U Better Recognize
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{{Infobox song
| name = U Better Recognize
| cover = U Better Recognize.jpg
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = Sam Sneed featuring Dr. Dre
| album = Murder Was the Case
| B-side = Come When I Call
| released = October 15, 1994
| recorded = 1994
| studio = Can-Am Studios (Tarzana, Los Angeles)
| genre = {{flatlist|
| length = 3:53
| label = {{flatlist|
| writer = Sam Sneed
| producer = Sam Sneed
| chronology = Dr. Dre
| prev_title = Let Me Ride
| prev_year = 1993
| next_title = Natural Born Killaz
| next_year = 1994
| misc = {{External music video|{{YouTube|WI2afRNG0AQ|"U Better Recognize"}}}}
}}
"U Better Recognize" is Sam Sneed's first and only single while he was on Death Row Records. The B-side was "Come When I Call" by Danny Boy.
Single information
"U Better Recognize" featuring Dr. Dre was released by Sam Sneed in 1994.{{cite book | last=Westhoff | first=Ben | title=Original Gangstas: The Untold Story of Dr. Dre, Eazy-E, Ice Cube, Tupac Shakur, and the Birth of West Coast Rap | publisher=Hachette Books | year=2016 | isbn=978-0-316-34486-9 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0T5UCwAAQBAJ&pg=PT340| page=340}} He became known for the catchphrase, "I'm Sam Sneed, you better recognize!" (which he famously repeated on the intro to "Pump Pump", the eighteenth track from Snoop Dogg's debut album Doggystyle), from the song and the related Death Row film, Murder Was the Case. The single peaked at number 16 on the Billboard Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales chart, 18 on the Hot Rap Tracks chart and 48 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks chart.
Music video
The music video featured Dr. Dre and was directed by Hype Williams.
Charts
| class="wikitable sortable"
!align="left"|Chart !align="left"|Position |
| align="left"|US Billboard Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales
|align="center"|16 |
| align="left"|US Billboard Hot Rap Tracks
|align="center"|18 |
| align="left"|US Billboard Hot R&B Singles
|align="center"|48 |