40 from Manifest Code by Combs

This song came about after a conversation with a friend who was telling me about how we can trace much of modern popular music back to early classical pieces. It inspired me to begin digging through classical music, which led me to Mozart's 40th symphony. It's opening melody connected with me instantly, and just became a matter of interpolation.

The chorus to this song came from a Rick Rubin interview I had read years ago. He talked about how when he joined Kanye to executive produce "Yeezus" the album had barely gotten off the ground, but it was due to release in a month. When Rick asked him how he expected to meet his release date, Kanye replied, "I'm gonna get you 40 in the fourth quarter."

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