Playaz Club

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"Playaz Club"
Playaz Club.jpg
Single by Rappin' 4-Tay
from the album Don't Fight the Feelin'
ReleasedAugust 16, 1994
Recorded1994
Genre
Length4:26
Label Chrysalis
Songwriter(s) Anthony Forté
Producer(s)
  • Cyrus Esteban
  • Franky J
Rappin' 4-Tay singles chronology
"Playaz Club"
(1994)
"I'll Be Around"
(1995)

"Playaz Club" is the lead single from Rappin' 4-Tay's second album, Don't Fight the Feelin' . The song was produced by Cyrus Esteban and Frank "Franky J" Hudson, Jr. who used a sample of Judy Clay and William Bell's 1968 hit "Private Number".

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Released in August 1994, "Playaz Club" became the first of two top 40 hits for Rappin' 4-Tay and was his biggest hit on the Billboard Hot 100, peaking at number 36. The song has become somewhat of a classic West Coast hip hop song [ citation needed ] and has appeared on several compilations including Snoop Dogg's 2010 compilation The West Coast Blueprint.

Track listing

A-side

  1. "Playaz Club" (Radio Version) – 4:24
  2. "Playaz Club" (Album Version) – 4:24

B-side

  1. "Playaz Club" (Clean Version) – 4:24
  2. "Playaz Club" (Instrumental) – 4:20

Charts

Chart (1994)Peak
position
Billboard Hot 10036
Billboard Hot R&B Singles54
Billboard Hot Rap Singles10
Billboard Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales22
Billboard Rhythmic Top 4010


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