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I’m In It

Kanye West
Track 6 on Yeezus 

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Jun. 18, 20131 viewer1.7M views

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In this song Kanye goes to great lengths to describe his numerous sexual fantasies using very explicit lyrics.

The lyrics feature numerous references to the civil rights movement. Including a interpolation of a Martin Luther King Jr speech and the raised fist of the civil rights movement.

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What did Kanye West say about "I'm In It"?
Genius Answer

Interviewed by Pitchfork, Justin Vernon said:

I don’t even know what I’m singing on “I’m in It”– I’d have to look at it. Kanye’s talking about a bunch of really violently and stunningly visual sex shit in there, but it’s not like he’s saying stuff like that to his friends 24 hours a day. I mean, sitting around the studio, we all have intelligent conversations about the state of women in the world– I wouldn’t say we had a conversation about feminism, necessarily, but we’re sensitive to it.

The imagery of the song is definitely intense, but so is American Psycho. I loved that little American Psycho clip he did– it puts things into context, because Kanye feels like a director, and I don’t think everything he’s saying in the songs is actually him saying it every time. It’s like a movie, or a concept. On “I’m in It”, it seems like I’m playing a character in the song, but I’m not necessarily guiding who that character is– Kanye’s editing creates the character. I definitely remember the “star fucker” section in the middle, though, just calling somebody out. That’s my favorite lyrical content that I’ve gotten to do on a Kanye record so far.

Kilhoffer, one of the album’s producers, said

“I’m in It” started out with a different sample and melody. Then Kanye removed the sample, and it lived as a six-minute arrangement for a while. Then Rick Rubin got ahold of it and structured it to flow as a three-minute piece.

Mike Dean said

[The song] had these crazy guitar parts and all this stadium stuff, and then Rick, Noah, and Kanye pulled it back. I wasn’t very happy with that at first, but it came out really well.

What's been said about Assassin's part?
Genius Answer

Evian Christ: I love Assassin’s part in that song, too, he absolutely killed it.

Justin Vernon: I have no idea what the Jamaican dude [Assassin] is saying. At all. But it’s fucking awesome as hell.

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June 18, 2013
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