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Title: anyone know name of the "spoken word" guy in Kanye's "never let me down"
Post by: We Fly High on February 19, 2004, 11:13:27 PM: anyone know the name of the guy that does that part in the middle of the song. like could someone look thru the album credits. i saw him at the show, but i forgot what his name was.
Title: Re:anyone know name of the "spoken word" guy in Kanye's "never let me down"
Post by: Don Breezio on February 20, 2004, 12:11:07 AM: doesnt say anything about spoken word...the closest thing is:

Background vocals by John Legend & Tracy Spencer

the OG sample is by Michael Bolton
Title: Re:anyone know name of the "spoken word" guy in Kanye's "never let me down"
Post by: ecrazy on February 20, 2004, 12:20:09 AM: When I Put My CD On the Computer and got the track listing to put on my mp3 player, it sayed on the artist credit: "J.Ivy, Kanye West, Jay Z" ....So Im guessing J.Ivy
Title: Re:anyone know name of the "spoken word" guy in Kanye's "never let me down"
Post by: Don Breezio on February 20, 2004, 12:22:31 AM: i think j. ivy is the chick singing "when it comes to being true, be true to me" or however that goes.
Title: Re:anyone know name of the "spoken word" guy in Kanye's "never let me down"
Post by: On The Edge of Insanity on February 20, 2004, 03:21:54 AM: It is J.Ivy who does the poetry between Kanye's verse and Jay Z's second verse.
Title: Re:anyone know name of the "spoken word" guy in Kanye's "never let me down"
Post by: We Fly High on February 20, 2004, 09:39:55 AM: im pretty sure j. ivy is the singer of the chorus, not the middle guy.
Title: Re:anyone know name of the "spoken word" guy in Kanye's "never let me down"
Post by: Don Breezio on February 20, 2004, 11:39:09 AM: yeah thats what i thought.
Title: Re:anyone know name of the "spoken word" guy in Kanye's "never let me down"
Post by: SGV on February 20, 2004, 12:34:28 PM: As far as I know that's Saul Williams.
Title: Re:anyone know name of the "spoken word" guy in Kanye's "never let me down"
Post by: Woodrow on February 20, 2004, 02:54:23 PM: I dunno that track off the top of my head, but I know Kanye did a track with a spoken word artist named Malik Yusef...

Might be him?
Title: Re:anyone know name of the "spoken word" guy in Kanye's "never let me down"
Post by: We Fly High on February 20, 2004, 04:34:54 PM: nm i just found out, got the album today and looked thru the yearbook thing, its the j richardson guy.
Title: Re:anyone know name of the "spoken word" guy in Kanye's "never let me down"
Post by: On The Edge of Insanity on February 21, 2004, 03:13:09 AM: Quote from: justin718 on February 20, 2004, 04:34:54 PM
nm i just found out, got the album today and looked thru the yearbook thing, its the j richardson guy.

Yeah I saw that, and assumed he had changed his name to J.Ivy as a peformance name. Tracy Spencer is credited for background vocals, and a sample is used, I think Kanye would have credited the guy. When the track first came on the bootleg everyone thought it was Saul Williams and then when the final advance came out it changed from being feat Saul Williams to feat J.Ivy so I have always assumed that is the guy who does the poetry bit.
Title: Re:anyone know name of the "spoken word" guy in Kanye's "never let me down"
Post by: Don Breezio on February 21, 2004, 10:41:55 AM: that happened a few times...remember self conscious feat. lauryn hill...aka all falls down feat. syleena johnson lol.