Crack Music

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"Crack Music" is a politically charged hip-hop track by Kanye West featuring The Game that critiques systemic racism and the crack epidemic in the United States.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf hip hop song
song
album Late Registration
artist Kanye West
chronologyPosition second studio album era of Kanye West
containsSampleOf Since You Came In My Life
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: "United States"
describedAs politically charged hip-hop track
featuredArtist The Game
genre hip hop
political hip hop
hasCallAndResponseElements true
hasChorusVocalsBy The Game
hasPoliticalContent true
hasSpokenWordSection true
includedIn Kanye West discography
language English
length 4:31
lyricalFocus comparison of crack cocaine to music as exports from Black communities
critique of Reagan-era and later drug policies
relationship between street culture and mainstream America
notableLineReferences Black Panther Party
surface form: "Black Panthers"

Ronald Reagan
partOf Late Registration track listing
performer Kanye West
The Game
producer DJ Khalil
Kanye West
Warryn Campbell
recordedFor Late Registration recording sessions
recordLabel Def Jam Recordings
Roc-A-Fella Records
releaseDate 2005-08-30
sampleSourceArtist New York Community Choir
theme commodification of Black culture
crack cocaine epidemic in the United States
impact of drugs on Black communities
mass incarceration of Black Americans
political critique of U.S. government policies
systemic racism in the United States
trackNumber 13
writer Che Smith
Kanye West
Mikkel Eriksen
The Game
Tor Erik Hermansen
Warryn Campbell

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

Late Registration hasTrack Crack Music
subject surface form: "Late Registration"

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