Welcome to the World (T.I. song)

Song by T.I. featuring Kanye West and Kid Cudi

"Welcome to the World"

Song by T.I. featuring Kanye West and Kid Cudi
from the album  No Mercy
Recorded| 2010
Genre|

* Hip hop

Length| 4:14
Label|

* Grand Hustle
* Atlantic

Songwriter(s)|

* Kanye West
* Clifford Harris
* Scott Mescudi

Producer(s)| West

"Welcome to the World" is a song by American rapper T.I. featuring fellow American rappers Kid Cudi and Kanye West. Produced by the latter, it is the first track from the former's seventh studio album No Mercy (2010).[1]

## Background[edit]

The track leaked online on November 22, 2010, within the same week that West's fifth studio album My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy was released.[2] T.I. was being held in a federal prison at the time of this leak.[3] In his appearance, West addresses the conspiracy theory of him being an Illuminati member when rapping: "People ask me shit about the Illuminati/First off, fuck that mean?/He loved Jesus when he was worse off, oh I see/When they think a nigga is stupid rich/People just start coming up with stupid shit".[4]

## Critical reception[edit]

HipHopDX received the song negatively, describing it as being: 'not nearly as cordial an introduction as the title suggests, as T.I. and Kanye West sound like they're having a terrible day, and the listener is responsible and must bear the brunt of their respective wrath'.[5] However, USA Today had a more positive reception towards "Welcome to the World", describing it as a track that: 'opens the album with T.I.'s characteristic swagger'.[6]

When Complex listed the best collaborations between West and Cudi in August 2017, the song was positioned at number nine.[7]

## Commercial performance[edit]

Upon the release of the featuring album, "Welcome to the World" peaked at number 17 on the US Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100.[8]

## Charts[edit]

Chart (2010)  | Peak
position

|

US Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles (Billboard)[9] | 17

## References[edit]

1. ^ Credits: No Mercy. Allmusic. Retrieved on 2018-10-27.
2. ^ "Kanye West and Kid Cudi Guest on New T.I. Leak, "Welcome to the World"". Rolling Stone. Retrieved October 27, 2018.
3. ^ "New Music: T.I. feat. Kanye West, Kid Cudi: "Welcome To The World"". Vibe. Retrieved October 27, 2018.
4. ^ "9 Rappers Accused of Being In The Illuminati". Complex. Retrieved October 27, 2018.
5. ^ "T.I. - No Mercy". HipHopDX. 6 December 2010. Retrieved October 27, 2018.
6. ^ "Listen Up: T.I., Daft Punk, Natasha Bedingfield, more". USATODAY.com. Retrieved October 27, 2018.
7. ^ "Best Kid Cudi And Kanye West Collaborations". Complex. Retrieved October 27, 2018.
8. ^ "T.I. Chart History". Billboard. Retrieved October 27, 2018.
9. ^ "T.I. Chart History (Bubbling Under Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved October 27, 2018.

## External links[edit]

* Lyric video on YouTube

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T.I. songs

* Discography
* Videography

Trap Muzik|

* "Be Easy"
* "Let's Get Away"
* "24's"
* "Rubber Band Man"

Urban Legend|

* "U Don't Know Me"
* "ASAP"
* "Bring Em Out"

King|

* "Front Back"
* "What You Know"
* "Live in the Sky"
* "Why You Wanna"
* "Top Back"
* "Drive Slow" (remix)

T.I. vs. T.I.P.|

* "Big Shit Poppin' (Do It)"
* "You Know What It Is"
* "Hurt"
* "Touchdown"

Paper Trail|

* "Ready for Whatever"
* "Live Your Life"
* "Whatever You Like"
* "No Matter What"
* "Swing Ya Rag"
* "What Up, What's Haapnin'"
* "Swagga Like Us"
* "Dead and Gone"

| Case Closed|

* "Remember Me"
* "Hell of a Life"

|

No Mercy|

* "Welcome to the World"
* "Get Back Up"
* "That's All She Wrote"
* "Castle Walls"
* "I'm Back"
* "Got Your Back"
* "Yeah Ya Know (Takers)"

Trouble Man:
Heavy Is the Head|

* "Trap Back Jumpin"
* "Ball"
* "Sorry"
* "Go Get It"
* "Love This Life"

Paperwork|

* "About the Money"
* "New National Anthem"
* "Private Show"
* "No Mediocre"

Other songs|

* "Hi Hater" (remix)
* "We Don't Get Down Like Y'all"
* "I'm Flexin'"
* "Memories Back Then"
* "Wit' Me"
* "ASAP Forever" (remix)

