{"id":95073,"date":"2015-10-02T19:25:24","date_gmt":"2015-10-02T17:25:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.blackouthiphop.com\/?p=95073"},"modified":"2015-10-02T19:25:24","modified_gmt":"2015-10-02T17:25:24","slug":"dig-of-the-day-intelligent-hoodlum-back-to-reality-1990","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/dig-of-the-day-intelligent-hoodlum-back-to-reality-1990\/","title":{"rendered":"Dig Of The Day: Intelligent Hoodlum &#8211; Back To Reality (1990)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"344\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6h4xAf06Ih4\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>A smooth track from Queensbridge emcee <strong>Intelligent Hoodlum<\/strong>, later known as <strong>Tragedy Khadafi<\/strong>, with a familiar vocal sample from <strong>Soul II Soul<\/strong>&#8216;s <em>Back to Life<\/em>. <em>Back to Reality<\/em> is released as a 12&#8243; single in 1990 on <strong>A&#038;M Records<\/strong> and <strong>Intelligent Hoodlum<\/strong>&#8216;s self-titled debut album the same year. <\/p>\n<p>Other sampled used are <em>I Get Lifted<\/em> by <strong>George McCrae<\/strong> (1974), <em>Hihache<\/em> by <strong>Lafayette Afro Rock Band<\/strong> (1973) and <em>Be Thankful for What You Got<\/em> by <strong>William DeVaughn<\/strong> (1974).<\/p>\n<p>Produced by <strong>Marley Marl<\/strong>.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/intell.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"95074\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/dig-of-the-day-intelligent-hoodlum-back-to-reality-1990\/intell\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/intell.jpg?fit=400%2C400&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"400,400\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" 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