Black Moon – How Many MC’s

Description

“How Many MC’s…”
Single by Black Moon
from the album Enta da Stage
B-side “Act Like U Want It”
Released June 9, 1993
Studio D&D Studios
Genre Hip hop
Length 3:40
Label Nervous
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s) Da Beatminerz
Black Moon singles chronology
Who Got da Props
(1992)
How Many MC’s…
(1993)
I Got Cha Opin
(1994)

 

How Many MC’s…” (also titled “How Many Emcee’s (Must Get Dissed)“) is a song by American hip hop group Black Moon, released on June 9, 1993 as the second single from their debut studio album Enta da Stage (1993). Produced by Da Beatminerz, it samples “Hydra” by Grover Washington Jr., “Collage for Polly” by Joe Farrell and a line from “My Philosophy” by Boogie Down Productions: “How many MC’s must get dissed?”

Composition and critical reception

Vincent Thomas of AllMusic considered the song a “total departure from the vibe present on ‘Who Got da Props‘” and called it a “subtly horrific track over which Buckshot premiered a more deliberate flow that bespoke controlled menace.”[1] Cheo Hodari Coker of The Source commented the song “bring[s] things to a thunderous close, leaving the listener thirsting for more.”[2]

Charts

Chart (1993) Peak
position
US Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles (Billboard)[3] 20
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard)[4] 97