I'm Your Pusher (Ice-T song) should not be confused with I'm Your Pusher (Scooter song).
| I'm Your Pusher | |
| Cover: | I'm Your Pusher single.jpg |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Ice-T |
| Album: | Power |
| B-Side: | "Girls L.G.B.N.A.F." |
| Released: | August 23, 1988 |
| Studio: | Syndicate Studios West (Los Angeles, California) |
| Genre: | Gangsta rap |
| Length: | 5:35 |
| Label: | Sire |
| Producer: |
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| Prev Title: | Colors |
| Prev Year: | 1988 |
| Next Title: | High Rollers |
| Next Year: | 1988 |
"I'm Your Pusher" is a 1988 single by American rapper Ice-T, from his second album Power.
The song's lyrics recommend the use of music and dancing to feel good rather than using drugs: "The dope I'm selling you don't smoke / You feel out in the dance floor on my world tour / I'm selling dope in each and every record store". However, the anti-drug theme was interpreted as having the opposite message, possibly as a result of misinterpretation of the context of the title, and ignorance as to the actual lyrical content.[1]
The song was produced by Ice-T and Afrika Islam for Rhyme Syndicate Productions. It contains a sample from "Pusherman" by Curtis Mayfield.
In 1989, the song was used in the beginning of the Season Two episode of the television series Midnight Caller entitled "Take Back the Streets".
Eminem parodied the chorus to the song in his track I'm Shady from The Slim Shady LP, which was about his experiences with taking drugs.
The music video was released in 1988 and it features cameos by Big Daddy Kane and Kool DJ Red Alert.
| Chart (1988) | Peak position | |
|---|---|---|
| US Billboard Hot Black Singles[2] | 13 | |
| US Billboard Dance Club Songs[3] | 21 |