Hurricane (hip hop song)

Infobox Single
Name = Hurricane


Artist = Black Thought, Common, Dice Raw, Flo Brown, Jazzyfatnastees and Mos Def
from Album = The Hurricane original soundtrack
B-side =
Released = 1999
Format = 12-inch single, Vinyl
Recorded =
Genre = Underground hip hop
Length = 5:38
Label = MCA Records
Writer =
Producer = The Roots
Certification =
Chart position =
Chronology = Black Thought singles
Last single = "The Hollers of the Horn"
(1998)
This single = "Hurricane"
(1999)
Next single = "Hardware"
(2000)
Misc = Extra chronology 2
Artist = Common singles
Type = singles
Last single = "Car Horn"
(1999)
This single = "Hurricane"
(1999)
Next single = "The 6th Sense"
(2000)Extra chronology 2
Artist = Dice Raw singles
Type = singles
Last single = -
This single = "Hurricane"
(1999)
Next single = "Thin Line"
(2000)Extra chronology 2
Artist = Flo Brown singles
Type = singles
Last single = -
This single = "Hurricane"
(1999)
Next single = Extra chronology 2
Artist = Jazzyfatnastees singles
Type = singles
Last single = "The Wound"
(1999)
This single = "Hurricane"
(1999)
Next single = "All Up in My Face"
(2003)Extra chronology 2
Artist = Mos Def singles
Type = singles
Last single = "Another World (Remix)"
(1999)
This single = "Hurricane"
(1999)
Next single = "Ms. Fat Booty"
(1999)

"Hurricane" is a single by Black Thought, Common, Dice Raw, Flo Brown, Jazzyfatnastees and Mos Def from the 1999 film "The Hurricane". Released by MCA Records in 1999, the song features production by The Roots and vocals from various Roots affiliates. Each verse in the track deals with the life of boxer Rubin "Hurricane" Carter. The song takes its lyrical concept from a Bob Dylan song of the same name. It is considered to be a conscious hip hop song as are most songs by Native Tongues Posse and Soulquarians members such as Mos Def and Common.

Track listing

A-side

# "Hurricane" (Clean Version) (5:38)
# "Hurricane" (Instrumental) (5:38)

B-side

# "Hurricane" (Album Version) (5:38)
# "Hurricane" (Acappella) (5:37)

See also

* List of Common songs