Released July 28, 1998 Genre East Coast hip hop Label Tommy Boy Records | Recorded 1998 Length 5:12 | |
Writer(s) V. Santiago, C. Rios, J. Baxter, J. Phillips, D. Styles, C. Giles, K. Dean | ||
"Banned from T.V." is a song by American hip hop recording artist Noreaga, released as the third single from his debut studio album N.O.R.E. (1998). The song, produced by Swizz Beatz, is a posse cut featuring guest appearances from fellow New York-based rappers Nature, Big Pun, Cam'ron, Jadakiss and Styles P. The song contains a sample of "Also Sprach Zarathustra (Thus Spoke Zarathustra)", as performed by Richard Strauss.
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Background
In a 2014 interview, N.O.R.E. revealed Big Pun’s appearance on the song wasn’t planned: “Actually, Pun bullied his way on there. I had Nature on there, and Pun was in the studio. I went to take a shit, and Pun snuck himself on there. I wanted to erase [Pun’s verse] ‘cause he violated. But I never did erase it. That was always my brother.”
Music video
The music video for the song was directed by Director X. In 2013, nearly fifteen years later, in promotion for his sixth studio album Student of the Game, N.O.R.E. liberated behind-the-scenes footage of the music video for "Banned from T.V.".