Touch the Sky

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"Touch the Sky" is a hit hip-hop single by Kanye West featuring Lupe Fiasco, known for its triumphant horn-driven production and inspirational lyrics about ambition and success.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf single
song
album Late Registration
artist Kanye West
belongsToCatalog Kanye West discography
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: "United States"
featuredArtist Lupe Fiasco
genre conscious hip hop
hip hop
hasChorusVocal Kanye West
hasHook “I gotta testify, come up in the spot lookin’ extra fly”
hasInstrumentation bass
drums
horns
hasMusicVideo yes
hasVerseVocal Lupe Fiasco
language English
lyricalTheme ambition
perseverance
success
musicVideoPerformer Kanye West
Lupe Fiasco
musicVideoSetting stunt show
musicVideoTheme daredevil
notableFor Lupe Fiasco debut mainstream appearance
horn-driven production
inspirational lyrics
partOf Late Registration
performer American rapper
Kanye West
Lupe Fiasco
producer Just Blaze
Kanye West
recordedBy Kanye West
releaseFormat CD single
digital single
rhythmicStyle boom bap-influenced hip hop
sample Move On Up
sampleArtist Curtis Mayfield
styleCharacteristic soulful sample-based production
triumphant sound
tempo up-tempo
vocalStyle rap
writer Curtis Mayfield
Kanye West
Wasalu Jaco

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Heard 'Em Say chronologyNextTitle Touch the Sky
Late Registration hasTrack Touch the Sky
subject surface form: "Late Registration"
subject surface form: "Late Registration"