The Streets (song)
{{Short description|Single by WC featuring Snoop Dogg and Nate Dogg}}
{{Infobox song
| name = The Streets
| cover = WC The Streets.jpg
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = WC featuring Snoop Dogg and Nate Dogg
| album = Ghetto Heisman
| released = {{Start date|2002|07|23}}
| recorded = 2002
| studio = Enterprise Studios (Los Angeles, California)
| genre = {{hlist|West Coast hip hop|gangsta rap}}
| length = {{Duration|m=3|s=47}}
| label = Def Jam
| writer = {{hlist|William Calhoun Jr.|Calvin Broadus|Nathaniel Hale|Scott Storch}}
| producer = Scott Storch
| chronology = WC
| prev_title = Connected for Life
| prev_year = 2002
| next_title = Flirt
| next_year = 2003
| misc = {{Extra chronology
| artist = Snoop Dogg
| type = single
| prev_title = Undercova Funk (Give Up the Funk)
| prev_year = 2002
| title = The Streets
| year = 2002
| next_title = From tha Chuuuch to da Palace
| next_year = 2002
}}
{{Extra chronology
| artist = Nate Dogg
| type = single
| prev_title = Multiply
| prev_year = 2002
| title = The Streets
| year = 2002
| next_title = Get Up
| next_year = 2003
}}
{{External music video|{{YouTube|vr2jSR_ML9s|"The Streets"}}}}
}}
"The Streets" is a song by American rapper WC featuring fellow West Coast hip-hop recording artists Snoop Dogg and Nate Dogg. It was released on July 23, 2002 through Def Jam Recordings as the lead single from his second solo studio album Ghetto Heisman. Production was handled by Scott Storch. An official remix featuring rapper Xzibit was also released.{{Cite web |last=Tindal |first=Kennith B. |date=October 14, 2002 |title=WC: West Coastin' Straight to the Pros |url=https://hiphopdx.com/interviews/id.162/title.wc-west-coastin-straight-to-the-pros |access-date=February 12, 2025 |website=HipHopDX |language=en}}
In the United States, the single peaked at number 81 on the Billboard Hot 100, number 43 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs and number 20 on the Hot Rap Songs charts. It also made it to number 48 on the UK singles chart and number 13 on the Official Hip Hop and R&B Singles Chart in the United Kingdom.
Music video
The music video, directed by Chris Robinson, was shot in the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum and features a competition called the "Ghetto Olympics". It opens with WC running from the police while holding a torch, which he uses to light a flame signaling the beginning of the contest. While WC, Snoop Dogg and Nate Dogg perform, Ghetto Olympians participate in a race involving jumping over backyard fences, as well as competitions of crip walking, hair braiding, "pimp beauty", tattooing and Kool-Aid making. WC rolls a pair of dice in the finals.{{Cite news |last=Moss |first=Corey |date=August 15, 2002 |title=WC Holds Ghetto Olympics with Snoop Dogg and Nate Dogg |url=https://www.mtv.com/news/1457044/wc-holds-ghetto-olympics-with-snoop-dogg-and-nate-dogg/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170105101053/http://www.mtv.com/news/1457044/wc-holds-ghetto-olympics-with-snoop-dogg-and-nate-dogg/ |archive-date=January 5, 2017 |work=MTV News}}
Track listing
{{Track listing
| headline = US
| all_writing =
| extra_column = Producer(s)
| title1 = The Streets (Radio Version)
| note1 = featuring Nate Dogg
| writer1 = {{hlist|William Calhoun Jr.|Nathaniel Hale|Scott Storch}}
| extra1 = Scott Storch
| length1 =
| title2 = The Streets (LP Version)
| note2 = featuring Nate Dogg
| writer2 = {{hlist|Calhoun Jr.|Hale|Storch}}
| extra2 = Scott Storch
| length2 =
| title3 = The Streets (Instrumental)
| writer3 =
| extra3 = Scott Storch
| length3 =
| title4 = Wanna Ride (Radio Version)
| note4 = featuring Ice Cube and MC Ren
| writer4 = {{hlist|Calhoun Jr.|O'Shea Jackson|Lorenzo Patterson|Tony Pizarro|Floyd Wilcox}}
| extra4 = {{hlist|Tony Pizarro|Flip}}
| length4 =
| title5 = Wanna Ride (LP Version)
| note5 = featuring Ice Cube and MC Ren
| writer5 = {{hlist|Calhoun Jr.|Jackson|Patterson|Pizarro|Wilcox}}
| extra5 = {{hlist|Tony Pizarro|Flip}}
| length5 =
| title6 = Wanna Ride (Instrumental)
| writer6 =
| extra6 =
| length6 =
| total_length =
}}{{Track listing
| headline = UK
| all_writing =
| extra_column = Producer(s)
| title1 = The Streets (Radio Edit)
| note1 = featuring Snoop Dogg and Nate Dogg
| writer1 =
| extra1 = Scott Storch
| length1 = 4:07
| title2 = The Streets (Instrumental)
| writer2 =
| extra2 = Scott Storch
| length2 = 4:06
| title3 = Walk (Album Version) (Explicit)
| note3 = featuring Ice Cube and Mack 10
| writer3 =
| extra3 = DJ Battlecat
| length3 = 4:00
| total_length = 12:13
}}
Charts
| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |
| scope="col"| Chart (2002)
! scope="col"| Peak |
|---|
| {{single chart|Billboardhot100|81|artist=Nate Dogg|rowheader=true|access-date=February 12, 2025}} |
| {{single chart|Billboardrandbhiphop|43|artist=Nate Dogg|rowheader=true|access-date=February 12, 2025}} |
| {{single chart|Billboardrandbhiphopairplay|41|artist=Nate Dogg|rowheader=true|access-date=February 12, 2025}} |
| {{single chart|Billboardrapsongs|20|artist=Nate Dogg|rowheader=true|access-date=February 12, 2025}} |
| {{single chart|Billboardrhythmic|21|artist=Nate Dogg|rowheader=true|access-date=February 12, 2025}} |
| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |
| scope="col" style="width:17em;"| Chart (2003)
! scope="col"| Peak |
|---|
| {{singlechart|Ireland|38|artist=WC feat. Snoop Dogg & Nate Dogg|song=The Streets|week=8|year=2003|accessdate=May 6, 2012|rowheader=true}} |
| {{single chart|UK|48|date=20030223|rowheader=true|access-date=February 12, 2025}} |
| {{single chart|UKrandb|13|date=20030223|rowheader=true|access-date=February 12, 2025}} |
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{Discogs master|387408|WC – The Streets}}
{{WC (rapper)}}
{{Snoop Dogg singles}}
{{Nate Dogg}}
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Category:Def Jam Recordings singles
Category:Songs written by Nate Dogg
Category:Songs written by Snoop Dogg
Category:Songs written by WC (rapper)
Category:Songs written by Scott Storch