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The Way It's Goin' Down

1998 single by Shaquille O'Neal, DJ Quik, Lord Tariq and Peter Gunz
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The Way It's Goin' Down

Summary

The Way It's Goin' Down is a single[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of single entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (11 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • The Way It's Goin' Down's instance of is recorded as single[3].
  • The Way It's Goin' Down's genre is hip-hop[4].
  • The Way It's Goin' Down followed Men of Steel[5].
  • The Way It's Goin' Down was performed by Shaquille O'Neal[6].
  • Among the performers on The Way It's Goin' Down was DJ Quik[7].
  • Among the performers on The Way It's Goin' Down was Lord Tariq and Peter Gunz[8].
  • The Way It's Goin' Down's record label is recorded as Interscope Records[9].
  • The Way It's Goin' Down was released on July 3, 1998[10].
  • The Way It's Goin' Down's single taken from the album or EP is recorded as Respect[11].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Release type: Song[12]

  • MusicBrainz ID: d4a46cad-c022-4738-9bcc-38fa2e54c15c[13]

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Authorship and Creation

Performers include Shaquille O'Neal[6], DJ Quik[7], and Lord Tariq and Peter Gunz[8].

Publication

The Way It's Goin' Down was released on July 3, 1998[10]. Its genre is hip-hop[4].

Adaptations and Inspiration

The Way It's Goin' Down followed Men of Steel[5].

Why It Matters

The Way It's Goin' Down ranks in the top 3% of single entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (11 views/month).[2]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [12] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [13] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.

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