| Saint Pablo | |
| Border: | yes |
| Artist: | Kanye West |
| Album: | The Life of Pablo |
| Recorded: | 2016 |
| Genre: | Hip hop |
"Saint Pablo" is a song by American rapper Kanye West, featuring prominent vocals by British singer Sampha. It originally surfaced online on March 31, 2016, after it had been leaked onto Apple Music for a few hours. The song was later added to West's seventh studio album, The Life of Pablo (2016) on June 14, 2016.
The song addresses West's thoughts and insecurities, including the Twitter controversies and a debt he had of $53 million.[1]
"Saint Pablo" was produced by West himself and Mike Dean, with co-production from Allen Ritter and additional production from Noah Goldstein. It features vocals from Sampha, who sings the hook and the third verse. The song contains samples of "Where I'm From", written by Jay Z, Deric Angelettie, Ronald Lawrence and Norman Whitfield, and performed by Jay Z.
"Saint Pablo" first premiered at Yo Gotti's The Art of Hustle release party. On March 31, 2016, the track was leaked online and appeared on Apple Music for several hours.[2] [3] On June 15, 2016, West temporarily removed The Life of Pablo from Tidal because he wanted to put the song into the album.[4] The track has been made widely available on Tidal, Apple Music, Google Play Music and Spotify since this removal.[5] [6]
“Saint Pablo“ met with positive reviews. NME author Richard Owain Roberts praised the track, describing it as West being, "in classically confident mode, despite the fact he opens up the epic track by admitting that he's in debt."[7]