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After numerous delays, Kanye West’s G.O.O.D. Music compilation, Cruel Summer, has arrived. Yesterday marked the album’s official release date in retail stores and the remastered version hit iTunes later in the evening.
Once we settled in with the album, it was only right that we tally up exactly what Ye's clique brought to the table on this LP, and how much of it. Read on to find out everything from the number of times Kim Kardashian gets name-dropped on Cruel Summer, to the exact count on how many times Big Sean says "swerve."
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Number of Times Big Sean Says "Swerve": 51
Number of Times G.O.O.D. Music is Said: 15
“Here's the G.O.O.D. Music golden child/M.A. dollar sign, can't nobody hold me down” - (“New God Flow,” Pusha T)
G.O.O.D. Music! G.O.O.D. Music! G.O.O.D. Music! G.O.O.D. Music!/And all my niggas say "G.O.O.D. Music!" And all my ladies say "G.O.O.D. Music!" - ("New God Flow," Kanye West)
And all my niggas say "G.O.O.D. Music!" And all my ladies say "G.O.O.D. Music!"/ Who runnin' shit today? G.O.O.D. Music! Who runnin' shit today? G.O.O.D. Music! - ("New God Flow," Kanye West)
“Yeah I'm talking LeBron, we balling our family tree/G.O.O.D Music drug dealing cousin, ain't nothing fuckin' with we” (“Clique,” Jay-Z)
“G.O.O.D. Music, we fresh, we fresh/Anything else, we detest, detest” - (“Cold,” Kanye West)
“I treat the label like money from my shows/G.O.O.D. would have been God, but I added more O’s” (“The Morning,” Kanye West)
“I’m chillin’ in the camo and I’m flippin’ through the channel/All my G.O.O.D. Music shit, my logo’s a Lambo” (“The Morning,” 2 Chainz)
Number of Luxury Cars Mentioned: 6
Lamborghini Murciélago ("Mercy")
Lamborghini Aventador ("To The World")
Ferrari Testarossa ("The Morning")
Maybach ("Clique")
Rolls Royce Ghost ("Higher")
Lexus coupe ("Sin City")
Number of Wu-Tang Members On Cruel Summer: 2
Raekwon ("The Morning")
Ghostface Killah ("New God Flow")
Number of Times Pusha T Shout Outs Ric Flair: 2
Number of Politicians Name-Dropped: 3
"Said I'd be all up in Goldman Sachs/Like, "These niggas tryna hold me back These niggas tryna hold me back", I'm just trying to protect my stacks/Mitt Romney don't pay no tax, Mitt Romney don't pay no tax" (“To The World,” Kanye West)
"Now we out in Paris, yeah I'm Perriering/White girls politicking, that's that Sarah Palin" (“Mercy,” Big Sean)
"The shot niggas takin' you'd think I'm rollin' 'round with Reagan/A Mexican landscape and come rake in what I'm makin'" (“Higher,” Ma$e)
Number of G.O.O.D Music Artists Not on Cruel Summer: 3
Mos Def
Q-Tip
Mr. Hudson
Number of Fashion References: 15
Air Jordan
Nike Air Yeezy
Louis Vuitton
Gucci
Balmain
Givenchy
Clarks Wallabees
Hermes
Rolex
Audemars Piguet
Bergdorf Goodman
Barneys
Giuseppe Zanotti
Hublot
Polo Ralph Lauren
(More on these here.)