Who Will Survive in America
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"Who Will Survive in America" is the politically charged, spoken-word–driven closing track on Kanye West’s album *My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy*, sampling Gil Scott-Heron to critique race and society in the United States.
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
music recording
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song ⓘ |
| album | My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy ⓘ |
| artist | Kanye West ⓘ |
| associatedWork | My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy tour performances ⓘ |
| chronologyWithinAlbum | follows Lost in the World ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| criticizes |
social inequality in America
ⓘ
systemic racism in the United States ⓘ |
| featuresSampleOf | Comment #1 ⓘ |
| format | album track ⓘ |
| genre |
hip hop
ⓘ
political music ⓘ spoken word ⓘ |
| hasCulturalContext |
contemporary hip hop political commentary
ⓘ
post–civil rights era America ⓘ |
| hasPoliticalContent | true ⓘ |
| hasSpokenWordElements | true ⓘ |
| includedIn | 2010 album My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| length | approximately 1 minute 38 seconds ⓘ |
| lyricTheme |
African American experience
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politics in America ⓘ race in the United States ⓘ social critique ⓘ |
| partOf | My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy ⓘ |
| performer | Kanye West ⓘ |
| producer |
Kanye West
ⓘ
Mike Dean ⓘ No I.D. ⓘ |
| recordLabel |
Def Jam Recordings
ⓘ
Roc-A-Fella Records ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 2010-11-22 ⓘ |
| sampledArtist | Gil Scott-Heron ⓘ |
| trackNumber | 13 ⓘ |
| trackPosition | closing track ⓘ |
| usesSpokenWordSample | Gil Scott-Heron monologue ⓘ |
| vocalStyle | spoken word sample–driven ⓘ |
| writer |
Gil Scott-Heron
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Kanye West ⓘ Mike Dean ⓘ No I.D. ⓘ |
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