We Be Clubbin'

Infobox Single
Name = We Be Clubbin'


Artist = Ice Cube
from Album = The Player's Club
Released = 1998
Format = CD single
Recorded = 1997
Genre = Hip hop
Length = 3:30
Label = A&M Records
Writer = O'Shea "Ice Cube" Jackson
Rodolfo "Clark Kent" Franklin
Earl "DMX" Simmons
Producer = Dutch
DJ Clark Kent
Certification =
Chart position =
Chronology = Ice Cube singles
Last single = "The World Is Mine"
(1997)
This single = "We Be Clubbin"
(1998)
Next single = "Pushin' Weight"
(1998)

We Be Clubbin' is the first single from Ice Cube's soundtrack, The Player's Club. The single was not a huge success, only making it to #32 on the Rhythmic Top 40 single chart. Several remixes were made all featuring DMX and DJ Clark Kent, 2 Clark World Remixes, one with DMX and Sonja Blade and one without Blade and The Eye of the Tiger Remix which sampled Survivor's classic Eye of the Tiger.

In 1998 there has also been produced a remix titled "We Be Ballin'" which features Shaquille O'Neal (spoken intro + verses) and Michael Jackson (on chorus).This remix was to be released on a NBA compilation album scheduled for the end of 1997 and was also going to be featured in commercials for NBA's "I Love This Game" campaign. Michael Jackson was brought on this project by Shaquille O'Neal which has previously guest-starred on the track "2 Bad" on the album HISTORY - PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE - BOOK I (1995).The entire project was finally shelved due to the player iniated strike against the league that year.

The line "Armageddon 1999" is a reference to Bone Thugs-N-Harmony

2 versions of "We Be Ballin'" have been produced:"We Be Ballin' (Master Mix)" (5:02)"We Be Ballin' (Street Mix)" (5:14)

In 2005 a fake has been spread which does not feature Ice Cube at all. You can distinguish the real version from the fake one by the fact that Ice Cube is not present at all in the fake version plus listening to Michael Jackson's chorus which is sung slightly different each time and has more vocals towards the end of the song in the real version only.

ingle Track Listing

#"We Be Clubbin'" feat. DMX & DJ Clark Kent (Clark World Radio Remix)- 4:24
#"We Be Clubbin'" (LP Version)- 4:47
#"We Be Clubbin'" (Clark World Radio Remix Instrumental)- 4:16
#"We Be Clubbin'" feat. DMX & DJ Clark Kent (Clark World Radio Remix Acapella)- 3:56