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The Bitch in Yoo

"The Bitch in Yoo"
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Single by Common
from the album Relativity Urban Assault
B-side "The Real Weight"
Released 1996
Format 12-inch single, Vinyl
Genre Underground hip hop
Length 4:00
Label Relativity Records
Songwriter(s) Lonnie Lynn
Pete Phillips
Producer(s) Pete Rock
Common singles chronology
"Resurrection"
(1995)
"The Bitch in Yoo"
(1996)
"Retrospect for Life"
(1997)
"Resurrection"
(1995)
"The Bitch in Yoo"
(1996)
"Retrospect for Life"
(1997)

"The Bitch in Yoo" is a single and released by rapper Common in 1996. The song first appeared on the Relativity Records compilation Relativity Urban Assault and later on Roc Raida's Crossfaderz. It was also performed live alongside De La Soul on their album Live at Tramps, NYC, 1996. The b-side of "The Bitch in Yoo" is "The Real Weight", a solo track by No I.D..

In Common's song "I Used to Love H.E.R.", the rapper partially blamed hip hop's change from pro-black music to street music on its domination by West Coast Gangsta rap. In particular, the line "I wasn't salty: she was with the boys in the hood" alluded to the film Boyz n the Hood (set in South Central, Los Angeles), a movie starring Ice Cube. This caused Ice Cube and his group to release the song "Westside Slaughterhouse", throwing jabs at Common, amongst other rappers from the East Coast. In turn, Common responded with "The Bitch in Yoo."

Over a beat produced by Pete Rock, Common responds to verbal attacks by Westside Connection and its lead rapper Ice Cube. He claims that Ice Cube has not released a "dope" album since AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted, that too many of Ice Cube's beats sample George Clinton songs, and that Cube took Common's lyrics from "I Used to Love H.E.R." out of context.


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