

The songs showcase the band’s versatility and. Featuring selections from the band’s origin backing Eric Burdon to hitmakers on their own, this collection captures highlights from 50 years of the original street band.

The song was produced by Jerry Goldstein. War’s Greatest Hits 2.0 is the definitive best of WAR and the perfect expansion of the 1976 Greatest Hits album. "Slippin' into Darkness" is a song written and performed by War.dbr:Str8_off_tha_Streetz_of_Muthaphukkin_Compton.dbc:Song_recordings_produced_by_Marcus_Miller.dbc:Song_recordings_produced_by_Mark_Batson.A live version of the song was featured as the B-side to their 1974 single "Ballero". The song was produced by Jerry Goldstein. Slippin Into Darkness- ah ah ah, well, well, well, well, well, well, well.I was slippin' into darknessWhen they took my friend awayI was slippin' into darknessWhen they took, when they took my friend awayYou know he loved to drink whiskeyOh oh oh ohWhile laughing at the moon.Slippin' into darknessTakes my mind beyond the treesI was slippin' into darkness, yeahTakes my mind beyond the treesWell, i talked to my brothersOh oh oh ohWho never said their names.Slippn' into darkness, yeahAll my troubles though i chooseI was slippin' into darkness, yeahAll my troubles though i chooseI got a wife and a baby, yeah, yeahOh oh oh ohNow my love has gained its fame.Slippin' into darkness, yeahWhen i heard my mother sayI was slippin' into darkness, yeahWhen i heard my mother sayYou've been slippin' into darknessOh oh oh ohPretty soon, you're gonna pay.Yeah, yeah. Eric Burdon found the event funny, so he and Jordan used it as the inspiration for the song. In the introduction to the live version of the song on Greatest Hits Live, Lonnie Jordan reveals that the inspiration for the song was a time when he spilled a glass of wine on a mixing board in the recording studio. Lonnie Jordan said in an 2008 interview that Eric Burdon is the first Latin rapper in pop music.

In 1996, it was remixed by Junior Vasquez and released as a single again. It charted #15 in Netherlands and #28 in Germany. It was also a top three hit in Canada and Australia. Released as a single in May 1970 (backed by the non-album track "Magic Mountain"), it was War's first chart hit, peaking at number three in the US. "Spill the Wine" is a 1970 song performed by Eric Burdon and War. "Baby Brother" is a live track recorded at the Hollywood Bowl, June 30, 1971, at an event called the United Artists 99 Cent Spectacular a studio version of this song retitled "Me and Baby Brother" appeared on a later album, Deliver the Word (1973).
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A subtitle for "Nappy Head" claims it is the theme from Ghetto Man, but there does not appear to be any notable film or television series with this title, and it may refer to a series that never went into production. (The spelling was changed slightly to "Slippin' Into Darkness" for the single, and is also used on a CD edition of the album.) An earlier single was "All Day Music" backed with "Get Down". In late 1971 WAR released All Day Music, the title track would be the groups first hit single, and their first gold single Slippin Into Darkness followed. "Slipping Into Darkness", backed with "Nappy Head", was War's first big hit since their name change from Eric Burdon and War.
