I’m a Ho

Recorded for Back in Black at Battery Studios in London and produced by Larry Smith, with Whodini members Jalil Hutchins, John "Ecstasy" Fletcher, and Grandmaster Dee on the album session. The track is credited to Jalil Hutchins and Larry Smith. Released on Whodini’s 1986 album Back in Black on Jive, the song became one of the record’s most discussed cuts for its blunt, controversial sexual subject matter. Contemporary reviews singled it out as a standout on an album that also drew local radio attention in New York. The song remained culturally visible through later sampling and interpolation, including Eazy-E’s "Boyz-n-the-Hood" and Ice Cube and Master P’s "You Know I’m a Ho." It also continued to appear on Whodini compilations and streaming catalogs.