And the labels that put it out are Roc-A-Fella Records and Def Jam Records. This is the lead single from Kanye’s second standard album, which is entitled “Late Registration”. The song officially came out three months prior to the rest of the project on. On what album does “Diamonds from Sierra Leone” appear? And as such, he bigs up the Roc-A-Fella Records’ crew, many of whom he calls out by name. But Kanye, now completely privy to what the titular phrase entails, rather uses the opportunity to address the injustice behind the acquisition of the diamonds that rich folk like himself fancy. And this is a concept which is generally touched upon in the music video – how the wealth that some people enjoy, in the First World for instance, comes via the suffering of those from much-poorer, destitute settings. Then there is the remix of this classic, which features Yeezy’s label boss Jay-Z. On that particular outing, Jigga sticks to the original concept of the tune. Second Meaning of “Diamonds from Sierra Leone” And that is because, as hinted earlier, Yeezy also uses the original version of this track as a means to brag about his wealth and success. Jay-Z’s) tendency to throw up what is popularly referred to as the Roc sign. But the said ‘diamond’ can also be read as a double entendre. And that is giving a shoutout to the Roc La Familia and its members’ (i.e. And the said hand sign is sort of a diamond-shaped polygon, if one chooses to perceive it as such. So when Kanye talks of “throw(ing) your diamonds in the sky”, he is doing just one thing. So basically he took a very-serious sounding title and applied it to a relatively-frivolous subject, which is his come-up. And that brings us to the symbolic meaning of the track, as the ‘diamond’ is meant to point to Roc-A-Fella hand sign.
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