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The People

Go! Common Classics2007English

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About the song

Album: Go! Common Classics
Released: May 22, 2007
Language: English
Duration: 3:32
Recorded at: Sony Studios (New York, NY), The Record Plant (Los Angeles, CA) & Sing Sing Recording Studios (Melbourne, Australia)

Credits

Written by: Common
Gil Scott-Heron
Kanye West
Common, Gil Scott-Heron, Kanye West
Produced by: Kanye West
Kanye West
Mixed by: MIKE DEAN
MIKE DEAN
Mastered by: Tom Coyne
Tom Coyne
Label: Geffen Records
G.O.O.D. Music
Geffen Records, G.O.O.D. Music

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Samples, covers and versions

Samples

We Almost Lost Detroit
Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackson
1977
Long Red (Live at Woodstock, Bethel, NY - August 1969)
Mountain
1972
Let the Drums Speak
The Fatback Band
1975
Out on Sunday
Push (Band)
1996

Interpolates

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JAŸ-Z
2001
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Rick Ross
2006

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