Samples used in "Diamonds from Sierra Leone"?

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Help me identify the samples in Kanye West's "Diamonds from Sierra Leone".

(Besides Shirley Bassey's "Diamonds are Forever", obviously.)

My Google-fu is betraying me.

― Supermodified (supermodified), Monday, 14 November 2005 21:29 (twenty years ago)

Buy the album. I'm sure they're in the liner notes

― van igloo (van smack), Tuesday, 15 November 2005 00:30 (twenty years ago)

i call it googlemancy

― astroblaster (astroblaster), Tuesday, 15 November 2005 03:08 (twenty years ago)

according to the Late Registration liners, the only sample is Shirley Bassey (but there are a bunch of additional instrument credits for keyboards, guitar and live drums)

― Al (sitcom), Tuesday, 15 November 2005 04:21 (twenty years ago)

Shoot, I'm sure I'm hearing a "Club Nouveau"-esque beat there, but maybe it's just me.

But anyway, thanks Al, I appreciate your help.

― Supermodified (supermodified), Tuesday, 15 November 2005 10:15 (twenty years ago)

You may well be hearing something else in there that they've ended up using studio musicians to recreate (hence the instrument credits), as this is often cheaper than licensing a sample.

― Josh Witkowski (braineater), Tuesday, 15 November 2005 21:40 (twenty years ago)

Those are not samples; they're little snippets of music produced by a gang of 9 year old slaves.

― PappaWheelie B.C., Tuesday, 15 November 2005 21:49 (twenty years ago)

expensive slaves

― detoxyDancer (sexyDancer), Tuesday, 15 November 2005 22:32 (twenty years ago)

i have a servant. it's pretty awesome.

― nicholas de jong (nicholas de jong), Wednesday, 16 November 2005 12:53 (twenty years ago)

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