Tainted (song)
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| "Tainted" | ||||
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| Single by Slum Village featuring Dwele | ||||
| from the album Trinity (Past, Present and Future) | ||||
| Released | July 2, 2002 | |||
| Genre | Hip hop | |||
| Length | 4:27 | |||
| Label | Capitol | |||
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| Producer(s) | Riggins | |||
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| Dwele singles chronology | ||||
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| "Tainted" on YouTube | ||||
"Tainted" is a song by American hip hop group Slum Village, released on July 2, 2002 as the lead single from their third studio album Trinity (Past, Present and Future) (2002). It features American singer Dwele. Produced by Karriem Riggins, the song contains a sample of "The Jam" by Graham Central Station.
T3 of Slum Village said that the song is about "good and bad relationships — tainted and untainted. My verse is about my girl and I. Baatin's [verse] is about the industry and the stuff we went through. When you put all those together, that's basically the concept of 'Tainted'." He stated that Slum Village chose the song for the lead single of Trinity (Past, Present and Future) because they "wanted to start off from where we left", describing the song as "like the old, feel-good Slum soul-type joint. We wanted to start from that base before we take you to another plateau."[1]