187 He Wrote Explained

187 He Wrote
Type:	studio
Artist:	Spice 1
Cover:	187hewrotecover.jpg
Recorded:	1992–1993
Genre:	Gangsta rap
Length:	61:13
Label:	Jive
Prev Title:	Spice 1
Prev Year:	1992
Next Title:	AmeriKKKa's Nightmare
Next Year:	1994

187 He Wrote is the second studio album by American rapper Spice 1. It was released on September 28, 1993, via Jive Records.

The album was produced by E-A-Ski & CMT, Mentally Blunted, Prodeje, Too $hort, Ant Banks, Jonny Z, MC Eiht, and D.J. Xtra Large, with Chaz Hayes and 187 Fac serving as executive producers. It features guest appearances from Bo$$ and MC Eiht and contributions from G-Nut, Ant Banks, E-40, Havikk, Havoc & Prodeje, and Nuttin' Nyce.

The album peaked at number 10 on the Billboard 200 and topped the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums charts in the United States. It was certified gold on November 30, 1993, by the Recording Industry Association of America for selling 500,000 units in the US alone. Its lead single, "Dumpin' Em in Ditches", made it to No. 34 on the Hot Dance Singles Sales and No. 79 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs charts in the United States. The second single off of the album, "The Murda Show", reached No. 50 on the Hot Rap Songs chart.

Track listing

Sample credits

Track 1 contains a sample of "High Powered" written by Ricardo Brown, Eric Collins, Calvin Broadus, Andre Young and Tracy Lynn Curry as performed by Dr. Dre.
Track 4 contains a sample of "Sweet Moments" written by Barry White and Gene Page as performed by the Love Unlimited Orchestra.
Track 6 contains a sample of "Dukey's Stick" written by George Duke.

Personnel

Robert L. "Spice 1" Green, Jr. — vocals, arrangement
Lichelle "Bo$$" Laws — additional vocals (track 5)
Anthony "Ant" Banks — additional vocals & producer (track 6), mixing & engineering (tracks: 3, 6, 7)
Gregory "G-Nut" Brown — background vocals (track 6), additional vocals (tracks: 7, 15), executive producer
Aaron "MC Eiht" Tyler — additional vocals & producer (track 8)
Austin "Prodeje" Patterson — additional vocals (track 9), producer (tracks: 1, 9)
Cary "Havoc" Calvin — additional vocals (track 9)
Brian "Havikk The Rhime Son" West — additional vocals (track 9)
Earl "E-40" Stevens — additional vocals (track 10)
Nuttin' Nyce — additional vocals (track 13)
Robert "Fonksta" Bacon — guitar (tracks: 1, 9)
Shon "E-A-Ski" Adams — producer & mixing (tracks: 2, 11, 12, 14), keyboard and drum programming & engineering (track 12)
Mark "CMT" Ogleton — producer & mixing (tracks: 2, 11, 12, 14), keyboard and drum programming & engineering (track 12)
Todd "Too $hort" Shaw — producer (tracks: 3, 7)
Gentry "Black Jack" Reed — producer (tracks: 4, 5, 15), mixing (tracks: 5, 15)
John "Jonny Z" Zunino — producer, mixing & engineering (track 10)
K. "DJ Xtra-Large" Turner — producer & mixing (track 13)
Sean Freehill — mixing & engineering (tracks: 1, 9)
Pat Coughlin — engineering (tracks: 2, 10, 14)
Matt Kelley — recording (tracks: 4, 5), mixing (tracks: 5, 15), engineering (track 15)
Tim Latham — mixing (tracks: 4, 13), recording (tracks: 5, 13)
Adam Kudzin — mixing (tracks: 4, 13), recording (tracks: 5, 13)
Dave "D-Wiz" Evelingham — mixing & engineering (track 8)
Terry "DJ Slip" Allen — mixing (track 8)
Dennis "Den Fen" Thomas — executive producer
Chaz Hayes — executive producer, management
Victor Hall — photography
Jeremy Dawson — photo illustration

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1993)	Peak position
US Billboard 200^[1]	10
US Top R&B Albums (Billboard)^[2]	1

Year-end charts

Chart (1993)	Position
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)^[3]	42
Chart (1994)	Position
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)^[4]	73

Notes and References

October 16, 1993 . The Billboard 200 . . . 0006-2510 . September 19, 2024.
October 16, 1993 . Top R&B Albums . . . 0006-2510 . September 19, 2024.
Web site: Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums – Year-End 1993. Billboard. February 1, 2021.
Web site: Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums – Year-End 1994. Billboard. February 1, 2021.