"Can't Tell Me Nothing" is a song by American rapper Kanye West from his third studio album, Graduation. The song contains additional vocals from Young Jeezy and Connie Mitchell. It was produced by We
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DJ Toomp produced the song alongside West.
The first music video is set at El Mirage Lake in Victor Valley.
West performed the song for his headlining set at Glastonbury in 2015.
"Stronger" is a song by American rapper Kanye West from his third studio album, Graduation. The song was written and produced by West, with an extended outro handled by Mike Dean. Daft Punk were credi
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…a medley during his in-studio appearance for MTV's Total Request Live on August 10, 2007, which consisted of the song and fellow Graduation single "Stronger". On September 11 of that year, West transitioned from a snippet of the album's track "Champion" into a performance of "Can't Tell Me Nothing" when…
The song's sample of Daft Punk's material was not the first time a rap act had sampled them, after Busta Rhymes had done so on his 2005 single "Touch It". West listened to the single on a tour bus in 2006, which was how he first discovered the duo.
Sony Music Studios in New York City, one of the locations for the song's recording sessions.
The lyrics of the song's refrain offer a mantra that paraphrases Friedrich Nietzsche's famous quote: "What does not kill him, makes him stronger."