"Lethal Weapon" 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 September 21, 1989 as a
single
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from the rapper's third studio album ''
The Iceberg/Freedom of Speech...Just Watch What You Say'' through
Sire Records
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. The song was written and produced by Ice-T and
Afrika Islam
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, who used a sample from
Little Royal and The Swingmasters' "Razor Blade".
The single peaked at number 22 in
New Zealand
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and number 98 in the
UK.
Track listing
Personnel
*
Tracy Lauren Marrow – lyrics, vocals, producer, arranging
*
Charles Andre Glenn – producer, programming
*
Gerald "Jerry" Goldstein – producer
on "Heartbeat (Remix)"
* Mark Wolfson – engineering
on "Heartbeat (Remix)"
*
Eric Garcia – scratches
* Bilal Bashir – editor
Chart positions
References
External links
*
1989 songs
1989 singles
Ice-T songs
Sire Records singles
Songs written by Ice-T
Songs written by Afrika Islam
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