All Falls Down

"All Falls Down" is a song by American rapper Kanye West. It was released as the third single from his debut studio album, The College Dropout (2004). The song was written and produced by West and features American R&B and soul singer Syleena Johnson. The song is a hip-hop and conscious hip-hop track, and contains an interpolation of "Mystery of Iniquity" by Lauryn Hill from her live album MTV Unplugged No. 2.0; Hill is credited as a composer. The song was recorded in Sony Music Studios in New York City, New York and Larrabee Sound North in Los Angeles, California. Released on the 8th of March, 2004, almost a month after the release of The College Dropout, the "All Falls Down" single (backed with fellow album track "Get 'Em High") entered the UK Singles Chart at number ten and peaked at number seven on the US Billboard Hot 100 on the 11th of May, his first solo Top 10 hit in the US. The song would also chart in the top 10 on six other charts, the song's highest position being a peak at number 2 on the US Hot Rap Tracks chart, just behind "Tipsy" by fellow American rapper J-Kwon. The song was nominated for Best Rap/Sung Collaboration at the 47th Grammy Awards, Viewer's Choice at the 2004 BET Awards and received nominations for a total of four awards at the 2004 MTV Video Music Awards, the latter award show featuring a performance of the song, although it did not win in these categories, losing three of them to "Yeah!" by Usher. West would later collaborate with Johnson on Cam'ron's "Down and Out" and West's own "Donda Chant".