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.
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
hip hop song
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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"
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| describedAs | politically charged hip-hop track → |
| featuredArtist | The Game → |
| genre |
hip hop
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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
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critique of Reagan-era and later drug policies → relationship between street culture and mainstream America → |
| notableLineReferences |
Black Panther Party
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surface form: "Black Panthers"
Ronald Reagan → |
| partOf | Late Registration track listing → |
| performer |
Kanye West
→
The Game → |
| producer |
DJ Khalil
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Kanye West → Warryn Campbell → |
| recordedFor | Late Registration recording sessions → |
| recordLabel |
Def Jam Recordings
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Roc-A-Fella Records → |
| releaseDate | 2005-08-30 → |
| sampleSourceArtist | New York Community Choir → |
| theme |
commodification of Black culture
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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
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Kanye West → Mikkel Eriksen → The Game → Tor Erik Hermansen → Warryn Campbell → |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form: "Late Registration"