Same Ol' Shit

"Same Ol' Shit"
Single by MC Ren
from the album Shock of the Hour
Released	October 29, 1993 (1993-10-29)
Studio	Echo Sound (Los Angeles, CA)
Genre	Gangsta rap
Length	3:59
Label	Ruthless
Songwriter(s)	Lorenzo Patterson Jesse Lars Jr.
Producer(s)	Tootie
MC Ren singles chronology
"Mayday On The Frontline" (1993) "Same Ol' Shit" (1993) "Fuck What Ya Heard" (1994)

"Same Ol' Shit", sometimes censored as "Same Ol'", is a song written and performed by American rapper MC Ren. It was released on October 29, 1993 via Ruthless Records as the lead single from the rapper's debut solo full-length studio album Shock of the Hour . Recorded at Echo Sound Studios in Los Angeles, it was produced and co-written by Tootie, who utilized samples from "La Di Da Di", "Let's Get It On" and "I Got a Good Thang (And I Ain't Gonna Let It Go)".

In the United States, the song peaked at number 90 on the Billboard Hot 100, number 62 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, number 11 on the Hot Rap Songs and number 25 on the Dance Singles Sales charts. Thus became most successful single chart-wise of MC Ren's solo career, reaching the Billboard Hot 100, his only single to make it to that chart.

Track listing

Promo CD single

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Same Ol'" (Radio Version)
2.	"Same Ol'" (Album Version)

Personnel

• Lorenzo "MC Ren" Patterson – vocals
• Joanette "Badd Newz" Porter – additional background vocals
• Mark "Fingaz" Dixon – keyboards
• Jesse "Tootie" Lars Jr. – producer
• Bob Morse – recording, mixing
• Eric "Eazy-E" Wright – executive producer

Charts

Chart (1993)	Peak position
US Billboard Hot 100 [1]	90
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs ( Billboard ) [2]	62
US Hot Rap Songs ( Billboard ) [3]	11
US Dance Singles Sales ( Billboard ) [4]	25

References

1. "Hot 100 Singles". Billboard . Vol. 105. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. December 4, 1993. ISSN   0006-2510.
2. "Hot R&B Singles". Billboard . Vol. 105. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. November 27, 1993. ISSN   0006-2510.
3. "Hot Rap Singles". Billboard . Vol. 105. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. December 4, 1993. ISSN   0006-2510.
4. "Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales". Billboard . Vol. 105. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. November 27, 1993. ISSN   0006-2510.

External links

• " Same Ol' Shit " at Discogs (list of releases)