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Westside Connection – Bow Down at Discogs (list of releases)
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This article is about the album by Westside Connection For other uses see Bow Down disambiguation Bow Down is the debut studio album by American West Coast hip hop supergroup Westside Connection It was released on October 22 1996 through Priority Records Recording sessions took place at Ice Cube s house studio Westsiiiiide Studios in California except for the song Gangstas Make the World Go Round which was recorded at Treehouse Studios in South Africa Production was handled by Bud da Quincy Jones III Binky Mack and Ice Cube who also served as executive producer It features guest appearances from Allfrumtha I and The Comrads Bow DownStudio album by Westside ConnectionReleasedOctober 22 1996 1996 10 22 Recorded1995 96StudioWestside Studios California Treehouse Studios South Africa GenreWest Coast hip hopgangsta raphardcore hip hopG funkLength48 12LabelPriorityProducerIce Cube also exec Binky MackBud daQDIIICedric SamsonWestside Connection chronologyBow Down 1996 Terrorist Threats 2003 Mack 10 chronologyMack 10 1995 Bow Down 1996 Based on a True Story 1997 WC chronologyCurb Servin 1995 Bow Down 1996 The Shadiest One 1998 Ice Cube chronologyLethal Injection 1993 Bow Down 1996 War amp Peace Vol 1 The War Disc 1998 Singles from Bow Down Bow Down Released August 28 1996 Gangstas Make the World Go Round Released January 24 1997Professional ratingsReview scoresSourceRatingAllMusic 1 Entertainment WeeklyC 2 Los Angeles Times 3 Muzik 4 RapReviews9 10 5 Robert ChristgauD 6 The album peaked at number two on the Billboard 200 and topped the Top R amp B Hip Hop Albums shipping 145 000 units 7 It went on to sell 1 7 million copies in the United States receiving Platinum certification status by the Recording Industry Association of America on January 10 1997 8 It was also certified Gold by Canadian Recording Industry Association for selling 50 000 units in Canada Its singles a title track and Gangstas Make the World Go Round made it to the Billboard Hot 100 landing at number 21 and 40 respectively The songs King of the Hill Cross Em out and Put a K and Hoo Bangin WSCG Style are diss tracks towards hip hop group Cypress Hill Q Tip and rapper Common Bow Down was used in 2002 film The Hot Chick in 2015 film Get Hard and in 2013 video game Grand Theft Auto V Contents 1 Track listing 2 Personnel 3 Charts 3 1 Weekly charts 3 2 Year end charts 4 Certifications 5 See also 6 References 7 External linksTrack listing editNo TitleWriter s Producer s Length1 World Domination Intro 1 162 Bow Down O Shea JacksonDedrick RolisonWilliam CalhounStephen AndersonBud da3 273 Gangstas Make the World Go Round JacksonRolisonCalhounCedric SamsonThom BellLinda CreedIce CubeCedric Samson co 4 334 All the Critics in New York JacksonRolisonCalhounRyan GarnerBinky MackIce Cube co 5 355 Do You Like Criminals featuring K Dee JacksonRolisonCalhounKelly GarmonS AndersonBud da5 016 Gangstas Don t Dance Insert Binky Mack0 227 The Gangsta the Killa and the Dope Dealer JacksonRolisonCalhounS AndersonTrent ReznorBud da4 158 Cross Em Out and Put a K JacksonRolisonCalhounS AndersonBud da4 569 King of the Hill JacksonRolisonQuincy Jones IIIQDIII4 1710 3 Time Felons JacksonRolisonCalhounS AndersonBud da5 1011 Westward Ho JacksonRolisonCalhounJones IIIQDIII5 1212 The Pledge Insert 0 1413 Hoo Bangin WSCG Style featuring The Comrads and Allfrumtha I JacksonRolisonCalhounGarmonTerrell AndersonGarnerMarcus MooreIce Cube3 58Total length 48 12 Sample creditsTrack 3 contains an interpolation of People Make the World Go Round written by Thom Bell and Linda Creed Track 7 