1/2 & 1/2

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"1/2 & 1/2"
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Single by Gang Starr featuring M.O.P.
from the album Blade: Music from and Inspired by the Motion Picture & Full Clip: A Decade of Gang Starr
B-side "Gangsta Bounce" - Wolfpak
ReleasedAugust 4, 1998
Studio D&D (New York City)
Genre Hardcore hip hop, East Coast hip hop
Length4:17
Songwriters Keith Elam, Christopher Martin, Jamal Grinnage, Eric Murray
Producer DJ Premier

"1/2 & 1/2" is a single by Gang Starr (feat. M.O.P.), taken from the soundtrack album Blade: Music from and Inspired by the Motion Picture , although it was not featured in the film itself. The song was later included on Gang Starr's album Full Clip: A Decade of Gang Starr . The track features samples from Jimmy Webb's "Gymnast's Ballet (Fingerpainting)", [1] Mobb Deep's "Survival of the Fittest", [2] M.O.P.'s "New Jack City", [3] and Brother Arthur's "What You Gonna Do". [4]

The B-side to the single was "Gangsta Bounce" by Wolfpak.

Track listing

US CD
  1. "1/2 & 1/2" (Clean Radio) - Gang Starr
  2. "1/2 & 1/2" (Street) - Gang Starr
  3. "1/2 & 1/2" (Instrumental) - Gang Starr
  4. "Gangsta Bounce" - Wolfpak (5:27)

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