Kanye West released “All Falls Down” as the third single from his debut album, The College Dropout on February 24, 2004. The song features singer Syleena Johnson and Kanye claims ‘All Falls Down’ was done in 15 minutes.
Kanye West revealed this in a 2013 interview with The New York Times, along with Dead Prez’s impact on the song;
“It wasn’t until I hung out with Dead Prez and understood how to make, you know, raps with a message sound cool that I was able to just write “All Falls Down” in 15 minutes.”
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