Soul by the Pound

"Soul by the Pound"
Single by Common Sense
from the album Can I Borrow a Dollar?
B-side	"Can-I-Bust," "Heidi Hoe"
Released	July 13, 1993
Format	12-inch single, Vinyl
Genre	Hip hop, Chicago hip hop
Length	4:20
Label	Relativity Records
Writer(s)	Common, No I.D.
Producer(s)	Immenslope
Common singles chronology
"Breaker 1/9" (1993) "Soul by the Pound" (1993) "I Used to Love H.E.R." (1994)

"Soul by the Pound" is the third single from rapper Common's 1992 debut album, Can I Borrow a Dollar?. Its beat, produced by Immenslope, is similar to much production from Common's second album, Resurrection.^[1] Its beat contains samples from "I Like It" by DeBarge and "Sneakin' in the Back" by Tom Scott. It is considered to be a "black solidarity" track, but has been attacked for its misogyny.^[1] Its chorus contains a sample from Tim Dog's verse on "A Chorus Line" by Ultramagnetic MCs. A music video was made for the "Thump Mix" version of this song, but not for the album version. The chorus of "Thump Mix" contains vocal samples from Q-Tip's verse in "Jazz (We've Got)" by A Tribe Called Quest, Redman's in "Tonight's Da Night" and Grand Puba's in "Check It Out." The "Thump Mix" can be found on the Guidance Recordings compilation album 2001: A Rhyme Odyssey.

Track listing

A-side

1. "Soul by the Pound (Thump Mix)" (4:35)
2. "Soul by the Pound (Thump Mix Instrumental)" (4:35)
3. "Soul by the Pound (Album Version)" (4:20)

B-side

1. "Can-I-Bust (Vocal)" (5:40)
2. "Heidi Hoe (Radio Edit)" (4:30)
3. "Heidi Hoe (LP Version)" (4:30)

Chart positions

References

See also

• List of Common songs