It received a nomination for Best Hip-Hop Deep Cut at the 2005 Groovevolt Music and Fashion Awards. It was pointed out by Paul Cantor of Billboard as what is "perhaps the symphonic high point of the record". Critical reception Įric Tullis of SPIN described the track as being "the perfect playground for to break character and address the American reality". On February 27, 2014, Ace Hood released a freestyle titled "Lyrical Exercise" over the instrumental of "Two Words".
In popular culture Īn alternative version titled "Two Words (Frisky Remix)" was shared to BBC Music, which is a mashup of the original and Tinie Tempah's Labrinth-featuring single " Frisky", but only Kanye West, Labrinth and Mos Def are included as artists in the remix. Freeway liked the beat when he heard it, which made him: "want to go ham on it" and the rapper laid his verse down for the song before West and Mos recorded their parts. West actually had to pay them $10,000 to record a feature for him. It was revealed by West that he drove to the Harlem Boys Choir's summer camp to record them in a barn for the track. Miri Ben-Ari revealed that "Two Words" was the first recording she ever did with West. West references a group he was once in known as the Go Getters with the line: "Go Getters rhyme like, should've been signed twice" and over the years, West has actually recycled multiple rhymes that he first spit when part of the group. On top of this, it samples drums from The 5th Dimension's 1971 track "The Rainmaker". The track contains a sample of 1970 recording "Peace and Love (Amani Na Mapenzi) Movement III (Time)", written by Lou Wilson, Ric Wilson and Carlos Wilson, and performed by Mandrill. Miri Ben-Ari revealed that she was the one who introduced West to this sound, which lead to him falling in love with it. Within "Two Words", there is an orchestral sound that includes classical strings. Featured artist Freeway stated that Kanye wasn't initially respected as a rapper, but, after seeing West's talent, when asked to feature on the album, Freeway's response was: "Hell yeah. The original version of the track list for The College Dropout showed that the song was initially scheduled to be titled "2 Words" and have the position of number 5, rather than number 18 as it stands on the official release. The music video was released in March 2005. It has been performed by Freeway regularly at his live shows over the years. A cinematic version of the song was released as part of The College Dropout Video Anthology. " Two Words" is a song by American hip-hop artist Kanye West, that features Mos Def, Freeway and The Boys Choir of Harlem, from West's debut studio album The College Dropout (2004).
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