Lethal Injection (album)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]
The Austin Chronicle	^[2]
Entertainment Weekly	(B)^[3]
Los Angeles Times	^[4]
Robert Christgau	^[5]
Rolling Stone	(unfavorable)^[6]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	^[7]
The Source	^[8]

Lethal Injection is the fourth studio album by California-based rapper Ice Cube. Similar to the rapper's previous albums, it was a commercial hit, debuting at #5 on the Billboard 200 with 215,000 copies sold in its first week.^[9] However, it was heavily criticized for what many saw as Cube's pandering to gangsta rap, and toning down of the socio-political content found on his earlier efforts. The album's standing has increased over time. It includes the popular singles; "You Know How We Do It", and the Funkadelic-sampling "Bop Gun (One Nation)", which became a staple on MTV.

Track listing

No.	Title	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"The Shot" (Intro)	Sir Jinx	0:55
2.	"Really Doe"	Derrick McDowell, Lay Law	4:28
3.	"Ghetto Bird"	QDIII	3:50
4.	"You Know How We Do It"	QDIII	3:52
5.	"Cave Bitch"	Brian G	4:18
6.	"Bop Gun (One Nation)" (featuring George Clinton)	Ice Cube, QDIII	11:17
7.	"What Can I Do?"	88 X Unit	4:39
8.	"Lil Ass Gee"	Sir Jinx	4:04
9.	"Make It Ruff, Make It Smooth" (featuring K-Dee)	QDIII	4:23
10.	"Down For Whatever"	Madness 4 Real	4:40
11.	"Enemy"	Madness 4 Real	4:50
12.	"When I Get to Heaven"	Brian G	5:04

2003 reissue bonus tracks
No.	Title	Producer(s)	Length
13.	"What Can I Do?" (Westside Remix) (featuring Mack 10)	D'Maq, Lay Law	4:27
14.	"What Can I Do?" (Eastside Remix)	Ali Shaheed Muhammad	4:46
15.	"You Know How We Do It" (Remix)	Ice Cube	4:23
16.	"Lil Ass Gee" (Eerie Gumbo Remix)	N.O. Joe	5:21

Partial list of samples

Really Doe "Intro from the Film: American Me"

"You Gotta Believe" by The Pointer Sisters
"Lick the Balls" by Slick Rick

You Know How We Do It

"The Show Is Over" by Evelyn King
"All Night Long" by Mary Jane Girls
"Summer Madness" by Kool & The Gang

Bop Gun (One Nation)

"One Nation Under A Groove" by Funkadelic

Lil' Ass Gee

"La Di Da Di" by Slick Rick, and Doug E. Fresh

When I Get to Heaven

"Inner City Blues" by Marvin Gaye

Ghetto Bird

"Atomic Dog" by George Clinton
"Funky Worm" by The Ohio Players

Cave Bitch

"Horny Lil Devil" by Ice Cube

Album singles

"Really Doe"

Released: 1993
B-side: "My Skin Is My Sin"

"You Know How We Do It"

Released: February, 1994
B-side: "2 'N The Morning"

"Bop Gun (One Nation)"'

Released: August, 1994
B-side: "Down For Whatever"

Charts

Chart positions

Chart (1993)	Peak position
UK Albums Chart	52
US Billboard 200	5
US Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums	1

Year-end charts

Chart (1994)	Position
US Billboard 200	43
US Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums	7

Singles chart positions

Year	Song	Chart positions
Year	Song	Billboard Hot 100	Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks	Hot Rap Singles
1993	"Really Doe"	54	30	3
1994	"You Know How We Do It"	30	21	5
1994	"Bop Gun (One Nation)"	23	37	6

Certifications


Region	Certification	Sales/shipments
United States (RIAA)^[10]	Platinum	1,000,000^{^}
^*sales figures based on certification alone ^{^}shipments figures based on certification alone ^xunspecified figures based on certification alone

References

↑ Allmusic review
↑ The Austin Chronicle review
↑ Entertainment Weekly review
↑ Los Angeles review
↑ Robert Christgau review
↑ Rolling Stone review at the Wayback Machine (archived March 28, 2008)
↑ The New Rolling Stone Album Guide, p. 281, at Google Books
↑ The Source review
↑ Billboard 5 dec. 1998, p. RA1-PA128, at Google Books
↑ "American album certifications – Ice Cube – Lethal Injection". Recording Industry Association of America. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Album, then click SEARCH

Ice Cube

Studio albums	AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted Death Certificate The Predator Lethal Injection War & Peace Vol. 1 War & Peace Vol. 2 Laugh Now, Cry Later Raw Footage I Am the West

Extended plays	Kill at Will

Compilations	Bootlegs & B-Sides Featuring...Ice Cube Greatest Hits In the Movies The Essentials

Singles	"Endangered Species (Tales from the Darkside)" "Steady Mobbin'" "True to the Game" "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'" "Men of Steel" "Pushin' Weight" "Hello" "You Can Do It" "Until We Rich" "$100 Bill Y'all" "Why We Thugs" "Go to Church" "Gangsta Rap Made Me Do It" "Do Ya Thang" "I Rep That West" "Sic Them Youngins On 'Em"

Other songs	"No Vaseline"

Related articles	Discography N.W.A Westside Connection C.I.A. Da Lench Mob Lench Mob Records

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