Released January 15, 2000 Length 3:52 | Recorded 1999 Label Priority53816 | |
Format CD single, CD maxi single, 7" single, 12" single Genre West Coast hip hop, Hardcore hip hop, Gangsta rap, G-funk | ||
"Hello" is the first single from Ice Cube's sixth studio album War & Peace Vol. 2 (The Peace Disc). The song is an N.W.A reunion with his former groupmates Dr. Dre and MC Ren. The lyrics to the chorus are:
"I started this gangsta shit.And this the muthafuckin' thanks I get?!Hello."
These lines were adapted from Dr. Dre's song "The Watcher", from the album 2001.
The song can be found as a bonus track, along with "Chin Check", on the N.W.A Greatest Hits album, and appeared on Ice Cube's Greatest Hits compilation album in 2001. It also mentions the rapper Eazy-E and the record company that he used, Ruthless Records.
Music video
The music video has similar scenes to the N.W.A's music video of "Alwayz into Somethin'".
References
Hello (Ice Cube song) Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA