"Grammy Family" is the second single from

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's debut album, '' Listennn... the Album''. The single features and was written by

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and

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;

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assisted West in producing the track. As well as being featured on Khaled's album, the song appears on Consequence's album ''

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'' (2007). The track's beat was sampled and rapped over by J. Cole on his debut mixtape '' The Come Up'' (2007).

Composition

"What the World Is Coming To" by Dexter Wansel is directly sampled throughout the hip hop song. As well as this, a riff from " You've Made Me So Very Happy" by Lou Rawls is made sample of throughout. Furthermore, West quotes his own lyrics from ''

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'' track "Celebration" when rapping: "It's a celebration b***hes".

Track listing

CD single # "Grammy Family" (Clean) – 3:26 # "Grammy Family" (Explicit) – 3:26 # "Grammy Family" (Instrumental) – 3:26

Commercial performance

On the week that it was officially released as a single, "Grammy Family" debuted and peaked at number 24 on the US

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chart.

Charts

References

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