contains a sample from Hurt written by Trent Reznor as recorded by Nine Inch Nails Track 10 contains an interpolation of With a Little Help from My Friends written by Lennon McCartneyPersonnel editO Shea Ice Cube Jackson main performer producer tracks 3 13 co producer track 4 engineering mixing executive producer Dedrick Mack 10 Rolison main performer William WC Calhoun Jr main performer Kelly K Mac Garmon featured artist tracks 5 13 Terrell Gangsta Anderson featured artist track 13 Ryan Binky Mack Garner featured artist track 13 producer track 4 Marcus Squeak Ru Moore featured artist track 13 Jonathan Hyde vocals track 1 Stephen Bud da Anderson producer tracks 2 5 7 8 10 Quincy Delight Jones III producer tracks 9 11 Cedric Samson co producer track 3 Keston Wright engineering Art Shoji art direction design Manuel J Donayre art direction design Michael Miller photography Steven Wills logo artwork Marvin Watkins A amp RCharts editWeekly charts edit Chart 1996 Peak positionUK R amp B Albums OCC 9 22US Billboard 200 10 2US Top R amp B Hip Hop Albums Billboard 11 1 Year end charts edit Chart 1996 PositionUS Billboard 200 12 171US Top R amp B Hip Hop Albums Billboard 13 48Chart 1997 PositionUS Billboard 200 14 64US Top R amp B Hip Hop Albums Billboard 15 36Certifications editRegion Certification Certified units salesCanada Music Canada 16 Gold 50 000 United States RIAA 17 Platinum 1 000 000 Shipments figures based on certification alone See also editList of Billboard number one R amp B albums of 1996References edit Erlewine Stephen Thomas Bow Down Westside Connection Songs Reviews Credits AllMusic AllMusic Archived from the original on 2012 07 05 Retrieved February 15 2021 Bernard James December 13 1996 Bow Down Entertainment Weekly Archived from the original on 2016 01 15 Retrieved February 15 2021 Coker Cheo Hodari November 6 1996 Ice Cube and Friends Make Violent Westside Connection WESTSIDE CONNECTION Bow Down Priority Los Angeles Times Retrieved February 15 2021 Ashon Will December 1996 Westside Connection Bow Down PDF Muzik No 19 p 141 Archived from the original PDF on 2 April 2022 Retrieved 16 July 2022 Chandler Justin July 3 2007 Westside Connection Bow Down Priority Records www rapreviews com Archived from the original on 2007 07 07 Retrieved February 15 2021 Christgau Robert Robert Christgau CG Westside Connection www robertchristgau com Archived from the original on 2003 09 29 Retrieved February 15 2021 CNN com Studdard album debuts at No 1 Dec 19 2003 CNN December 19 2003 Archived from the original on 2003 12 26 Retrieved February 15 2021 West Coast rap supergroup to release CD September 27 2003 Archived from the original on October 28 2007 Retrieved September 12 2007 Official R amp B Albums Chart Top 40 Official Charts Company www officialcharts com Westside Connection Chart History Billboard 200 Billboard Retrieved May 21 2015 Westside Connection Chart History Top R amp B Hip Hop Albums Billboard Retrieved May 21 2015 Billboard 200 albums year end 1996 Billboard Archived from the original on 2017 01 07 Retrieved 2015 12 18 Top R amp B Hip Hop Albums Year End 1996 Billboard Retrieved January 27 2021 Billboard 200 albums year end 1997 Billboard Archived from the original on 2017 03 12 Retrieved 2015 12 18 Top R amp B Hip Hop Albums Year End 1997 Billboard Retrieved January 27 2021 Canadian album certifications Westside Connection Bow Down Music Canada American album certifications Westside Connection Bow Down Recording Industry Association of America External links editWestside Connection Bow Down at Discogs list of releases Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Bow Down amp oldid 1187685170, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