Featured songs|

* "Never Scared"
* "Round Here"
* "Soldier"
* "3 Kings"
* "Touch"
* "Shoulder Lean"
* "My Love"
* "Pac's Life"
* "We Fly High" (remix)
* "I'm a Flirt"
* "Make It Rain" (remix)
* "We Takin' Over"
* "Whatever U Like"
* "5000 Ones"
* "I'll Be Lovin' U Long Time"
* "Wish You Would"
* "Just Like Me"
* "Ain't I"
* "Day Dreaming"
* "Hello Good Morning"
* "Winner"
* "Bet I"
* "Make Up Bag"
* "Fancy"
* "Deuces" (remix)
* "Sleazy Remix 2.0: Get Sleazier"
* "9 Piece"
* "I'm a Boss" (remix)
* "F.A.M.E."
* "Magic"
* "We in This Bitch"
* "Back 2 Life (Live It Up)"
* "2 Reasons"
* "We Still in This Bitch"
* "Blurred Lines"
* "Pour It Up" (remix)
* "Bugatti" (remix)
* "FDB" (remix)
* "I Wish"
* "Change Your Life"
* "I Can't Describe (The Way I Feel)"
* "Coke Bottle"
* "This Girl"
* "Waves (Robin Schulz Remix)"
* "Don't Make Me Wait"
* "Why You Mad? (Infinity Remix)"
* "Ye vs. the People"

* v
* t
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Kanye West songs

* Singles discography
* Songs

The College Dropout|

* "All Falls Down"
* "Spaceship"
* "Jesus Walks"
* "Never Let Me Down"
* "The New Workout Plan"
* "Slow Jamz"
* "Two Words"
* "Through the Wire"

Late Registration|

* "Heard 'Em Say"
* "Touch the Sky"
* "Gold Digger"
* "Drive Slow"
* "Diamonds from Sierra Leone (Remix)"
* "Hey Mama"
* "Gone"
* "Diamonds from Sierra Leone"

Graduation|

* "Good Morning"
* "Stronger"
* "I Wonder"
* "Good Life"
* "Can't Tell Me Nothing"
* "Flashing Lights"
* "Homecoming"
* "Big Brother"

808s & Heartbreak|

* "Say You Will"
* "Welcome to Heartbreak"
* "Heartless"
* "Amazing"
* "Love Lockdown"
* "Paranoid"
* "RoboCop"
* "Street Lights"
* "See You in My Nightmares"
* "Coldest Winter"

My Beautiful Dark
Twisted Fantasy|

* "Dark Fantasy"
* "Gorgeous"
* "Power"
* "All of the Lights"
* "Monster"
* "So Appalled"
* "Devil in a New Dress"
* "Runaway"
* "Hell of a Life"
* "Blame Game"
* "Lost in the World"
* "See Me Now"

Watch the Throne|

* "No Church in the Wild"
* "Lift Off"
* "Niggas in Paris"
* "Otis"
* "Gotta Have It"
* "Welcome to the Jungle"
* "Who Gon Stop Me"
* "Murder to Excellence"
* "Made in America"
* "Why I Love You"

| Deluxe|

* "Illest Motherfucker Alive"
* "H•A•M"

|

Cruel Summer|

* "Clique"
* "Mercy"
* "New God Flow"
* "Cold"
* "Don't Like.1"

Yeezus|

* "On Sight"
* "Black Skinhead"
* "I Am a God"
* "New Slaves"
* "Hold My Liquor"
* "I'm in It"
* "Blood on the Leaves"
* "Guilt Trip"
* "Send It Up"
* "Bound 2"

The Life of Pablo|

* "Ultralight Beam"
* "Father Stretch My Hands"
* "Famous"
* "Feedback"
* "Low Lights"
* "Highlights"
* "Freestyle 4"
* "I Love Kanye"
* "Waves"
* "FML"
* "Real Friends"
* "Wolves"
* "Frank's Track"
* "30 Hours"
* "No More Parties in LA"
* "Facts (Charlie Heat Version)"
* "Fade"
* "Saint Pablo"

Ye|

* "I Thought About Killing You"
* "Yikes"
* "All Mine"
* "Wouldn't Leave"
* "No Mistakes"
* "Ghost Town"
* "Violent Crimes"

Kids See Ghosts|

* "Feel the Love"
* "Fire"
* "4th Dimension"
* "Freeee (Ghost Town, Pt. 2)"
* "Reborn"
* "Kids See Ghosts"
* "Cudi Montage"

Jesus Is King|

* "Selah"
* "Follow God"
* "Closed on Sunday"
* "On God"
* "Everything We Need"
* "Water"
* "Hands On"
* "Use This Gospel"
* "Jesus Is Lord"

Donda|

* "Donda Chant"
* "Jail"
* "God Breathed"
* "Off the Grid"
* "Hurricane"
* "Praise God"
* "Jonah"
* "Believe What I Say"
* "24"
* "Remote Control"
* "Moon"
* "Keep My Spirit Alive"
* "New Again"
* "Tell the Vision"
* "Pure Souls
* "Come to Life"
* "No Child Left Behind"
* "Jail pt 2"

| Deluxe|

* "Life of the Party"
* "Up from the Ashes"
* "Remote Control pt 2"

|

Donda 2|

* "City of Gods"
* "Eazy"
* "True Love"

Vultures 1|

* "Talking / Once Again"
* "Back to Me"
* "Burn"
* "Fuk Sumn"
* "Vultures"
* "Carnival"

