Why We Thugs by Ice Cube Song Details

Ice Cube's ' "Why We Thugs" was released on its scheduled release date, January 1, 2006. Why We Thugs is explicit and may not be suitable for children. With the duration being about 3:44, this song is close to the average duration of a typical track. The track order of this song in Ice Cube's "Laugh Now, Cry Later" album is number 2 out of 21. On top of that, United States appears to be the country where this track was created. In terms of popularity, Why We Thugs is currently fairly popular. The overall tone is very danceable, especially with its high energy, which produces more of a euphoric, cheerful, or happy vibe.

BPM and Tempo

We consider the tempo marking of Why We Thugs by Ice Cube to be Andante (at a walking pace) because the track has a tempo of 101 BPM, a half-time of 50BPM, and a double-time of 202 BPM. Based on that, the speed of the song's tempo is slow. The time signature for this track is 4/4.

Music Key

This song is in the music key of D♭ Major. This also means that this song has a camelot key of 3B. So, the perfect camelot match for 3B would be either 3B or 4A. While, 4B can give you a low energy boost. For moderate energy boost, you would use 12B and a high energy boost can either be 5B or 10B. Though, if you want a low energy drop, you should looking for songs with either a camelot key of 3A or 2B will give you a low energy drop, 6B would be a moderate one, and 1B or 8B would be a high energy drop. Lastly, 12A allows you to change the mood.

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