Natural Born Killaz

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"Natural Born Killaz"
"Natural Born Killaz" cover
Single by Dr. Dre & Ice Cube
from the album Murder Was the Case
Released 1994US1995EU
Format 12" singleUS, CD5EU
Length 4:15
Label Death Row/Interscope
Writer(s) O. Jackson, A. Young
Producer(s) Dr. Dre, Sam Sneed, Executive Producer : Suge Knight
Chart positions
  1. 45 UK
Dr. Dre Singles chronology
"Let Me Ride"
(1993)		 "Natural Born Killaz"
(1994)		 "Keep Their Heads Ringin'"
(1995)


Ice Cube Singles chronology
"You Know How We Do It"
(1994)		 "Natural Born Killaz"
(1994)		 "Bop Gun (One Nation)"
(1994)

"Natural Born Killaz" is a single from the reunited duo of Dr. Dre and Ice Cube after they had put aside their feud[citation needed] on the N.W.A. matters and joined forces again. The single was released in 1994 in the US and 1995 in the UK. The production credits features Soopafly on the keyboards and Jewell on the vocals. The intro (approx. 30 seconds addition to the original length) portrays a couple heading home through an abandoned alley-way, where they get followed and verbally assaulted by some locals. Though the intro is different in the video and audio versions both of them involve murder and end with the sound of a gunshot. It also served as the entrance music for former ECW wrestler New Jack.

Although the song and video were released and highly popular around the same time as the release of the Oliver Stone film Natural Born Killers, there is no connection between the two works.

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[edit] The music video

In this highly violent video Dre and Cube assassinate four people whose faces are blurred in the manner of reality TV or courtroom footage. These murders appear similar to the 1989 Menendez murders and the 1994 O.J. Simpson murder case, implying that Dre and Cube were the actual perpetrators of these two infamous Los Angeles area murder cases. It was directed by F. Gary Gray, in roles we can see John Amos (Die Hard 2: Die Harder) as the leading Detective, Andray Johnson as the police officer and Tupac Shakur as the SWAT team sniper.

[edit] Plot

It starts in the follow-up day with a chief officer arriving at the scene and asking the lead Detective to report what had happened. It then goes on as a flashback. After perpetrated the crimes Dre and Cube escapes in a lowrider that runs off the asphalt crashing through the wooden wall of the harbour into the water after they jumped out of the vehicle. It marks the end of the intro. They lay low at a wasted warehouse surrounded by the police. Inside there's a two-side concrete throne with the rappers sitting in it and performing the verses. The final scenes of the video is about Dre committing suicide by diving out through the window and Cube staring out across the broken glass just before getting shot down by a nearby sniper played by 2Pac.

2Pac appearing in the video
2Pac appearing in the video

[edit] Second version

The second version is a part of the Death Row Uncut video compilation DVD released in 2000, It portrays a street riot where the rioters tip up a coach to which Dr. Dre and Ice Cube mount on and rap. The scenes are flashing rapidly and many backlights are used to make an impression of police helicopters reflectoring the area.

[edit] UK Version EP

Tracklisting:

  1. Ice Cube and Dr. Dre - Natural Born Killaz (Radio Edit) (4:16)
  2. Ice Cube and Dr. Dre - Natural Born Killaz (Video Edit) (6:33)
  3. Ice Cube and Dr. Dre - Natural Born Killaz (LP Version) (4:52)
  4. Tha Dogg Pound - What Would You Do? (LP Version) (5:09)

[edit] US Version EP

  1. Dr. Dre & Ice Cube Natural Born Killaz (Radio Version) (4:15)
  2. Dr. Dre & Ice Cube Natural Born Killaz (LP Version) (4:50)
  3. Sam Sneed feat. Dr. Dre - U Better Recognize (LP Version) (3:55); #16 Billboard Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales chart, #18 Hot Rap Singles chart.

[edit] Albums with the song

[edit] External links

 v • d • e Dr. Dre
Discography
Albums
Solo albums: The Chronic • 2001 • Detox
N.W.A. albums: N.W.A. and the Posse • Straight Outta Compton • 100 Miles and Runnin' • Efil4zaggin
Singles
Mainstream singles: "Deep Cover" • "Nuthin' But a "G" Thang" • "Fuck Wit Dre Day" • "Let Me Ride" • "Lil Ghetto Boy" • "Natural Born Killaz" • "Keep Their Heads Ringin'" • "Been There, Done That" • "East Coast/West Coast Killas" • "Zoom" • "Fuck You" • "Still D.R.E." • "Forgot About Dre" • "The Next Episode" • "Put It On Me" • "Bad Intentions" • "The Wash"
Featured songs: "Funky Flute" • "We're All In The Same Gang" • "California Love" • "No Diggity" • "Puppet Master" • "Ghetto Fabulous" • "Guilty Conscience" • "U Know" • "Chin Check" • "Hello" • "Just Be A Man About It" • "Fast Lane" • "The Knoc" • "Symphony In X Major" • "Encore" • "Imagine"
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 v • d • e Ice Cube
Discography
Albums
Solo albums & EPs: AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted • Kill at Will • Death Certificate • The Predator • Lethal Injection • War & Peace - Vol. 1 • War & Peace - Vol. 2 • Laugh Now, Cry Later
Compilation albums: Bootlegs & B-Sides • Featuring... Ice Cube • Greatest Hits
N.W.A. albums: N.W.A. and the Posse • Straight Outta Compton • 100 Miles and Runnin' • Efil4zaggin
Westside Connection albums: Bow Down • Terrorist Threats
Singles
Mainstream singles: "Who's The Mack?" • "AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted" • "Wicked" • "It Was a Good Day" • "Check Yo Self" • "Really Doe" • "You Know How We Do It" • "Bop Gun (One Nation)" • "What Can I Do?" • "The World Is Mine" • "We Be Clubbin'" • "Pushin' Weight" • "Fuck Dyin'" • "Hello" • "You Can Do It" • "Until We Rich" • "$100 Bill Y'all" • "Chrome and Paint" • "Why We Thugs" • "Go to Church"
Featured songs: "Straight Outta Compton" • "Fuck Tha Police" • "Gangsta Gangsta" • "Hand Of The Dead Body" • "Natural Born Killaz" • "Bow Down" • "Gangstas Make The World Go Round" • "Chin Check" • "Let it Reign" • "It's the Holidaze"
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