Other singles|

* "Impossible"
* "Classic (Better Than I've Ever Been)"
* "Forever"
* "We Are the World 25 for Haiti"
* "Christmas in Harlem"
* "Only One"
* "FourFiveSeconds"
* "All Day"
* "Champions"
* "Lift Yourself"
* "Ye vs. the People"
* "XTCY"
* "I Love It"
* "Wash Us in the Blood"
* "Nah Nah Nah"

Featured singles|

* "This Way"
* "Talk About Our Love"
* "The Food"
* "I Changed My Mind"
* "Down and Out"
* "The Corner"
* "Go!"
* "Number One"
* "Extravaganza"
* "Brand New"
* "Grammy Family"
* "Number One"
* "Wouldn't Get Far"
* "I Still Love H.E.R."
* "Pro Nails"
* "Finer Things"
* "American Boy"
* "Put On"
* "Stay Up! (Viagra)"
* "Swagga Like Us"
* "Go Hard"
* "Knock You Down"
* "Kinda Like a Big Deal"
* "Walkin' on the Moon"
* "Supernova"
* "Maybach Music 2"
* "Make Her Say"
* "Run This Town"
* "Whatever U Want"
* "Live Fast, Die Young"
* "Erase Me"
* "Deuces" (Remix)
* "Start It Up"
* "Hurricane 2.0"
* "E.T."
* "Marvin & Chardonnay"
* "Pride N Joy"
* "I Wish You Would"
* "Birthday Song"
* "Thank You"
* "I Won"
* "Nobody"
* "Blessings"
* "U Mad"
* "One Man Can Change the World"
* "Pop Style"
* "Figure It Out"
* "That Part"
* "Friends"
* "Ballin"
* "Castro"
* "Feel Me"
* "Love Yourself"
* "Glow"
* "Watch"
* "Take Me to the Light"
* "Ego Death"
* "Keep It Burnin"
* "Hot Shit"

Promotional singles|

* "Facts"

Other songs|

* "Champions"
* "The Bounce"
* "Us Placers"
* "Beat Goes On"
* "Billie Jean 2008"
* "Everyone Nose (All the Girls Standing in the Line for the Bathroom)" (Remix)
* "Therapy"
* "Ego" (Remix)
* "Blazin'"
* "Welcome to the World"
* "Sanctified"
* "Drunk in Love" (Remix)
* "All Your Fault"
* "Smuckers"
* "Jukebox Joints"
* "All We Got"
* "Pussy Print"
* "Cops Shot the Kid"
* "Kanga"
* "Mama"
* "One Minute"
* "Mixed Personalities"
* "Go2DaMoon"

Unreleased songs|

* "Brothers"
* "LA Monster"
* "New Body"

* Category

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Kid Cudi songs

* Discography
* Songs

A Kid Named Cudi|

* "Day 'n' Nite"

Man on the Moon: The End of Day|

* "Soundtrack 2 My Life"
* "Make Her Say"
* "Pursuit of Happiness"

Man on the Moon II: The Legend of Mr. Rager|

* "Erase Me"
* "Mr. Rager"
* "Marijuana"

WZRD|

* "Where Did You Sleep Last Night?"

Indicud|

* "Just What I Am"
* "King Wizard"
* "Immortal"
* "Girls"

Speedin' Bullet 2 Heaven|

* "Confused!"

Passion, Pain & Demon Slayin'|

* "Frequency"
* "Surfin'"
* "Baptized in Fire"

Kids See Ghosts|

* "Feel the Love"
* "Fire"
* "4th Dimension"
* "Freeee (Ghost Town, Pt. 2)"
* "Reborn"
* "Kids See Ghosts"
* "Cudi Montage"

Man on the Moon III: The Chosen|

* "Tequila Shots"
* "Show Out"

The Boy Who Flew to the Moon, Vol. 1|

* "Love"

Entergalactic|

* "Willing to Trust"

Insano|

* "Get Off Me"
* "At the Party"
* "Porsche Topless"

Insano (Nitro Mega)|

* "Ill What I Bleed"

Other singles|

* "No One Believes Me"
* "The Scotts"
* "The Adventures of Moon Man & Slim Shady"
* "Stars in the Sky"
* "Talk About Me"

Featured singles|

* "Welcome to the World"
* "Memories"
* "That Tree"
* "Symphonies"
* "All of the Lights"
* "Father Stretch My Hands"

Promotional singles|

* "Did It Again (Remix)"
* "Whatever U Want (GOOD Music Remix)"
* "Transparent Soul (Remix)"
* "Just Look Up"

Other songs|

* "Welcome to Heartbreak"
* "Gorgeous"
* "Welcome to the World"
* "Guilt Trip"
* "Waves"
* "Through the Late Night"
* "ASAP Forever (Remix)"
* "No Mistakes"
* "Ghost Town"
* "Stop Trying to Be God"
* "Moon"
* "Remote Control, Pt. 2"

Unreleased songs|

* "Pissy Pamper (Remix)"

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