Back Seat (of My Jeep)

"Back Seat (of My Jeep)"
Single by LL Cool J
from the album 14 Shots to the Dome
B-side	Pink Cookies In a Plastic Bag Getting Crushed by Buildings
Released	June 1, 1993
Format	CD single, cassette
Recorded	1992
Genre	East coast hip hop, dirty rap, new jack swing
Length	4:32
Label	Def Jam
Writer(s)	James Todd Smith, Quincy Jones III
Producer(s)	LL Cool J, QDIII
LL Cool J singles chronology
"How I'm Comin'" (1993) "Back Seat (of My Jeep)" (1993) "Pink Cookies In a Plastic Bag Getting Crushed by Buildings" (1993)

"Back Seat (of My Jeep)" is a song by LL Cool J, released as a single on June 1, 1993, for Def Jam Recordings, taken from his fifth album 14 Shots to the Dome. It was produced and written by LL Cool J and QD III. The song samples a drum loop from The Detroit Emeralds 1973 song "You're Gettin' a Little Too Smart".

"Back Seat (Of My Jeep)" was the most successful single from the critical and commercially disappointing album; it made it to 42 on the Billboard Hot 100 and 24 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop songs. "Back Seat" was packed along with another single, "Pink Cookies In a Plastic Bag Getting Crushed by Buildings", which charted at a lower position (#96 Pop, #34 R&B).^[1]

The song was sampled in Monica's 1995 song "Don't Take It Personal (Just One of Dem Days)."

Track listing

A-side

1. "Pink Cookies In a Plastic Bag Getting Crushed by Buildings" (LP Version)- 4:17
2. "Pink Cookies In a Plastic Bag Getting Crushed by Buildings" (Instrumental)- 4:12

B-side

1. "Pink Cookies In a Plastic Bag Getting Crushed by Buildings" (Remix)- 4:23
2. "Pink Cookies In a Plastic Bag Getting Crushed by Buildings" (Remix Instrumental)- 4:23
3. "Back Seat (Of My Jeep)"- 4:32

References

1. Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles 1942-2004 by Joel Whitburn