Slow Jamz


"Slow Jamz" is a single by American rapper Twista featuring Kanye West and Jamie Foxx. It was released in late 2003 as the lead single from his album Kamikaze and the second single from Kanye West's debut album The College Dropout. The Kanye West version includes an intro and two extra verses by Jamie Foxx, and excludes the original outro by Twista. Tracie Spencer provides background vocals on both versions, and plays the female answer in Foxx's last verse on the Kanye West version. The song marked Jamie Foxx's first single since 1994.
"Slow Jamz" peaked at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 and received a nomination for Best Rap/Sung Performance at the 47th Annual Grammy Awards. The song features a sped up sample of Luther Vandross' cover of "A House Is Not A Home".

Background

The single was given to Twista by Kanye's managers as they had recently got a job at Atlantic Records, and Twista needed a single for his album.

Music video

The video shows a party; at first Jamie Foxx is seen buying records for the party, then it goes to the party where Kanye West and Twista are. It includes cameo appearances by Consequence, Aisha Tyler, John Legend, Mike Epps, and Common.

Reception

The song peaked at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 chart for a week on February 10, 2004 becoming Twista's, West's and Foxx's first number one single. Q magazine listed it as the nineteenth greatest hip-hop song of all time. Pitchfork named it the 12th best song of 2004.
The song received several nominations, including; Best Rap/Sung Collaboration at the 2005 Grammy Awards, R&B/Rap Collaboration of the Year at the 2004 Source Awards, Best Collaboration at the 2004 MOBO Awards,, Best Collaboration at the 2004 BET Awards, and Coolest Collabo at the 2004 Vibe Awards.

Artists mentioned in "Slow Jamz"

Track listing

A-side

  1. "Slow Jamz"
  2. "Slow Jamz"
  3. "Slow Jamz"

    B-side

  4. "Badunkadunk"
  5. "Badunkadunk"
  6. "Badunkadunk"

    Remixes

  7. "Slow Jamz"
  8. "Slow Jamz"

    Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications