Soul by the Pound

"Soul by the Pound"

Single by Common Sense
from the album Can I Borrow a Dollar?
B-side(s)	"Can-I-Bust," "Heidi Hoe"
Released	July 13, 1993
Format	12-inch single, Vinyl
Genre	Chicago hip hop
Length	4:20
Label	Relativity Records
Producer(s)	Immenslope
Chart positions
#7 (Hot Rap Singles)
Common Sense singles chronology
"Breaker 1/9" (1993)	"Soul by the Pound" (1993)	"I Used to Love H.E.R." (1994)

"Soul by the Pound" is the third single from rapper Common's 1992 debut album, Can I Borrow a Dollar?. Its beat, produced by Immenslope, is similar to much production from Common's second album, Resurrection.^[1] Its beat contains samples from "I Like It" by DeBarge and "Sneakin' in the Back" by Tom Scott. It is considered to be a "black solidarity" track, but has been attacked for its misogyny.^[1] Its chorus contains a sample from Tim Dog's verse on "A Chorus Line" by Ultramagnetic MCs. A music video was made for the "Thump Mix" version of this song, but not for the album version. The chorus of "Thump Mix" contains vocal samples from Q-Tip's verse in "Jazz (We've Got)" by A Tribe Called Quest, Redman's in "Tonight's Da Night" and Grand Puba's in "Check It Out."

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Discography
Studio albums
Can I Borrow a Dollar? (1992) \| Resurrection (1994) \| One Day It'll All Make Sense (1997) \| Like Water for Chocolate (2000) \| Electric Circus (2002) \| Be (2005) \| Finding Forever (2007)
Singles
"Take It EZ" \| "Breaker 1/9" \| "Soul by the Pound" \| "I Used to Love H.E.R." \| "Resurrection" \| "The Bitch in Yoo" \| "Retrospect for Life" \| "Reminding Me (Of Sef)" \| "All Night Long" \| "One-Nine-Nine-Nine" \| "Car Horn" \| "The 6th Sense" \| "Funky for You" \| "The Light" \| "Geto Heaven Remix T.S.O.I. (The Sound of Illadelph)" \| "While I'm Dancin'" \| "Come Close" \| "The Food" \| "The Corner" \| "Go!" \| "Testify"
See Also
Soulquarians \| Native Tongues Posse \| Lonnie Lynn \| GOOD Music \| List of Common songs \| Smokin' Aces \| American Gangster