Jonathan Kramer - Kanye West 'Gold Digger'

3. does not respect boundaries between sonorities and procedures of the past and of the present
9. includes quotations of or references to music of many traditions and cultures
15. presents multiple meanings and multiple temporalities


This song is a remix of the song 'I got a woman' by Ray Charles, which is in turn a remix of the song 'It must be Jesus' by The Southern Tones. Not only does it use elements of backing track etc. but it also warps the meaning of the song taking it out of context and completely changing the original message.The original song goes from being about the wonderful acts of Jesus, to the kind acts of a girlfriend to the degrading song about a Gold digging girlfriend.This presents a song that could be interpreted with many meanings or simply taken for what it is.