Foe Life

1995 single by Mack 10 featuring Ice Cube

"Foe Life"

Single by Mack 10 featuring Ice Cube

from the album Mack 10

Released

May 26, 1995 (1995-05-26)

Studio

Lench Mob Studios

Genre

West Coast hip hop
gangsta rap
g-funk

Length

4:14

Label

Priority

Songwriter(s)

Dedrick Rolison
O'Shea Jackson

Producer(s)

Ice Cube

Mack 10 featuring Ice Cube singles chronology

"Foe Life"
(1995)

"On Them Thangs"
(1995)

Music video

"Foe Life" on YouTube

"Foe Life" is a hip hop song by American gangsta rapper Mack 10 featuring Ice Cube. It was released in 1995 through Priority Records as the lead single from his debut studio album Mack 10. The recording sessions took place at Lench Mob Studios with the production was handled by Ice Cube. The single peaked at number 71 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the United States.

An accompanying music video showed Mack 10 cruising through the 'Wood in his custom Cadillac coupe lowrider, which would become part of his album artwork. The video shows the rapper spoofing the Menace II Society opening, knocking off a rim shop, and fighting his case before a judge. Ice Cube made a cameo appearance in the video, playing Mack's getaway driver at one heist. After breaking from the courtroom on foot, Mack jumps from the roof of the city building.^[1]

The song can be heard in Luis Llosa's 1997 film Anaconda.

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Foe Life" (LP Version)	4:14
2.	"Foe Life" (Radio)	4:04

Personnel

Dedrick "Mack 10" Rolison – songwriter, vocals
O'Shea "Ice Cube" Jackson – songwriter, producer, engineering
Keston Wright – mixing

Charts

Chart (1995)	Peak position
US Billboard Hot 100^[2]	71

References

^ Paine, Jake (May 23, 2019). "In 1995, Mack 10 Made An Introduction Built To Last Foe Life (Video) | Ambrosia For Heads". ambrosiaforheads.com. Retrieved August 19, 2024.
^ "Hot 100 Singles". Billboard. Vol. 107, no. 31. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. August 5, 1995. p. 102. ISSN 0006-2510. Archived from the original on December 6, 2015. Retrieved August 19, 2024.