G.O.O.D. Fridays was a weekly free music giveaway started by rapper Kanye West. The name originates from the name of his label, G.O.O.D. Music, and is also a reference to the Friday before Easter, which is known as Good Friday. Every Friday, beginning on August 20, 2010, Kanye planned on releasing a new song available for free download on his website. It is similar to Crooked I's program "Hip Hop Weekly" and inspired fellow rappers do the same thing - Lloyd Banks with "Blue Friday", Slim da Mobster with "Freestyle Fridays", Swizz Beatz with "Monster Mondays", RZA with "Wu Wednesdays", Timbaland with "Timbaland thursdays", J. Cole with "Any Given Sunday", Snoop Dogg with "Puff, Puff Pass Tuesdays", and recently, Slim Thug with "Thug Thursdays". All of the G.O.O.D. Friday tracks come with their own album art.[1] West initially announced that the free music program releases songs from August 20, 2010 to Christmas 2010. At the beginning of November, Kanye announced that he was extending G.O.O.D. Fridays until the end of January.[2] So far, 15 G.O.O.D. Friday tracks were released through the program and three tracks are on West's album My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy.[3] West has not released a G.O.O.D. Friday track since the week of November 12, 2010 with the exception of "Christmas in Harlem". In a posting on his Twitter page, G.O.O.D. Music artist Big Sean said that the series was temporarily put on hold in order to keep full attention on My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy.[4]
| Song | Released | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| "Power" (Remix) (Kanye West featuring Jay-Z & Swizz Beatz) |
August 20, 2010 | — |
| "Monster" (Kanye West featuring Jay-Z, Rick Ross, Bon Iver & Nicki Minaj) |
August 27, 2010 | Taken off the G.O.O.D. Friday website due to being released as an official single. Also peaked at position #18 on the Billboard Hot 100. Before being taken off, it was rereleased with a couple of musical changes and a different cover (only change from the original cover was the font sizes of the artists.[5] |
| "Runaway Love" (Remix) (Kanye West featuring Justin Bieber & Raekwon) |
August 30, 2010 | Replacement upload (because of the deletion of Monster). Later released on Never Say Never – The Remixes, which uses the original version's beat. |
| "Devil in a New Dress" (Kanye West) |
September 3, 2010 | The release of this track is a shortened version of what was later released on My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, and lacks the guitar solo and Rick Ross' verse. The song was produced by Bink!. |
| "Good Friday" (Kanye West featuring Common, Pusha T, Kid Cudi, Big Sean & Charlie Wilson) |
September 10, 2010 | — |
| "Lord Lord Lord" (Kanye West featuring Mos Def, Swizz Beatz, Raekwon & Charlie Wilson) |
September 17, 2010 | After the release of this track, Mos Def confirmed the signing with GOOD Music[6] |
| "So Appalled" (Kanye West featuring RZA, Jay-Z, Pusha T, Swizz Beatz & CyHi da Prynce) |
September 24, 2010 | The G.O.O.D. Friday release of this track is an unmastered version of what was later released on My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy. |
| "Christian Dior Denim Flow" (Kanye West featuring Kid Cudi, Pusha T, John Legend, Lloyd Banks & Ryan Leslie) |
October 1, 2010 | Was released the week when West said he would temporarily suspend the G.O.O.D. Friday series.[7] Rereleased with an extended verse by Ryan Leslie.[8] |
| "Don't Stop!" (Child Rebel Soldier) | October 8, 2010 | Was recorded and produced more than a year prior.[9] Rereleased 2 days later with a cleaner mix of the track.[10] |
| "Take One for the Team" (Kanye West featuring Keri Hilson, Pusha T & CyHi da Prynce) |
October 15, 2010 | — |
| "Don't Look Down" (Kanye West featuring Mos Def, Lupe Fiasco & Big Sean) |
October 22, 2010 | Tells the story of a relationship with a phoenix, similar to Kanye West's Runaway film. The song was produced by Swizz Beatz and The Individualz. |
| "The Joy" (Kanye West featuring Pete Rock, Jay-Z, Charlie Wilson, Curtis Mayfield & Kid Cudi) |
October 29, 2010 | Produced by Pete Rock. Featured as a bonus track on the album Watch the Throne. |
| "Looking for Trouble" (Kanye West featuring Pusha T, CyHi da Prynce, Big Sean & J. Cole) |
November 5, 2010 | Also included on the J. Cole's mixtape Friday Night Lights as a bonus track. Had 2 covers, in one of the covers "Kanye West" name was not in it.[11][12] |
| "Chain Heavy" (Kanye West featuring Talib Kweli & Consequence) |
November 12, 2010 | This song was originally recorded with intent to be a bonus track on My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy but was cut from the album, along with the still unreleased Momma's Boyfriend. The song was produced by Q-Tip. |
| "Christmas In Harlem" (Kanye West featuring Cam'ron, Jim Jones, Vado, CyHi Da Prynce, Pusha T, Musiq Soulchild, Teyana Taylor & Big Sean) |
December 17, 2010 | Two different unmastered versions, neither containing all the featured verses, leaked December 17, 2010. It was thought that the leaked track was the GOOD Friday track for that week but the final version was officially released the following week. When downloaded through the official G.O.O.D. Friday webpage, the track downloads as the track for December 17. However, no track was released with the album marking of "12.24.10". Furthermore, this was the track first release after West took a break to focus all attention on his recently released album, My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy. Also, this track was released officially through iTunes but in a shortened mix, only including Teyana Taylor, CyHi Da Prynce and Kanye. This is the only G.O.O.D. Friday track to be released through iTunes besides Monster, So Appalled, and Devil In A New Dress (in a shortened version). Was produced by Hit-Boy. |
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