Take a Look Over Your Shoulder

Take a Look Over Your Shoulder (Reality)
Take a Look Over Your Shoulder (Reality)
Studio album by Warren G
Released	March 25, 1997
Studio	G-Funk Studios (Lakewood, California); Track Record (North Hollywood, Los Angeles);
Genre	West Coast hip hop; gangsta rap; g-funk;
Length	56:17
Label	G-Funk; Def Jam;
Producer	Warren G
Warren G chronology
Singles from Take a Look Over Your Shoulder (Reality)
	"What's Love Got to Do with It"; Released: September 3, 1996; "I Shot the Sheriff"; Released: February 10, 1997; "Smokin' Me Out"; Released: May 6, 1997;

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]
Robert Christgau	^[2]
Entertainment Weekly	B+^[3]
NME	8/10 link
RapReviews	8.5/10^[4]
Rolling Stone	^[5]
The Source	link
USA Today	link
Muzik	2/10^[6]

Take a Look Over Your Shoulder is the second studio album by the G-funk rapper Warren G. It was released on March 25, 1997, under his own label G-Funk Entertainment and Def Jam Recordings. It contains the hits "I Shot the Sheriff" (US#20, UK#2), and "Smokin' Me Out" (US#35, UK#14). The album was certified gold in America. The lyrics off the track "Reality" were also used in Prince Igor, a collaboration with The Rapsody and Sissel Kyrkjebø.

^ Stanley, Leo. "Take a Look Over Your Shoulder - Warren G". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved October 14, 2012.
^ "CG: Warren G". Robert Christgau. Retrieved October 14, 2012.
^ Tucker, Ken (March 28, 1997). "Take a Look Over Your Shoulder". Entertainment Weekly. Time Inc. Retrieved August 24, 2015.
^ El Surround (March 2, 1997). "Warren G :: Take a Look Over Your Shoulder :: Def Jam". RapReviews. Retrieved October 14, 2012.
^ Powell, Kevin (March 20, 1997). "Warren G: Take A Look Over Your Shoulder". Rolling Stone. Wenner Media. Archived from the original on April 17, 2008. Retrieved June 20, 2009.
^ Ashon, Will (April 1997). "Warren G: Take A Look Over Your Shoulder" (PDF). Muzik. No. 23. p. 123. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 April 2022. Retrieved 17 July 2022.

[AM-1] Stanley, Leo. "Take a Look Over Your Shoulder - Warren G". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved October 14, 2012.

[Christgau-2] "CG: Warren G". Robert Christgau. Retrieved October 14, 2012.

[EW-3] Tucker, Ken (March 28, 1997). "Take a Look Over Your Shoulder". Entertainment Weekly. Time Inc. Retrieved August 24, 2015.

[RR-4] El Surround (March 2, 1997). "Warren G :: Take a Look Over Your Shoulder :: Def Jam". RapReviews. Retrieved October 14, 2012.

[RS-5] Powell, Kevin (March 20, 1997). "Warren G: Take A Look Over Your Shoulder". Rolling Stone. Wenner Media. Archived from the original on April 17, 2008. Retrieved June 20, 2009.

[6] Ashon, Will (April 1997). "Warren G: Take A Look Over Your Shoulder" (PDF). Muzik. No. 23. p. 123. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 April 2022. Retrieved 17 July 2022.

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