Going Back to Cali

Album: Walking With a Panther (1987)
Charted: 37 31
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  • Lyrics currently unavailable Writer/s: James Todd Smith, Rick Rubin
    Publisher: Universal Music Publishing Group, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.

Comments: 6

  • Diallo Khari from FloridaThis is one of my favorite songs. LL delivers of course but the beat is something else. Very ... interesting and unique. It's got the hip hop drums and the jazzy bluesy horns which give it that late 80s soul pop feel. It's a crazy song. And then the video is pure art. All together this song is a masterpiece.
  • Thedjsteve from Midwest UsaThe song starts with a trumpet solo, and ENDS with a saxophone solo.
  • K-delabass from SouthsideArguably one of the greatest Hip Hop 12"'s of all time, with "Jack The Ripper" on the B-side in the UK.
  • John L from Macon Georgia Anyone know the name of the tenor sax player?
  • Donn from Maryland I would love to know where the horns where sampled from
  • Rick from Los AngelesAnybody know who the horn players are on this track?
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