Gold Digger

Album: Late Registration (2005)
Charted: 2 1
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  • Lyrics currently unavailable Writer/s: Kanye West, Ray Charles, Renald J. Richard
    Publisher: Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd., Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.

Comments: 13

  • Tessa from Washingtonville, Pa( I always laugh when I hear this song, just once.) But I like to listen to it. It is a great tune.
  • Melissa from Lorton, VaI don't really like rap. And I don't want to get on a high horse or anything, BUT if you watch Jets' music video 'Are You Gonna Be My Girl?' you'll notice that Kanye West ripped them off.
  • Jer from Closter, NjI'm almost possitive foxx says "on yo knees" instead of "I gotta leave." It only makes sence because Kanye says "go head girl go head get down." Besides the fact it would sound bad if he said "Go ahead girl, go ahead get down" he's really asking the girl to get down, on her knees, and give head. It would be pointless for me to support my case any further.
  • Angel from Somewhere In, AzI really liked this song until I saw Tom Cruise singing it at a Kanye concert, and acting like the complete moron that he is!! I can't get the image out of my brain when I hear the song.
  • Guess from North Andover, MaThis song won a grammy for best male rape vocal performance.
  • Garrett from Nashville, TnWest has said in interviews that he wrote this for a female star (can't remember who) but when she dragged her heels at recording it, he put it out himself.
  • Nikki from Chicago, IlThis wasn't the first song that Kanye West and Jaime Foxx collaborated on that went #1. The first song that they worked on together that went #1 on was "Slow Jams" which also features Twista. This song is on Kanye West's "The College Dropout" album and Twista's "Kamikazee" album, however Twista's version is different and they also have different videos for this same song. On Jaime Foxx's new album "Unpredictable", West and Foxx does it again with "One Night Estravaganza", I'm curious to see if this will go to #1 when it's released as a single.
  • Jimoh from The Bronx Ny, NyAlso, the song was nominated for a Grammy. If it had won in the category it was up for, this perhaps would have been one of the few times that an Oscar winner had in the next year won a Grammy.
  • Eric from Denver, CoYeah Alex, that's true. Kanye really said that. What he should have said is "George Bush doesn't care about poor people."
  • Emily from Abingdon, VaKanye's performance of this at the 2006 grammy's was hysterical. He and Foxx led opposing marching bands at halftime of a football game. There were also several "gold diggers" in gold bikinis and a number of "broke phi brokes" dancing.
  • Alex from Gaithersburg, MdKaneya WEST SAID "george bush doesnt care about black people."
  • Sammy from New York, NyNow, you shouldn't go ahead and be badmouthing rap so vehemently. You have to qualify the statement. I certainly agree that some rap is terrible like 50 Cent, Fat Joe etc. But think about the rap that mattered back in the day. I'm talking about albums like Public Enemy's "It takes a nation of millions..." A Tribe Called Quest's "The Low End Theory," Dr. Dre's "The Chronic," Notorious BIG's "Ready to Die," Nas' "Illmatic." These are great albums which came from rap. I definitely recommend Jay-Z, Tupac, Outkast, De La Soul, and some of Eminem's stuff.

    On this song, I like it because it's funky & funny. "She walk around lookin like Michael wit yo' money / Shoulda got that insured Geico for yo' money" I also enjoy Jamie Foxx's right on impersonation of Ray Charles.
  • Pepper from Virginia Beach, Vathis song is awesome thats why its on here, im the furthest thing from a new rap fan, but this song is great
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