Hi,
could some kind soul please tell me the name of the choir and the title of the record which kanye west samples on his hit jesus walks. I'd love to own the original song. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thank u

Hi,

Arc Choir – “Walk with Me”

From Wikipedia:

"Jesus Walks" was the third single from Kanye West's debut album, The College Dropout. Released in 2004, the single peaked at #11 in the USA becoming West's fourth top 20 single; it also peaked at #16 in the UK. The song is notable for being essentially a spiritual song, in which West discusses how Jesus "walks" with all manners of people, from drug dealers and murderers to regular citizens. The song was co-written with rapper (and close friend of West's) Rhymefest. In total, three separate videos were made for Jesus Walks, each funded by West himself.

West built "Jesus Walks" around a sample from the Arc Choir's "Walk with Me". West won the 2005 Grammy Award for Best Rap Song for "Jesus Walks". The song was nominated for several gospel awards before the awards commitees learned that the song contained some explicit language and removed it from the runnings.

"Jesus Walks" gained West further mainstream exposure when it was prominently featured in trailers and commercials for the 2005 film Jarhead.

I love what he did with the Lou Donaldson drums.

mdn7 said:

thanks for the info. it was very kind of u

CinisterCee said:

was that on the same track?

3121 said:

Yeah the drums that Kanye used on "Jesus Walks" are from "Ode To Billy Joe" by Lou Donaldson.

CinisterCee said:

oh right. i'll look out for that track too. thanks