Which Kanye West song from 'The College Dropout' features Syleena Johnson?

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The Kanye West song from The College Dropout featuring Syleena Johnson is “All Falls Down.”

Released as the album’s third single in 2004, “All Falls Down” is a conscious hip-hop song about insecurity, consumerism and the pressure to project success. It appears as the fourth track on The College Dropout, West’s 2004 debut studio album. Johnson provides the prominent sung vocals, making her contribution easy to confuse with a separate guest rap or a background credit.

The song’s vocal part originated with Lauryn Hill’s “Mystery of Iniquity,” but West could not secure permission to use Hill’s original recording. Johnson therefore re-sang the relevant passage for the finished version. Hill is still credited as a songwriter because the composition is interpolated. The other options belong to the same album, which makes the question tricky: “Slow Jamz,” “Jesus Walks” and “Through the Wire” are all College Dropout tracks, but none features Johnson in the same role.

Source: Wikipedia · fact-checked Sept. 2026

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