"Hello" is the third & final single from
Ice Cube
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'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
Lorenzo Jerald Patterson (born June 16, 1969), better known by his stage name MC Ren, is an American rapper, songwriter and record producer from Compton, California. He is the founder and owner of the record label Villain Entertainment.
MC Re ...
.
The song can be found as a bonus track, along with "
Chin Check", on the N.W.A ''
Greatest Hits
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'' album, and appeared on Ice Cube's ''
Greatest Hits
A greatest hits album or best-of album is a type of compilation album that collects popular and commercially successful songs by a particular artist or band. While greatest hits albums are typically supported by the artist, they can also be creat ...
'' compilation album in 2001. It also mentions the rapper
Eazy-E and the record company that he used,
Ruthless Records
Ruthless Records was an American record label founded by Eric "Eazy-E" Wright and Jerry Heller in Compton, California in 1986, where all of the Ruthless trademarks have been owned by Comptown Records, Inc. since 1997. Several artists on the ...
. The chorus features a line taken from Dr. Dre's track "
The Watcher", released on the album ''
2001
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''.
Charts
Music video
The music video has similar scenes to the
N.W.A's music video of "
Alwayz into Somethin'".
References
2000 singles
Ice Cube songs
MC Ren songs
Dr. Dre songs
N.W.A songs
Songs written by Ice Cube
Songs written by MC Ren
Songs written by Dr. Dre
Songs written by Eminem
Songs written by Snoop Dogg
Song recordings produced by Dr. Dre
Gangsta rap songs
2000 songs
G-funk songs
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