“How I Could Just Kill a Man”

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single song

“How I Could Just Kill a Man” is a seminal 1991 hip hop track by Cypress Hill, known for its gritty lyrics, distinctive production, and lasting influence on West Coast rap.

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Surface form	Occurrences
How I Could Just Kill a Man	2

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	single ⓘ song ⓘ
album	Cypress Hill NERFINISHED ⓘ
appearsOn	Rage Against the Machine single release (cover version) ⓘ
artist	Cypress Hill NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWithScene	Los Angeles hip hop scene ⓘ
chronology	Cypress Hill singles chronology ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
describedAs	gritty ⓘ influential ⓘ seminal hip hop track ⓘ
era	early 1990s hip hop ⓘ
features	layered vocal ad-libs ⓘ prominent drum breaks ⓘ sample-based production ⓘ
genre	West Coast hip hop NERFINISHED ⓘ hardcore hip hop ⓘ hip hop ⓘ
hasBside	Hand on the Pump NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasChorus	repeated line "Here is something you can't understand" ⓘ
hasCoverVersion	How I Could Just Kill a Man (cover by Rage Against the Machine) NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasLiveVersion	How I Could Just Kill a Man (live performances by Cypress Hill) NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasMusicVideo	How I Could Just Kill a Man music video ⓘ
hasOriginalReleaseFormat	12-inch single ⓘ CD single ⓘ cassette single ⓘ
hasTempo	mid-tempo ⓘ
includedInAlbum	Cypress Hill NERFINISHED ⓘ
influenced	later West Coast hip hop artists ⓘ
influencedBy	early 1990s Los Angeles street culture ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
leadVocalist	B-Real NERFINISHED ⓘ Sen Dog NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFor	distinctive production ⓘ gritty lyrics ⓘ influence on West Coast rap ⓘ
partOf	Cypress Hill discography NERFINISHED ⓘ
performer	Cypress Hill NERFINISHED ⓘ
producer	DJ Muggs NERFINISHED ⓘ
recordedIn	1991 ⓘ
recordLabel	Columbia Records ⓘ Ruffhouse Records NERFINISHED ⓘ
releaseDate	1991 ⓘ
subjectMatter	confrontation with authority ⓘ street life ⓘ urban violence ⓘ
writer	B-Real NERFINISHED ⓘ DJ Muggs NERFINISHED ⓘ Sen Dog NERFINISHED ⓘ

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Renegades → containsCoverOf → “How I Could Just Kill a Man” ⓘ

Cypress Hill → notableSong → “How I Could Just Kill a Man” ⓘ

this entity surface form: How I Could Just Kill a Man

Cypress Hill → notableWork → “How I Could Just Kill a Man” ⓘ

this entity surface form: How I Could Just Kill a Man