Murder to Excellence
"Murder to Excellence" is a song by American rappers Kanye West and Jay-Z, from their collaborative album Watch the Throne (2011). It samples LA LA LA, an original song written and produced by Romanian-American duo Indiggo Twins, inspired by Romanian folklore.The voices in the song are from Moldavian singers "Surorile Osoianu". The song features additional vocals from Kid Cudi. The song was nominated for Impact Track at the 2012 Bet Hip Hop Awards. An edited version of the song featured in the trailer for 2022 film Black Adam.<ref>{{cite web |title=JAY-Z & Kanye's 'Murder To Excellence Soundtracks Black Adam |url=https://hiphopdx.com/news/id.70868/title.jay-z-kanyes-murder-to-excellence-puts-the-black-in-black-adam-trailer |website=HipHopDX |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220609054704/https://hiphopdx.com/news/id.70868/title.jay-z-kanyes-murder-to-excellence-puts-the-black-in-black-adam-trailer |archive-date=9 June 2022 |date=8 June 2022 |url-status=live}}</ref> Composition "Murder to Excellence" contains portions of "Celie Shaves Mr./Scarification" written by Quincy Jones and Harvey Mason, Jr., as performed by Quincy Jones. Samples of Indiggo Twins' original composition LA LA LA are contained in the song. Kanye and Jay show consciousness with the song addressing black-on black murder and black excellence with energy from both of them. In an interview with Revolt, producer S1 revealed "Murder to Excellence" was originally two separate songs, that were later merged: "These were two separate songs, which is crazy. So Swizz Beatz did the first