Released 1986 | Format Vinyl, 12" | |
A-side "Dog 'N The Wax (Ya Don't Quit-Part II)" Length 3:45 (original B-side)7:11 (extended album version) Label Techno Hop RecordsSire/Warner Bros. (re-release) | ||
"6 in the Mornin'" is a song by Ice-T. Released in 1986 as the B-side of "Dog 'N the Wax (Ya Don't Quit-Part II)", the song is considered to be one of the defining tracks of the gangsta rap genre. An extended version of the song appeared on Ice T's debut album, Rhyme Pays (name slightly changed to "6 'N the Morning"), in 1987. The song is produced by Compton's Most Wanted associate the Unknown DJ.
"Midnight," from Ice T's 1991 album O.G. Original Gangster, is a prequel of this song. "Midnight" ends with the lyric "Looked at my watch, it was six in the morning," and "6 in the Mornin'" opens with the lyric, "Six in the morning, police at my door."
A version of the song was later recorded by the Tennessee horrorcore group Three 6 Mafia on its Chapter 2: World Domination album, and was aptly renamed "3-6 in the Mornin'" and features occasional samples from the original.