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You Know How We Do It
1994 single by Ice Cube From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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"You Know How We Do It" is a song by American rapper, actor and filmmaker Ice Cube, released as the second single from his fourth studio album, Lethal Injection (1993). The song was released in 1994 by Lench Mob and Priority Records, and was a No. 30 hit on the US Billboard Hot 100. Its music video was directed by Marcus Raboy and filmed in Las Vegas. Musically, the song is in the G-funk genre,[1][2][3][4][5][6][7] "You Know How We Do It" samples "The Show Is Over" by Evelyn "Champagne" King, "Summer Madness" by Kool & the Gang, and "Billie Jean" by Michael Jackson.[8]
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Larry Flick from Billboard magazine wrote, "Latest single from Cube's current album, Lethal Injection, is a laid-back jam in which he traces what life in his old neighborhood has become. Follow-up to 'Really Doe' has the juice to easily sate the tastes of purists, but is also smooth enough to make considerable noise at pop and urban radio."[9] Everett True from Melody Maker said, "This is more of that gorgeously smooth East Side/West Side funk that surely even the most staid of you are spending all your waking hours with by now, with sequenced vocals, gentle scratchin', a mutha of a rhythm track and a vocal as drop-dead-and-f***-me-as-you-fall cool as you'd ever want."[10] Alan Jones from Music Week gave it three out of five, describing it as "another mellow musical experience, [with] his assured and rhythmic rap being intoned over a relaxing backwash enlivened by a squirting synth. Some dubious lyrics, but a nice summery track which deserves to score."[11]
Paul Moody from NME named it Big Funky Single of the Week, adding, "A deep, oven-baked rhythm, a sample stolen from the wonderful 'The Show Is Over' by Evelyn Champagne King and then Ice himself, grumbling about how ...They wanna have me in stripes, like Dennis the Menace and mumbling incoherently about the 'West Side'. [...] A funk record for people scared to funk and a rap record for people who... yeah, yeah, you know. A monster hit."[12] Tim Jeffery from the Record Mirror Dance Update wrote, "A cool and lazy groove with lightly wailing vocals provide an excellent backdrop for Ice Cube's laconic rapping style. Not dancefloor material but this evokes a great atmosphere."[13] James Hamilton described it as "Evelyn King sampling pleasant jazz-funkily rolling 92.7bpm mellow LA rap" in his weekly Record Mirror dance column.[14]
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The accompanying music video for "You Know How We Do It" was directed by American film and music video director Marcus Raboy and filmed in Las Vegas, Nevada. It features Ice Cube and his crew taking a trip to Las Vegas in a convertible Jaguar XJS and gambling in several Vegas Casinos.
In popular culture
The song first appeared on the soundtrack of the 1993 film Surf Ninjas. Mariah Carey sampled "You Know How We Do It" in her song "Irresistible (West Side Connection)" from her 2002 album Charmbracelet; it features Ice Cube as part of the hip hop supergroup the Westside Connection, which also included Mack 10 and WC. The song was also featured in the film Sonic The Hedgehog 2 and Grand Theft Auto V.
Track listing
- "You Know How We Do It"
- "You Know How We Do It (Instrumental)"
- "2 n the Morning"
- "2 n the Morning (Instrumental)"
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