Released November 28, 1989 Release date 7 November 1989 | Length 63:35 | |
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Recorded October 1988 – September 1989 All Hail the Queen(1989) Nature of a Sista(1991) Nominations Grammy Award for Best Rap Solo Performance Similar Queen Latifah albums, Hip hop music albums | ||
All Hail the Queen is the debut album by hip hop artist Queen Latifah, released on November 28, 1989, under Tommy Boy Records. The album was unusually successful for a hip hop record at the time, buoyed by the single "Wrath of My Madness", and was certified gold in July 1990. The feminist anthem "Ladies First" (with Monie Love) remains one of Latifah's signature songs.
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All Hail the Queen peaked at #6 and #124 on the Billboard Top Hip Hop/R&B Albums and Billboard 200 charts, respectively. "Mama Gave Birth to the Soul Children" peaked at #14 in the UK. In 1998, the album was selected as one of The Source's 100 Best Rap Albums. It was also featured in Robert Dimery's 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die.
In 2008, the single "Ladies First" was ranked number 35 on VH1's 100 Greatest Songs Of Hip Hop.
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Songs
1Dance for Me3:46
2Mama Gave Birth to the Soul Children4:29
3Come Into My House4:18