Foul Cats

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"Foul Cats"
Kool G Rap - Foul Cats.jpg
Single by Kool G Rap
from the album Roots of Evil
ReleasedSeptember 1, 1998
Recorded1998
Genre East Coast hip hop, gangsta rap
Length3:23
Label Ill Street, Downlow
Songwriter(s) Nathaniel Wilson
Producer(s) CJ Moore, Dr. Butcher
Kool G Rap singles chronology
"Talk Like Sex"
(1996)
"Foul Cats"
(1998)
"Can't Stop the Shine"
(1998)

"Foul Cats" is the first single from American hip hop artist Kool G Rap's 1998 album Roots of Evil .

Contents

Background

The song tells the story of Kool G Rap being set up and his friend murdered by a rival gang. Seeking revenge, G Rap and his crew kidnap the girlfriend of one of the rival gangsters at gunpoint and force her to reveal her boyfriend's place of residence. They go to his home in Jackson Heights, Queens where they find him sleeping on the sofa and awaken him by throwing a glass of whisky in his face. They then discover his heroin stash and kill him by giving him a fatal heroin overdose. When his girlfriend reaches for the phone and attempts to call for help, G Rap is forced to pistol-whip her and shoot her dead before he and his crew flee the premises.

Samples

"Foul Cats" samples the following songs: [1]

Track listing

A-side
  1. "Foul Cats" (Radio Edit)
  2. "Foul Cats" (Instrumental)
B-side
  1. "Foul Cats" (Album Version)
  2. "Foul Cats" (Acapella)

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