Hello (Ice Cube song)

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“Hello”
“Hello” cover
Single by Ice Cube featuring MC Ren & Dr. Dre
from the album War & Peace Vol. 2 (The Peace Disc)
Released March, 2000
Format CD
Recorded 1999
Genre Rap,
Length 3:52
Label Priority
53816
Writer(s) Calvin Broadus
O'Shea Jackson, Jr.
Marshall Mathers
Melvin Bradford
L.T. Patterson
Andre Young
Producer Ice Cube, Dr. Dre
Ice Cube chronology
Fuck Dying
(1999)		 Hello
(2000)		 Until We Rich
(2000)

Hello is the first single from Ice Cube's sixth studio album War & Peace - Volume 2 (The Peace Disc). The song is an N.W.A. reunion featuring former groupmates Dr. Dre and MC Ren. The lyrics to the infectious chorus are:

"I started this gangsta shit. And this the muthafuckin' thanks I get?! Hello."

This line was first quoted on Dr. Dre's song "The Watcher", from the album 2001.

Although the single wasn't a huge hit, in part because Dr. Dre's comeback album 2001 was dominating hip-hop radio, "Hello" is considered by some[who?] to be a classic.

The song can be found as a bonus track, along with "Chin Check", on the N.W.A Greatest Hits album.

[edit] Charts

Chart Position
Billboard Hot R&B/Hip Hop Songs #50
Rhythmic Top 40 #40
LAUNCH Music Videos Top 100 #79
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