| "Born & Raised In Compton" | ||||
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| Single by DJ Quik | ||||
| from the album Quik Is the Name | ||||
| Released | January 15, 1991 | |||
| Genre | West Coast Hip-Hop | |||
| Length | 3:25 | |||
| Label | Profile | |||
| Songwriter(s) | David Blake | |||
| Producer(s) | DJ Quik | |||
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| "Born and Raised in Compton" on YouTube | ||||
"Born & Raised In Compton" is the debut single by American rapper and producer DJ Quik, released as the first official single from his debut major-label studio album, Quik Is the Name. The track was written and produced by DJ Quik himself. The song features samples from "Hyperbolicsyllabicsesquedalymistic" by Isaac Hayes, "Hardcore Jollies" by Funkadelic, " She's Not Just Another Woman" by 8th Day, and "Compton's N the House" by N.W.A. The song was released as a single on January 15, 1991. [1]
The song debuted and peaked at number 16 on the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, becoming DJ Quik's second-highest charting song behind " Tonite".
Track listing
- CD Single
- "Born and Raised in Compton" – 3:25
Charts
It debuted at number 16 on June 1, 1991 on the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs and spent 14 weeks on the chart. [2]
| Chart (1991) | Peak position |
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| US R&B/Hip-Hop Songs [3] | 16 |
