Steady Mobbin'

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"Steady Mobbin'"
Single by Ice Cube
from the album Death Certificate
B-side "No Vaseline"
ReleasedAugust 9, 1991
Recorded1991
Studio Paramount Recording Studios (Los Angeles, California)
Genre
Length4:13
Label Priority
Songwriter(s) O'Shea Jackson
Producer(s)
  • Ice Cube
  • The Boogie Men
Ice Cube singles chronology
"AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted"
(1990)
"Steady Mobbin'"
(1991)
"True to the Game"
(1992)
Music video
"Steady Mobbin'" on YouTube

"Steady Mobbin'" is a song recorded by Ice Cube and it was released as the first single from his second album Death Certificate . [1] [2]

Contents

The single contains the b-side, No Vaseline, which is a diss track towards N.W.A. [3]

Samples

The song contains samples of "Reach Out" by Average White Band; "Love Amnesia" by Parlet; and "Dr. Funkenstein" and "Sir Nose d'Voidoffunk (Pay Attention – B3M)" by Parliament.[ citation needed ]

Charts

Chart (1991)Peak
position
Australia (ARIA) [4] 147
UK Club Chart ( Music Week ) [5] 56
US Hot Rap Songs ( Billboard ) [6] 3
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs ( Billboard ) [7] 30

References

  1. "DEATH CERTIFICATE'S 30TH ANNIVERSARY". IceCube.com. October 27, 2021. Retrieved December 6, 2021.
  2. "Ice Cube's Insight Weak". Sun-Sentinel. February 28, 1993. Retrieved December 6, 2021.
  3. Robert Blair (October 29, 2019). "How Ice Cube's "No Vaseline" Sets The Standard For Diss Tracks". HotNewHipHop.com . Retrieved December 6, 2021.
  4. "Bubbling Down Under Week Commencing January 27, 1992". Bubbling Down Under. Retrieved January 28, 2023.
  5. "The Record Mirror Club Chart" (PDF). Music Week, in Record Mirror (Dance Update Supplemental Insert). January 18, 1992. p. 16. Retrieved September 7, 2025.
  6. "Ice Cube Chart History (Hot Rap Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved December 6, 2021.
  7. "Ice Cube Chart History (Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved December 6, 2021.