"High Rollers" is a song by American recording artist

Ice-T Tracy Lauren Marrow (born February 16, 1958), known professionally as Ice-T (or Ice T), is an American rapper and actor. He is active in both hip hop music, hip hop and heavy metal music, heavy metal. Ice-T began his career as an underground r ...

. It was released on January 20, 1989, through

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, as the second single from the rapper's sophomore studio album ''

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''. Recording sessions took place at Syndicate Studios West and at Entourage Studios in

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. Written and produced by Ice-T and

Afrika Islam Charles Andre Glenn (born June 19, 1967 in The Bronx, New York), professionally known by his stage name Afrika Islam, is an American hip hop DJ and producer. He was one of the pioneers of hip hop culture and the hip hop radio station. He began ...

, the single did not reached the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, however, it made it to number 76 on the

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and number 9 on the

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in the United States. It also peaked at number 38 in New Zealand and number 63 on the UK Singles Chart. Music video was directed by Mitchell Sinoway. The interludes between verses are different from the version on the album. Whereas the album's version included commentary from Amazing Many Styles Kid Jaz, the single featured Ice-T making blunt comments about the pitfalls of criminal activity. The track ends with Ice-T receiving news about some kids' being shot in Crenshaw. In the video, he shakes his head after hearing this news. The version of the song included on '' Greatest Hits: The Evidence'' was the album version. The version on the single was very rare until the advent of the internet and file-sharing.

Track listing

Charts

Personnel

*Tracy "

" Marrow – vocals, producer *Charles "

" Glenn – producer, programming *Eric "DJ

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" Garcia – scratches *Mark Wolfson – recording, remixing *Fred Kelly – engineering assistant *

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– photography *Jorge Hinojosa – management *Darlene Ortiz – model

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* {{Authority control 1988 songs Ice-T songs 1989 singles Sire Records singles Songs written by Ice-T Songs written by Afrika Islam