| Take It to the Streets | |
| Cover: | Take It To The Streets (Rampage).jpg |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Rampage featuring Billy Lawrence |
| Album: | Scout's Honor… by Way of Blood |
| Released: | July 1, 1997 |
| Recorded: | 1996 |
| Length: | 3:38 |
| Chronology: | Rampage |
| Prev Title: | Wild for da Night |
| Prev Year: | 1996 |
| Year: | 1997 |
| Next Title: | We Getz Down |
| Next Year: | 1997 |
"Take It to the Streets" is a song by American rapper Rampage featuring American singer Billy Lawrence. It was released as the second single from Rampage's debut studio album Scout's Honor… by Way of Blood on July 1, 1997, by Flipmode Entertainment and Elektra Records. The song was written by Rampage, Lawrence and its producers Rashad Smith and Armando Colon. The song sample of Unlimited Touch's 1981 single "I Hear Music in the Streets".
Released in the summer of 1997, "Take It to the Streets" became both Rampage and Billy Lawrence's biggest hit, reaching number 34 on the Billboard Hot 100 and number five on the Hot Rap Singles chart.
"Take It to the Streets" was composed in time and the key of G major, with a tempo of 102 beats per minute. It has a duration time of three minutes and thirty-eight seconds.[1]
| Chart (1997) | Peak position | |
|---|---|---|
| Billboard Hot 100 | 34 | |
| Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks | 11 | |
| Billboard Hot Rap Singles | 5 | |
| Billboard Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales | 3 |
| End of year chart (1997) | Position | |
|---|---|---|
| Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks Sales[2] | 78 | |
| Billboard Hot Rap Singles[3] | 20 |