Trivia

• The song was released as a single exclusively in France on February 27, 2001, where it peaked at No. 47 on the singles chart.
• One of Dr. Dre’s lines from the song was later interpolated into the chorus of the Ice Cube track “Hello,” which featured fellow N.W.A members Dr. Dre and MC Ren.
• A sequel, “The Watcher 2,” was released in 2002 by JAY-Z on his seventh studio album The Blueprint 2: The Gift & The Curse, featuring Dr. Dre and Rakim.
• A remix of “The Watcher 2,” titled “The Watcher 3,” featuring Snoop Dogg in place of JAY-Z and including a new bridge, was released in 2003 as a white-label single to promote DJ Jam’s mixtape WBALLZ 187.4 FM Vol. 1. However, the mixtape itself only features an edited version of the song, with Rakim’s verse omitted.
• Although Eminem wrote lines that were later interpolated into Ice Cube’s “Hello” and JAY-Z’s “The Watcher 2,” he did not receive a writing credit on either song.