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"Welcome to the Jungle" is a song by American hip-hop recording artists Kanye West and Jay-Z, from their collaborative album "Watch the Throne". Additional vocals are provided by Swizz Beatz and Acapella Soul, and Swizz Beatz also produced the song. It plays an interlude afterwards that samples "Tristessa" by Orchestra Njervudarov. The song was praised by music critics, with Jay-Z usually pointed out as the main star. Rolling Stone listed it as the 20th best song of 2011.
The track's producer Swizz Beatz, who also provided additional vocals on the song, described working with West and Jay-Z on the album songs "Welcome to the Jungle", "Who Gon Stop Me" and "Murder to Excellence" as "like being in the studio with Quincy Jones and Michael Jackson at the same time".
"Welcome to the Jungle" spent a total of three weeks on the US Billboard Bubbling Under R&B/Hip-Hop Singles chart and peaked at number 4.
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