"Pure Souls" is a song by American rapper

Kanye West Ye ( ; born Kanye Omari West ; June 8, 1977) is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, record producer, and fashion designer. Born in Atlanta and raised in Chicago, West gained recognition as a producer for Roc-A-Fella Records in the ea ...

from his tenth studio album, ''

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'' (2021). The song features vocals from fellow American rapper

Roddy Ricch Rodrick Wayne Moore Jr. (born October 22, 1998), known professionally as Roddy Ricch, is an American rapper, singer, and songwriter. He rose to fame in 2018 with his single, "Die Young", which peaked at number 98 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100. R ...

and Jamaican singer

Shenseea Chinsea Lee (born 1 October 1996), known professionally as Shenseea, is a Jamaican dancehall artist. She initially gained attention after appearing on songs by Vybz Kartel, Sean Paul, and Christina Aguilera. In 2019, she signed a recording contr ...

Background

In September 2020, West had a rant on his Twitter account where amongst posting his full recording contract with Universal, he posted a video of him urinating on one of his Grammy awards; captioning the post with "Trust me... I won't stop". Roddy Ricch, who is featured on the track, was nominated for six entries at the 2020 Grammy awards, but left the show empty handed. Roddy Ricch called out West in March 2021, believing that he disrespected the Grammys, saying "How do you think that makes the world look at my accomplishment?". In an interview with Big Boy in June 2021, he stated that he had met up with West and recorded music together and that there was no disrespect towards him. Roddy Ricch references the incident on the song, singing "They said I was mad at the Grammys, but I'm looking at my Grammy right now/Pulled up on Ye and said they don't understand me, I just want my dog to pipe down". The song was first previewed during a listening party at Mercedes-Benz Stadium on July 22, 2021. At the August 5 listening party, West changed part of his verse, removing lines that eluded to his relationship with Barack Obama such as "44 telling me I'm still not folks". At the August 26 listening party at Soldier Field, West added Jamaican singer Shenseea to the track. The collaboration came about after he had watched her freestyle at

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with

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, which was uploaded on July 28, 2021. At the listening event, Shenseea joined West on the stairs of his remade childhood home along with artists such as Travis Scott,

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and

DaBaby Jonathan Lyndale Kirk (born December 22, 1991), known professionally as DaBaby (formerly known as Baby Jesus), is an American rapper. After releasing several mixtapes between 2014 and 2018, he rose to mainstream prominence with his debut albu ...

Personnel

Credits adapted from Tidal. * Co-production - Bastian Völkel, Mike Dean,

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Shuko
Sucuki * Additional production - Fya Man * Mixing and mastering - Irko * Record engineering - Alejandro Rodriguez-Dawsøn, Chris Connors, Josh Berg, Mikalai Skrobat, Patrick Hundley, Roark Bailey, Will Chason * Vocal editing - Chris Connors, Louis Bell

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References

Kanye West songs Roddy Ricch songs 2021 songs Song recordings produced by Kanye West Songs written by Kanye West {{Roddy Ricch Songs written by Roddy Ricch Songs written by Mike Dean (record producer) Songs written by Cyhi the Prynce Songs written by Malik Yusef