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"MC's Act Like They Don't Know " is a hardcore hip hop song written and performed by American rapper KRS-One . It was released on August 28, 1995 via Jive Records as the lead single from his second solo studio album KRS One D&D Studios in New York. Production was helmed by DJ Premier .
Its lyrics deal with how many rappers who achieve positive chart positions and other commercial awards cannot perform well live.
In the United States, the song peaked at number 57 on the Billboard Hot 100Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs , number 59 on the R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay , number 9 on the Hot Rap Songs , and topped the Dance Singles Sales charts. It also made it to number 84 on the UK singles chart and number 12 on the UK Official Dance Singles Chart.
Track listing [ edit ]
12" Vinyl Title Writer(s ) Producer(s ) 1. "MC's Act Like They Don't Know" (LP Version)
Chris Martin
DJ Premier 4:44 2. "MC's Act Like They Don't Know" (Instrumental) DJ Premier 4:44 3. "Represent the Real Hip Hop (Street Version)" (featuring Das EFX )
Andre Weston
William Hines
Showbiz 3:20 4. "Represent the Real Hip Hop (Clean Version)" (featuring Das EFX)
Weston
Hines
Showbiz 3:20 5. "Represent the Real Hip Hop" (Instrumental) Showbiz 2:50
Sample credits
Tracks 3 to 5 contains a sample of "We Run Things (It's Like Dat)" written by Acklins Khaliyl Dillon, Harold Lee, Jamahl Hanna and Ali Shaheed Muhammad and performed by Da Bush Babees .
Personnel [ edit ]
Lawrence "KRS-One " Parker – vocals
Christopher "DJ Premier " Martin – producer & mixing (tracks: 1, 2)
Norty Cotto – engineering (tracks: 1, 2)
Andre "Krazy Drayz" Weston – vocals (tracks: 3, 4)
Willie "Skoob" Hines – vocals (tracks: 3, 4)
Rodney "Showbiz " LeMay – producer (tracks: 3-5)
Gordon "Commissioner Gordon" Williams – engineering (tracks: 3-5)
Tom Brick – mastering
Maria Valencia – design
Ron Croudy – design
Scott "DJ Scott La Rock " Sterling – overseen by
References [ edit ]
^ "Official Dance Singles Chart Top 40" . Official Charts Company . Retrieved April 24, 2024.
^ "KRS-One Chart History (Hot 100)" . Billboard
^ "KRS-One Chart History (Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs)" . Billboard
^ "KRS-One Chart History (Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay)" . Billboard
^ "KRS-One Chart History (Hot Rap Songs)" . Billboard
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