HHR Music Video of the Week: AHMAD - “Back In The Day”
By HHR | November 20th, 2009 | Category: Featured, General, HHR Contributors |“Back in the Day” is a 1994 West Coast hip hop single by Ahmad. Released when Ahmad was only 18, the song is a nostalgic remembrance of childhood and young teenage years, from a somewhat jaded adult perspective. “Back in the Day” was Ahmad’s only major hit single, making it to #26 on The Billboard Hot 100, #19 on th US R&B chart on the strength of its hook - a sample of the Teddy Pendergrass song “Love TKO”—and Ahmad’s quirky vocal style, reminiscent of Fatlip of the Pharcyde fame, and #3 on the US rap chart. It was the first single of his 1995 self-titled album and was RIAA-certified gold.
A remix of “Back in the Day” is featured on the soundtrack of The Wood, a 1999 motion picture.
On September 29, 2009 (in the US), Mariah Carey’s 12th studio album, Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel, featured an interpolation of “Back in the Day” on the track “Candy Bling.”
