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{{Short description|1996 song by Common}}

#redirect [[Relativity Urban Assault]]▼

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{{Infobox song

| name = The Bitch in Yoo

| cover =

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = [[Common (rapper)|Common]]

▲#redirect| album = [[Relativity Urban Assault]]

| B-side = The Real Weight

| released = September 10, 1996

| recorded = 1995

| studio =

| genre = [[Underground hip hop]], [[Hip hop music|hip hop]], [[hardcore hip hop]]

| length = 4:00

| label = [[Relativity Records]]

| writer = [[Common (rapper)|Lonnie Lynn]]<br>[[Pete Rock|Pete Phillips]]

| producer = [[Pete Rock]]

| prev_title = [[Resurrection (Common song)|Resurrection]]

| prev_year = 1995

| next_title = [[Retrospect for Life]]

| next_year = 1997

}}

"'''The Bitch in Yoo'''" is a single and diss track released by [[rapper]] [[Common (rapper)|Common]] in 1996. The song first appeared on the [[Relativity Records]] compilation ''[[Relativity Urban Assault]]''<ref name="Sayles">{{Cite web |last=Sayles |first=Justin |date=2024-05-07 |title=The Greatest Diss Tracks of All Time, Ranked|url=https://www.theringer.com/rap/2024/5/7/24149814/greatest-rap-diss-tracks-all-time-kendrick-lamar-drake-not-like-us-jay-z-nas#hREnKr |access-date=2024-07-17 |website=[[The Ringer (website)|The Ringer]] |language=en}}</ref> and later on [[Roc Raida]]'s ''[[Crossfaderz]]''. It was also performed live alongside [[De La Soul]] on their album ''[[Live at Tramps, NYC, 1996]]''. The [[b-side]] of "The Bitch in Yoo" is "The Real Weight", a solo track by [[No I.D.]] The song has been deemed by [[The Ringer (website)|The Ringer]] as one of the greatest diss tracks of all time<ref name="Sayles"/> and by [[Revolt (TV network)|Revolt]] as one of Pete Rock's most legendary beats.<ref name=Brown/>

== Overview ==

=== History ===

In Common's song "[[I Used to Love H.E.R.]]", the rapper partially blamed hip hop's change from pro-black music to street music on its domination by [[West Coast hip hop|West Coast]] [[Gangsta rap]]. In particular, the line "I wasn't salty: she was with the boys in the hood" alluded to the film ''[[Boyz n the Hood]]'' (set in [[South Los Angeles|South Central]], [[Los Angeles]]), a movie starring Ice Cube. This caused Ice Cube and his group to release the song "[[Westside Slaughterhouse]]", throwing jabs at Common, amongst other rappers from the East Coast. In turn, Common responded with "The Bitch in Yoo."

=== Content ===

Over a beat produced by [[Pete Rock]], Common responds to verbal attacks by [[Westside Connection]] and its lead rapper [[Ice Cube]]. He claims that [[Ice Cube]] has not released a "dope" album since ''[[AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted]]'', that too many of Ice Cube's beats [[sampling (music)|sample]] [[George Clinton (funk musician)|George Clinton]] songs, and that Cube took Common's lyrics from "I Used to Love H.E.R." out of context.

=== Samples ===

The song contains a sample from "[[Light My Fire]]" as performed by [[Brian Auger's Oblivion Express]].<ref name=Brown>{{cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230325234450/https://www.revolt.tv/article/2019-01-16/43861/the-produce-section-11-of-pete-rocks-most-legendary-beats/|website=Revolt|access-date=July 17, 2024|title=The Produce Section: 11 of Pete Rock's most legendary beats|at=8. “The Bitch In Yoo”|last=Brown|first=Preezy}}</ref> It also contains vocal samples of [[Raekwon]] from the track "Eye for a Eye (Your Beef Is Mines)" by [[Mobb Deep]], and "Suspended in Time" by [[Group Home]], as well as a [[scratching|scratched]] vocal sample from the song "A Bitch Iz A Bitch", by [[N.W.A.]] The end of the song incorporates a scratched vocal sample from the movie "The Five Heartbeats." The opening of the song is taken from the film "[[The Education of Sonny Carson]]" scene where a leader of The Hawks Gang proclaims their superiority over the rival Lords.

==Track listing==

===A-side===

# "The Bitch in Yoo (W/O Intro)" (3:46)

# "The Bitch in Yoo (W/ Intro Flip)" (4:00)

# "The Bitch in Yoo (Street Version)" (4:00)

===B-side===

# "The Real Weight" (3:55)

# "The Real Weight (Instrumental Version)" (3:55)

# "The Bitch in Yoo (Instrumental Version)" (3:46)

== References ==

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{{Common singles}}

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[[Category:1996 singles]]

[[Category:Common (rapper) songs]]