Born and Raised In Compton

"Born and Raised In Compton"
Single by DJ Quik
from the album Quik Is the Name
Released January 15, 1991 (1991-01-15)
Format CD single, Cassette
Genre Hip hop
Length 3:25
Label Profile
Writer(s) David Blake
Producer DJ Quik
DJ Quik singles chronology
"Born and Raised In Compton"
(1991)		 "Tonite"
(1991)
Music video
"Born and Raised In Compton" on YouTube

"Born and 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 tracks production is from DJ Quik, and was written by him to. The song features samples from "Hyperbolicsyllabicsesquedalymistic" by Isaac Hayes, "Hardcore Jollies" by Funkadelic, "She's Not Just Another Woman" by The 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

  1. "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
US R&B/Hip-Hop Songs[3] 16

References

  1. ^ http://allmusic.com/album/born--raised-in-compton-cassette-r437932
  2. ^ http://www.billboard.com/#/song/dj-quik/born-and-raised-in-compton/1567741
  3. ^ http://www.billboard.com/#/song/dj-quik/born-and-raised-in-compton/1567741
DJ Quik
Studio albums
Collaborations
Mixtapes
The Trauma Mixtape · The Audio Biography of David
Singles
"Born and Raised In Compton" · "Tonite" · "Quik Is the Name" · "Way 2 Fonky" · "Jus Lyke Compton" · "Safe + Sound" · "Dollaz & Sense" · "Down, Down, Down" · "Hand In Hand" · "You'z a Ganxta" · "Pitch In on a Party" · "Put It on Me" · "Trouble" · "Black Mercedes" · "Fandango" · "Get Down" · "Luv of My Life" · "Real Women"
Featured singles
"Let's Get Down" · "Strait Playin'" · "The Way It's Goin' Down" · "Focus" · "Buck Bounce" · "Not Really Lookin'" · "L.O.V.E."
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