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Somebody’s Gotta Do It

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  1. Released on Geffen, also Sweet Child o’ Mine (Guns N’ Roses), White Christmas (V) and Welcome to the Jungle (Guns N’ Roses)

  2. Written by Black Thought, also The Seed (2.0), You Got Me and Yah Yah (Eminem)

  3. Part of The Tipping Point, also Don’t Say Nuthin’, Guns Are Drawn and Stay Cool

  4. Produced by Tahir, also Water, The Show and Becoming Unwritten

Worth knowing

Counted from cited credits on fono.

  • Dice Raw wrote 25 songs on fono

  • Tahir’s most frequent co-producer is The Roots (4 songs together)

  • Dice Raw first appears on fono in 1996, 8 years before this song

Credits

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Written by
Black Thought, Dice Raw, Floyd Carson, Jean Grae and Tahir
Produced by
Tahir
Performed by
Black Thought
Part of
The Tipping Point
Released on
Geffen

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Sources (10)

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  1. 1MusicBrainz Somebody’s Gotta Do It was performed by Black Thought

    Somebody’s Gotta Do It was performed by Black Thought

    MusicBrainz

    MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026

  2. 2MusicBrainz Somebody’s Gotta Do It was produced by Tahir

    Somebody’s Gotta Do It was produced by Tahir

    MusicBrainz

    MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026

  3. 3MusicBrainz Somebody’s Gotta Do It was written by Black Thought

    Somebody’s Gotta Do It was written by Black Thought

    MusicBrainz

    MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026

  4. 4MusicBrainz Somebody’s Gotta Do It was written by Dice Raw

    Somebody’s Gotta Do It was written by Dice Raw

    MusicBrainz

    MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026

  5. 5MusicBrainz Somebody’s Gotta Do It was written by Floyd Carson

    Somebody’s Gotta Do It was written by Floyd Carson

    MusicBrainz

    MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026

  6. 6MusicBrainz Somebody’s Gotta Do It was written by Jean Grae

    Somebody’s Gotta Do It was written by Jean Grae

    MusicBrainz

    MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026

  7. 7MusicBrainz Somebody’s Gotta Do It was written by Tahir

    Somebody’s Gotta Do It was written by Tahir

    MusicBrainz

    MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026

  8. 8MusicBrainz Somebody’s Gotta Do It is part of the release The Tipping Point

    Somebody’s Gotta Do It is part of the release The Tipping Point

    MusicBrainz

    MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026

  9. 9MusicBrainz Geffen is the label of the song Somebody’s Gotta Do It

    Geffen is the label of the song Somebody’s Gotta Do It

    MusicBrainz

    MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026

  10. 10MusicBrainz Somebody’s Gotta Do It was released on 2004-07-12

    Somebody’s Gotta Do It was released on 2004-07-12

    MusicBrainz

    MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026