{"id":7127,"date":"2015-08-20T18:59:23","date_gmt":"2015-08-21T02:59:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/legendsrevealed.com\/entertainment\/?p=7127"},"modified":"2015-08-20T19:02:31","modified_gmt":"2015-08-21T03:02:31","slug":"why-was-there-a-censored-song-on-the-parental-warning-explicit-content-kanye-west-album-college-dropout","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/legendsrevealed.com\/entertainment\/2015\/08\/20\/why-was-there-a-censored-song-on-the-parental-warning-explicit-content-kanye-west-album-college-dropout\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Was There a Censored Song on the “Parental Warning – Explicit Content” Kanye West Album College Dropout?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Here is the latest in a series of examinations into urban legends about music and whether they are true or false. Click here<\/a> to view an archive of the movie urban legends featured so far.<\/p>\n

MUSIC URBAN LEGEND<\/span><\/span>: “School Spirit” had to be censored for Aretha Franklin to agree to allow her song to be sampled on the track.<\/p>\n

Like many rap albums, College Dropout was released in a “Clean” version and a “Parental Warning – Explicit Content” version. The former had the profanity of the album censored while the latter obviously did not.<\/p>\n

However, there was a curiosity on the album. On BOTH versions of the album, the song “School Spirit” was censored…<\/p>\n

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