Guess Who's Back | |
Cover: | Guess who's back.jpg |
Type: | single |
Artist: | Scarface featuring Jay-Z and Beanie Sigel |
Album: | The Fix |
A-Side: | My Block |
Released: | April 30, 2002 |
Recorded: | 2002 |
Genre: | Hip hop |
Length: | 4:15 |
Label: | Def Jam |
Producer: | Kanye West |
Chronology: | Scarface |
Prev Title: | I Luv |
Prev Year: | 2002 |
Next Title: | My Block |
Next Year: | 2002 |
"Guess Who's Back" is a song by American rapper Scarface featuring American rappers Jay-Z and Beanie Sigel. It is the lead single from Scarface's seventh studio album The Fix (2002). The song was produced by Kanye West, who also provides uncredited vocals, and contains a sample of "Sunrise" by The Originals.
The song was first recorded in New York. Scarface then brought it to producer Mike Dean, who mixed the song at Rap A Lot studios in Houston.[1]
For production, Kanye West used a looped sample of "Sunrise" by The Originals and layered it over the drums in the instrumental of "Xxplosive" by Dr. Dre.[2]
In a review of The Fix, Pitchfork described the song as a "blazing track that wouldn't have sounded out of place on The Blueprint".[3] Complex praised the song, calling it "a classic shit-talking, skill-flexing showdown".[4]