music.wikisort.org - Composition"You Played Yourself" is a song performed by American recording artist Ice-T. It was released on April 5, 1990, as a single from the rapper's third studio album The Iceberg/Freedom of Speech...Just Watch What You Say through Sire Records. The song was written and produced by Ice-T and Afrika Islam, who sampled James Brown's "The Boss", which was written by James Brown, Charles Bobbit and Fred Wesley.[1] The single peaked at number 64 in the UK.
1990 single by Ice-T
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B-side | - "Freedom Of Speech"
- "My Word Is Bond"
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Released | April 5, 1990 |
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Recorded | 1989 |
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Studio | - Syndicate Studios West (Los Angeles, CA)
- Wide Tracks (Los Angeles, CA)
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Genre | - West Coast hip hop
- gangsta rap
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Length | 4:12 |
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Label | Sire Records |
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"You Played Yourself" on YouTube |
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Background
The song tells details several failures through hubris. One goes uneducated thinking he is a gangster when really he is nothing. Another is a rapper who offends his fans because he thinks he is above them but they turn on him - he is left unemployed with no one because he has offended them all. Another is a drug addict, paranoid and doesn't eat. He rips off his family for drug money and they disown him. He then tries to do an armed robbery to get money but accidentally kills someone and ends up on death row.
Track listing
7" (UK version)Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) |
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1. | "You Played Yourself" | | | |
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2. | "My Word Is Bond" | | | |
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12", Maxi single (UK version)Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) |
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1. | "You Played Yourself" (Remix) | | | |
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2. | "You Played Yourself" (Instrumental)(Remix) | - T. Marrow
- C. Glenn
- J. Brown
- C. Bobbit
- F. Wesley
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3. | "You Played Yourself" (LP Version) | - T. Marrow
- C. Glenn
- J. Brown
- C. Bobbit
- F. Wesley
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4. | "Freedom Of Speech" (featuring Jello Biafra) | T. Marrow | | |
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12", Maxi singleTitle | Writer(s) | Producer(s) |
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1. | "You Played Yourself" | | | 4:12 |
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2. | "Freedom Of Speech" (featuring Jello Biafra) | T. Marrow | | 4:10 |
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3. | "You Played Yourself" (Remix) | T. Marrow | - Afrika Islam
- Ice-T
- DJ Aladdin (add.)
- King Tee (add.)
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4. | "You Played Yourself" (Dub) | T. Marrow | - Afrika Islam
- Ice-T
- DJ Aladdin (add.)
- King Tee (add.)
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Personnel
- Tracy Lauren Marrow – lyrics, vocals, producer, arranging
- Eric Reed Boucher – guest vocals on "Freedom Of Speech"
- Eric Garcia – scratches
- Charles Andre Glenn – producer, programming
- Alphonso Henderson – additional producer (re-mixing)
- Roger McBride – additional producer (re-mixing)
- Tom Baker – mastering
- Glen E. Friedman – photography
- Frank Mike Jones – photography
Chart positions
Chart (1990) |
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UK Singles (OCC)[2] |
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References
External links
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Related articles |
- Discography
- Body Count
- Analog Brothers
- Fin Tutuola
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