Blacks' Magic
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| Allmusic |   [1] |
| Robert Christgau | A− [2] |
Blacks' Magic is the third album by female rap group, Salt-n-Pepa, released in 1990 on London Records. The album was a critical and commercial success, making it to #38 on the Billboard 200 and #15 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop album charts and was certified Platinum. The album featured four hit singles, three of which made it to the top 10 of the Hot Rap Singles chart; "Let's Talk About Sex" (U.S. #13, UK #2), "Expression" (U.S. #26, UK #23), "Do You Want Me" (U.S. #21, UK #5) and "You Showed Me" (U.S. #47, UK #15).
Track listing
- "Expression" (Coltrane, James) - 4:04
- "Doper Than Dope" (Fingerprints) - 4:21
- "Negro Wit' an Ego" (Fingerprints) - 3:40
- "You Showed Me" (Clark, McGuinn)- 4:01
- "Do You Want Me" (Fingerprints) - 4:52
- "Swift" (Fingerprints) - 4:04
- "I Like to Party" (Fingerprints) - 3:51
- "Blacks' Magic" (Fingerprints) - 4:16
- "Start the Party" (James) - 3:51
- "Let's Talk About Sex" (Fingerprints) - 3:29
- "I Don't Know" (Modeliste, Neville, Porter, Nocintelli) - 3:11
- "Live and Die" (Fingerprints, McCartney) - 3:07
- "Independent" (James) - 4:46
Samples
Expression
- "Take Me to the Mardi Gras" by Bob James
- "Terminator X Speaks With His Hands" by Public Enemy
Doper Than Dope
- "Nautilus" by Bob James
You Showed Me
- "You Showed Me" by The Turtles
Do You Want Me
Black's Magic
- "You Can Have Watergate Just Gimme Some Bucks and I'll Be Straight" by Fred Wesley and The J.B.'s
Let's Talk About Sex
- "Kool Is Back" by Funk, Inc.
- "I'll Take You There" by The Staple Singers
Independent
- "Impeach the President" by The Honey Drippers
Personnel
- Alpha – Background vocals
- Hurby "Luv Bug" Azor – Producer, Concept
- Boy Wonder – Producer
- Stanley Brown – Keyboards
- Andre Debourg – Engineer
- Excalibur – Producer
- Invincibles – Background vocals, Producer
- Cheryl "Salt" James – Producer
- Kid 'N Play – Vocals
- Joyce Martin – Background vocals
- Jacci McGhee – Vocals
- Omega – Background vocals
- Play – Concept
- Herb Powers – Mastering
- Quicksilver – Producer
- Salt-N-Pepa – Vocals
- Spinderella – Producer
- Steevee-O – Producer
- Sybil – Vocals, Performer
References
- ^ Huey, Steve. "Salt-N-Pepa: Blacks' Magic > Review" at AllMusic. Retrieved 29 August 2011.
- ^ Christgau, Robert. "Salt-N-Pepa". robertchristgau.com. Retrieved 29 August 2011.
External links
- Blacks' Magic at AllMusic. Retrieved November 14, 2016.