| "Fuck the Industry" | ||||
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 Dance Remixes digital cover | ||||
| Single by Solange | ||||
| from the album Sol-Angel and the Hadley St. Dreams (2015 edition) | ||||
| Released | May 25, 2010 | |||
| Recorded | 2008 | |||
| Genre | Hip hop soul | |||
| Length | 3:48 | |||
| Label | Music World | |||
| Songwriter(s) | ||||
| Producer(s) | Kanye West | |||
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"Fuck the Industry" (censored as "F**k the Industry") is a song recorded by American singer Solange. The song leaked online in 2008 and was reported to be part of a mixtape recorded by Solange called I Can't Get Clearance.[1][2] However, the mixtape was never released and the song received an official release in 2010. The song was released to digital music stores on May 25, 2010, on her father Mathew Knowles's Music World Entertainment, after Solange was dropped by Geffen Records and received no promotion. The single includes remixes of "Fuck the Industry" and remixes of two songs from Sol-Angel and the Hadley St. Dreams. The song's main sample comes from American rapper and producer Kanye West's "Everything I Am" from his third studio album, Graduation (2007).
The song's lyrics deal with Solange wanting to be her own person/artist individually and makes references to fellow female R&B artists such as her famous older sister, Mary J. Blige, Ashanti, Keyshia Cole and Jennifer Lopez.
- ^ "Solange - Fuck The Industry (Signed Sincerely)". Dirty Remixes. Retrieved November 25, 2012.
- ^ "♫ NEW MUSIC: SOLANGE – "F*@k the Industry (signed Sincerely)"". Concrete Loop. Archived from the original on April 26, 2013. Retrieved November 25, 2012.