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Bigger & Blacker
GenreStand-up comedy
Written byChris Rock
Directed byKeith Truesdell
StarringChris Rock
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
Production
Executive producersChris Rock
Michael Rotenberg
Sandy Chanley
ProducerTom Bull
EditorGrady Cooper
Running time65 minutes
Production companiesCR Enterprises
Production Partners
3 Arts Entertainment
Original release
NetworkHBO
Release
  • July 10, 1999 (1999-07-10)

Bigger & Blacker is a television special that premiered on HBO on July 10, 1999 starring comedian Chris Rock. This is Rock's third special for HBO and was recorded at the Apollo Theater in Harlem.

CD version

Bigger & Blacker
Live album by
Chris Rock
ReleasedJuly 13, 1999
RecordedMay 1999
VenueApollo Theater, Harlem
GenreComedy
Length67:53
LabelDreamWorks
ProducerPrince Paul & Don Newkirk
Chris Rock chronology
Roll with the New
(1997) 		Bigger & Blacker
(1999) 		Never Scared
(2005)

The CD version was released on July 13, 1999, on the DreamWorks label. The album features the same live stand-up comedy material from the HBO special, but it also includes studio-recorded comic sketches, featuring Ol' Dirty Bastard, Biz Markie, Gerald Levert, Ali LeRoi, Wanda Sykes, Kaz Silver, Horatio Sanz, Ice Cube, Robin Montague, Kali Londono, Don Newkirk, Kate Wright, and Nneka Kai Morton.

Track listing

  1. Clermont Lounge #1 – 0:55
  2. "Black Mall" – 3:47
  3. ODB Words of Wisdom #1 – 0:15
  4. "Crazy White Kids" – 8:26
  5. Monica Interview – 1:58
  6. "Porno PSA" – 1:32
  7. "No Sex" – 4:22
  8. "Taxes" – 1:57
  9. ODB Words of Wisdom #2 – 0:17
  10. Savion Glover – 1:02
  11. "Insurance" – 8:17
  12. Clermont Lounge #2 – 0:58
  13. Nerd & Fly Girl – 2:58
  14. "Race" – 4:17
  15. NYPD – 1:29
  16. ODB Words of Wisdom #3 – 0:19
  17. Roger & Zapp – 0:29
  18. "Two Women" – 4:07
  19. Table Dance – 2:29
  20. Snow Flake – 3:10
  21. "Women" – 7:54
  22. Me & ODB – 7:09

Reviews

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic link

Bigger & Blacker won the 2000 Grammy Award for Best Spoken Comedy Album.

Sales

Region Certification Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA)[2] — 404,000[1]

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

  1. ^ Cohen, Jonathan (4 February 2004). "Billboard Bits: Chris Rock, Ben Folds, Badly Drawn Boy". Billboard. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
  2. ^ "American album certifications – Chris Rock – Bigger and blacker". Recording Industry Association of America.
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