benz, They All Got Up In. Far as girls, you got a flock. The song's music video was directed by Hype Williams, who also directed West's previous video, "Diamonds from Sierra Leone". Get down girl, go 'head, get down. With A Baby Louis Vuitton. The idea of employing Jamie Foxx specifically to sing an interpolation of Ray Charles' "I Got a Woman" in place of its initial sample did in fact arise from West seeing Ray with his friend John Mayer. The song lists at number 49 on Billboard magazine's All-Time Top 100. Kanye saw the song's potential for becoming a hit and repurposed the lyrics from a male perspective. Jamie Foxx - Gold Digger Lyrics. She Got One Of Yo Kids Got You For 18 Years. This week he moppin' floors, next week it's the fries. To comment on specific lyrics, highlight them. Verse 3: Kanye West].
"Gold Digger" contains a bouncy beat formed from handclaps and scratches by DJ A-Trak and an interpolation during the introduction of "I Got a Woman" by Ray Charles, who featured artist Jamie Foxx played in the 2004 biopic Ray and later won the Academy Award for Best Actor for it. Cause When She Leave Yo Ass She Gone Leave With Half. "Gold Digger" was nominated for Record of the Year at the 2006 Grammy Awards (losing to Green Day's "Boulevard of Broken Dreams") and won the award for Best Rap Solo Performance. Shoulda got that insured, Geico for your money.
• This song won a 2006 Grammy Award for Best Rap Solo Performance. So stick by his side. Now I Aint Sayin You A Gold Digger You Got Needs. His baby mama car and crib is bigger than his. The single broke a record for the most digital downloads in a week Read Full Bio "Gold Digger" is a song recorded by American rapper Kanye West featuring guest vocals by Jamie Foxx. But I'm lookin' for the one, have you seen her? Co-produced with Jon Brion, the song contains an interpolation of Ray Charles' "I Got a Woman" by Foxx. If you listen to the song, they never called her a gold-digger because the song is originated from the idea that the girl never went out with anybody that was regular because she was always in the space where fly niggas would hit on. And when you get on, he'll leave yo' ass for a white girl. I'm not sayin' I'm a gold digger. West delivers a tongue-in-cheek lyrical narrative within "Gold Digger" in which he critically depicts the disastrous life of a man married to a woman who manipulates him for financial gain. He gon' make it to a Benz out of that Datsun. It's Something That You Need To Have.
The song's hook was originally written for Shawnna and performed from a female's perspective with lines like. Now I Ain't Sayin' She A Gold Digger (when I'm In Need). My psychic told me she'll have a ass like Serena. Ok Get Ya Kids But Then They Got Their Friends. The titles of the magazines the women appear on the cover of reflect the correlating verses in the song.
She Went To The Doctor Got Lypo With Ya Money. Intro: Jamie Foxx and Kanye West]. By the end of their very first studio session together, the pair had completed the basic tracks for final version of "Gold Digger". He Gone Make It Into A Benz Out Of That Datson. The song also contains a frequent vocal sample from the song "Bumpin' Bus Stop" by Thunder and Lightning. Kanye West & Jon Brion produced the track. If You F*ckin With This Girl Then You Betta Be Payed.
However, another story arises within the third verse, which illustrates a once destitute black male who earns a fortune and decides to leave a loyal, unselfish girlfriend for a white girl. About a year later, right before "Gold Digger" was set to be released, West decided to add a third verse and in a week the new song was recorded and mastered at Sony Music Studios in New York. Oh, she's a gold digger. • Originally the music video had scenes with the models holding daggers, but MTV refused to air the video so it was replaced by light. If you fuckin' with this girl, then you better be paid.
She Gives Me Money). Written by: Kanye West, Renald J. Richard, Ray Charles. But When You Get On He Leave Yo A** For A White Girl. But I ain't messin' with no broke niggas. • Kanye West, Ray Charles, & Renald Richard share writing credits on the song. From What I Heard She Got A Baby By Busta. She was supposed to buy your shorty Tyco with your money. After recording another version, Jamie decided to re-record it once more as he felt it contained too many explicit lyrics. When I'm in need) But she ain't messin' with no broke niggas, uh. • The music video was directed by Hype Williams, stars model Veronica Rodriguez, and was nominated for 2006 MTV Video Music Awards for Best Male Video and Best Hip Hop Video. Way over town, that digs on me.
However, he had actually recorded the song long before the movie was even developed. Eighteen years, eighteen years. We all went to Den and then I had to pay. And They Gone Keep Callin And Tryin. Should Of Got That Insured Got Geico For Ya Moneeey.
Cutie the bomb, met her at a beauty salon. However, for reasons unknown, Shawnna passed on the beat. The song is not written about a specific person.