Selfish (Slum Village song)
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| "Selfish" | ||||
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| Single by Slum Village featuring Kanye West and John Legend | ||||
| from the album Detroit Deli (A Taste of Detroit) | ||||
| Released | March 16, 2004 | |||
| Genre | Hip-hop | |||
| Length | 3:45 | |||
| Label | Capitol | |||
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| Producer | Kanye West | |||
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| Music video | ||||
| "Selfish" on YouTube | ||||
"Selfish" is a song by American hip-hop group Slum Village, released on March 16, 2004, as the lead single from their fourth studio album, Detroit Deli (A Taste of Detroit) (2004). It features American rapper Kanye West, who also produced the song, and American singer John Legend. The song contains a sample of "Call Me" by Aretha Franklin.
In an interview with The Source in February 2024, Slum Village revealed that Kanye West charged $90,000 ($152,024.25 in 2025 dollars) for his feature and beat in the song because he was turned down by a certain A&R when looking for a record deal. The group met with West and then-unknown singer John Legend in the studio, where West played them the beat. Young RJ encouraged West to rap on it, and West immediately recorded a verse. T3 recorded half of his verse before deciding to write his verse at home and recorded his entire verse at the studio the next day. Elzhi could not come up with anything at the time, so they had to wait one more day before mixing the song.[1]
Slum Village recalled there were many women at the shoot for the music video. J Dilla arrived later than the other artists for the filming, as he was leaving a hospital. At the shoot, he was taunted by someone for seemingly being upstaged by Kanye West.[1]
