Released September 25, 2001 Length 4:25 | Genre Hip hop Label Ruff Ryders, Def Jam | |
Format 12-inch single, CD single Recorded Chaton Studios,
(Phoenix, Arizona) | ||
"Who We Be" is a song by American hip hop recording artist DMX, released as the second single from his fourth album The Great Depression (2001). The song peaked at 60 on the Hot 100. It was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Rap Solo Performance, but lost to "Get Ur Freak On" by Missy Elliott. The song is featured in a scene from the 2004 film Head of State.
Contents
Song Production
DMX raps on the song, the song is about the division and separation of Blacks in America, with DMX telling the listener about the problems that Blacks face as well as the many things that people assume about them but don't understand who they are.
Music Video
The music video was directed by Joseph Kahn and produced by Lanette Phillips and Stefan Belafonte, and it features DMX rapping the song from inside a prison cell.
Track listing
Europe 12-inch single 33 ⅓ RPM
- A1 "Who We Be" (LP Version)
- B1 "Who We Be" (Radio Edit)
- B2 "Who We Be" (Instrumental)
US 12-inch single
- A1 "Who We Be" (Radio Edit)
- A2 "Who We Be" (Album Version)
- B1 "Who We Be" (Instrumental)
- B2 "Who We Be" (Acapella)
United Kingdom CD/maxi single
- "Who We Be" (Radio Edit) – 4:19
- "We Right Here" (Radio Edit) – 4:02
- "Who We Be" (Explicit Version) – 4:48
- "We Right Here" (Explicit Version) – 4:31
United Kingdom enhanced CD single Track listing:
- "Who We Be" (LP Version) – 4:48
- "Who We Be" (Radio Edit) – 4:26
- "We Right Here" (LP Version) – 4:28
- Video - "Who We Be"