How U Get a Record Deal?

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"How U Get a Record Deal?"
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Single by Big Daddy Kane
from the album Looks Like a Job For...
B-side "Here Comes Kane, Scoob and Scrap"
ReleasedApril 15, 1993
Recorded1992
Genre Hip hop
Length3:56
Label Cold Chillin' / Warner Bros.
Songwriter(s) Antonio Hardy
Producer(s) Trackmasters
Big Daddy Kane singles chronology
"The Lover in You"
(1992)
"How U Get a Record Deal?"
(1993)
"Very Special"
(1993)

"How U Get a Record Deal?" is the lead single released from Big Daddy Kane's fifth studio album, Looks Like a Job For... . The song is notable for being one of the first singles to be produced by the popular production duo, the Trackmasters.

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Though the song did not reach the crossover success that its follow-up, "Very Special", achieved, it became his sixth top ten hit on the Billboard Hot Rap Singles chart, peaking at number seven.

Single track listing

A-Side

  1. "How U Get a Record Deal?" (Album Version) – 3:56
  2. "How U Get a Record Deal?" (Clean Radio Edit) – 3:56
  3. "How U Get a Record Deal?" (A cappella) – 3:19

B-Side

  1. "Here Comes Kane, Scoob and Scrap" (Album Version) – 4:24
  2. "Here Comes Kane, Scoob and Scrap" (Instrumental) – 4:23
  3. "How U Get a Record Deal?" (Instrumental) – 3:56

Chart history

Chart (1993)Peak
position
Billboard Hot R&B Singles86
Billboard Hot Rap Singles7
Billboard Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales22

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