Bad to the Bone (Kool G Rap & DJ Polo song)

"Bad to the Bone"
Single by Kool G Rap & DJ Polo
from the album Wanted: Dead or Alive
Released April 3, 1991
Format 12-inch single, cassette single, CD single
Recorded 1990
Genre East coast hip hop, golden age hip hop
Length 5:22
Label Cold Chillin', Warner Bros.
Writer(s) Nathaniel Wilson
Producer(s) Eric B., Kool G Rap, Large Professor
Kool G Rap & DJ Polo singles chronology
"Erase Racism"
(1990)
"Bad to the Bone"
(1991)
"Rikers Island"
(1991)

"Bad to the Bone" is the third single from American hip hop duo Kool G Rap & DJ Polo's 1990 album Wanted: Dead or Alive. It was later also featured on the compilation albums The Best of Cold Chillin' (2000), Greatest Hits (2002) and Street Stories: The Best of Kool G Rap & DJ Polo (2013).

Critical acclaim

Sputnikmusic rated "Bad to the Bone" at five out of five, calling the song a "classic".[1]

Samples

"Bad to the Bone" samples the following songs:[2]

And was later sampled on:

Track listing

12"

A-side
  1. "Bad to the Bone" (Street Remix) (4:31)
B-side
  1. "Bad to the Bone" (Radio Remix) (3:56)
  2. "Bad to the Bone" (Dub) (4:31)

Cassette

A-side
  1. "Bad to the Bone" (Street Remix) (4:31)
B-side
  1. "Bad to the Bone" (Radio Remix) (3:56)
  2. "Bad to the Bone" (Dub) (4:31)

CD

  1. "Bad to the Bone" (Radio Remix) (3:56)
  2. "Bad to the Bone" (Street Remix) (4:31)
  3. "Bad to the Bone" (Dub) (4:31)

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