Guess Who's Back

"Guess Who's Back"
Single by Scarface featuring Jay-Z and Beanie Sigel
from the album The Fix
A-side	"My Block"
Released	April 30, 2002
Recorded	2002
Genre	Hip hop
Length	4:15
Label	Def Jam
Songwriter(s)	Brad Jordan Shawn Carter Dwight Grant Kanye West Michael Sutton Brenda Sutton Tom Depierro
Producer(s)	Kanye West
Scarface singles chronology
"I Luv" (2002) "Guess Who's Back" (2002) "My Block" (2002)
Jay-Z singles chronology
"Song Cry" (2002) "Guess Who's Back" (2002) "What We Do" (2002)
Beanie Sigel singles chronology
"One for Peedi Crakk" (2002) "Guess Who's Back" (2002) "What We Do" (2002)

"Guess Who's Back" is a song by American rapper Scarface featuring American rappers Jay-Z and Beanie Sigel. It is the lead single from Scarface's seventh studio album The Fix (2002). The song was produced by Kanye West, who also provides uncredited vocals, and contains a sample of "Sunrise" by The Originals.

Background and composition

The song was first recorded in New York. Scarface then brought it to producer Mike Dean, who mixed the song at Rap A Lot studios in Houston.^[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" by Dr. Dre.^[2]

Critical reception

In a review of The Fix, Pitchfork described the song as a "blazing track that wouldn't have sounded out of place on The Blueprint".^[3] Complex praised the song, calling it "a classic shit-talking, skill-flexing showdown".^[4]

Charts

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