| "Guess Who's Back" | ||||
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| Single byScarface featuringJay-Z andBeanie Sigel | ||||
| from the albumThe Fix | ||||
| A-side | "My Block" | |||
| Released | April 30, 2002 | |||
| Recorded | 2002 | |||
| Genre | Hip hop | |||
| Length | 4:15 | |||
| Label | Def Jam | |||
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| Producer | Kanye West | |||
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"Guess Who's Back" is a song by American rapperScarface featuring American rappersJay-Z andBeanie Sigel. It is the lead single from Scarface's seventh studio albumThe Fix (2002). The song was produced byKanye West, who also provides uncredited vocals, and contains a sample of "Sunrise" byThe Originals.
The song was first recorded in New York. Scarface then brought it to producerMike Dean, who mixed the song at Rap A Lot studios inHouston.[1]
For production, Kanye West used a looped sample of "Sunrise" by The Originals and layered it over the drums in the instrumental of "Xxplosive" byDr. Dre.[2]
In a review ofThe Fix,Pitchfork described the song as a "blazing track that wouldn't have sounded out of place onThe Blueprint".[3]Complex praised the song, calling it "a classic shit-talking, skill-flexing showdown".[4]
| Chart (2002) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| USBillboard Hot 100[5] | 79 |
| USHot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard)[6] | 28 |
| USHot Rap Songs (Billboard)[7] | 5 |