Kanye West’s Bully continues to reveal new layers beyond its headline streaming debut. Following its March 28 release, the album’s dense production has drawn attention for its extensive use of samples, interpolations, and genre-blending source material.
The 18-track project, which opened with 33.2 million first-day streams on Spotify despite a delayed rollout, leans heavily into West’s signature approach to sampling. Soul, gospel, jazz, and international records are reworked into modern hip-hop frameworks, often reshaped through vocal manipulation, talkbox effects, and unconventional structuring. Some elements remain partially undocumented or potentially uncleared, continuing a pattern seen across West’s recent releases.
Below is a breakdown of the confirmed samples, interpolations, and covers featured across Bully, based on available reporting and music databases.
Preacher Man
Samples “To You With Love” by The Moments (1971)
Circles (feat. Don Toliver)
Samples “Huit Octobre 1971” by Cortex (1975)
Beauty and the Beast
Samples “Don’t Have to Shop Around” by The Mad Lads (1966)
Highs and Lows
Interpolates “Soleil Soleil” by Pomme
Bully (feat. CeeLo Green)
Samples “Mujhe Maar Daalo” by Asha Bhosle (1973)
Losing Your Mind
Samples “Vitamin C” by Can (1972)
Last Breath (feat. Peso Pluma)
Samples “Bésame Mama” by Poncho Sanchez (feat. Mongo Santamaria, 1996)
Damn
Samples “Stars/Feelings” by Nina Simone (1976)
Father (feat. Travis Scott)
Samples “Heavenly Father, You’ve Been Good” by Johnnie Frierson (2016)
All the Love (feat. André Troutman)
Samples “Fayek Alaya” by Fairouz (1963)
Whatever Works
Samples “Don’t Wonder Why” by Cissy Houston (1987)
Sisters and Brothers
Samples “Get Involved” by Jonah Thompson (2013)
I Can’t Wait
Samples “You Can’t Hurry Love” by The Supremes (1966)
White Lines (feat. André Troutman)
Samples Stevie Wonder’s talkbox medley of “Close to You” / “Never Can Say Goodbye” (live, 1972)
Not every track on Bully currently has confirmed sample credits.
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