# West Up!
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{{Infobox song
| name = West Up!
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| type = single
| artist = [WC and the Maad Circle](/source/WC_and_the_Maad_Circle)
| album = [Curb Servin'](/source/Curb_Servin')
| released = {{Start date|1995|8|15}}
| recorded =
| studio = Echo Sound Studios ([Los Angeles](/source/Los_Angeles), [California](/source/California))
| genre = [West Coast hip-hop](/source/West_Coast_hip-hop)
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| label = [London](/source/London_Recordings)
| writer = {{hlist|[William Calhoun, Jr.](/source/WC_(rapper))|[O'Shea Jackson](/source/Ice_Cube)|[Dedrick Rolison](/source/Mack_10)|[Lamar Calhoun](/source/Crazy_Toones)|[George Duke](/source/George_Duke)|Byron Miller|[Leon Chancler](/source/Leon_%22Ndugu%22_Chancler)|[Charles Foster Johnson](/source/Charles_Foster_Johnson)}}
| producer = [DJ Crazy Toones](/source/DJ_Crazy_Toones)
| chronology = [WC and the Maad Circle](/source/WC_and_the_Maad_Circle)
| prev_title = Ghetto Serenade
| prev_year = 1992
| next_title = The One
| next_year = 1996
| misc = {{External music video|{{YouTube|7m3neBq6G4Q|"West Up"}}}}
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{{Music ratings
| rev1 = [AllMusic](/source/AllMusic)
| rev1score = {{Rating|2.5|5}}[{{Cite web |title=West Up! [Vinyl Single] - WC and the Maad Circle |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/west-up!-vinyl-single--mw0000936947 |access-date=March 5, 2025 |website=[AllMusic](/source/AllMusic) |language=en}}][{{Cite web |title=West Up! [CD Single] - WC and the Maad Circle |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/west-up!-cd-single--mw0000645621 |access-date=March 5, 2025 |website=[AllMusic](/source/AllMusic) |language=en}}]
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"'''West Up!'''" is a song performed by American [West Coast hip-hop](/source/West_Coast_hip-hop) group [WC and the Maad Circle](/source/WC_and_the_Maad_Circle) featuring fellow Californian rappers and future [Westside Connection](/source/Westside_Connection) members [Ice Cube](/source/Ice_Cube) and [Mack 10](/source/Mack_10). It was recorded at Echo Sound Studios in [Los Angeles](/source/Los_Angeles) and released on August 15, 1995, via [PayDay](/source/Payday_Records)/[London Records](/source/London_Recordings) as the [lead single](/source/lead_single) from WC and the Maad Circle's second studio album ''[Curb Servin'](/source/Curb_Servin')''. Production was handled by member DJ [Crazy Toones](/source/Crazy_Toones), who utilized a sample from [George Duke](/source/George_Duke)'s "Reach for It".
The single peaked at number 88 on the [''Billboard'' Hot 100](/source/Billboard_Hot_100), number 50 on the [Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs](/source/Hot_R%26B%2FHip-Hop_Songs) chart, and number 16 on the [Hot Rap Songs](/source/Hot_Rap_Songs) chart in the United States.
==Track listing==
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| headline = [12" vinyl](/source/Twelve-inch_single)
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{{Track listing
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{{Track listing
| headline = [CD single](/source/CD_single)
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==Personnel==
*William "[WC](/source/WC_(rapper))" Calhoun Jr. – songwriter, vocals, executive producer
*O'Shea "[Ice Cube](/source/Ice_Cube)" Jackson – songwriter, vocals, engineering, executive producer
*Dedrick "[Mack 10](/source/Mack_10)" Rolison – songwriter, vocals
*Lamar "DJ [Crazy Toones](/source/Crazy_Toones)" Calhoun – songwriter, producer, executive producer
*Keston Wright – engineering
*Edward O'Dowd – artwork
*Leslie Sokolow – photography
*[George Duke](/source/George_Duke) – songwriter
*Byron Miller – songwriter
*[Leon "Ndugu" Chancler](/source/Leon_%22Ndugu%22_Chancler) – songwriter
*[Charles "Icarus" Johnson](/source/Charles_Foster_Johnson) – songwriter
==Charts==
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! scope="col"| Chart (1995)
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! scope="row"| US [''Billboard'' Hot 100](/source/Billboard_Hot_100)[{{Cite magazine |last= |first= |date=October 21, 1995 |title=Billboard Hot 100 Singles |url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/1995-10-21/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211118030923/https://www.billboard.com/artist/wc/chart-history/hsi/ |archive-date=November 18, 2021 |access-date=March 5, 2025 |magazine=[Billboard](/source/Billboard_(magazine)) |publisher=[Nielsen Business Media, Inc.](/source/Nielsen_Business_Media%2C_Inc.) |page=98 |language=en |volume=107 |issue=42 |issn=0006-2510}}]
| 88
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! scope="row"| US [Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs](/source/Hot_R%26B%2FHip-Hop_Songs) (''[Billboard](/source/Billboard_(magazine))'')[{{Cite magazine |last= |first= |date=November 4, 1995 |title=Hot R&B Singles |url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/r-b-hip-hop-songs/1995-11-04/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211117212650/https://www.billboard.com/artist/wc/chart-history/bsi/ |archive-date=November 17, 2021 |access-date=March 5, 2025 |magazine=[Billboard](/source/Billboard_(magazine)) |publisher=[Nielsen Business Media, Inc.](/source/Nielsen_Business_Media%2C_Inc.) |page=27 |language=en |volume=107 |issue=44 |issn=0006-2510}}]
| 50
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! scope="row"| US [Hot Rap Songs](/source/Hot_Rap_Songs) (''[Billboard](/source/Billboard_(magazine))'')[{{Cite magazine |last= |first= |date=September 30, 1995 |title=Hot Rap Singles |url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/rap-song/1995-09-30/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211117211922/https://www.billboard.com/artist/wc/chart-history/rap/ |archive-date=November 17, 2021 |access-date=March 5, 2025 |magazine=[Billboard](/source/Billboard_(magazine)) |publisher=[Nielsen Business Media, Inc.](/source/Nielsen_Business_Media%2C_Inc.) |page=24 |language=en |volume=107 |issue=39 |issn=0006-2510}}]
| 16
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==References==
{{Reflist}}
==External links==
*{{Discogs master|370687|WC And The Maad Circle – West Up!}}
{{WC (rapper)}}
{{Ice Cube}}
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{{Westside Connection}}
Category:1995 singles
Category:Mack 10 songs
Category:Ice Cube songs
Category:WC (rapper) songs
Category:London Records singles
Category:Songs written by Mack 10
Category:Songs written by Ice Cube
Category:Westside Connection songs
Category:Songs written by WC (rapper)
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