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Blacks' Magic

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Released
  
March 19, 1990

Length
  
52:44

Release date
  
19 March 1990

Genre
  
Hip hop music

Recorded
  
1989–1990

Artist
  
Salt-N-Pepa

Label
  
FFRR Records

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Producer
  
DJ Spinderella Luv Bug Quicksilver

Blacks' Magic (1990)
  
A Blitz of Salt-n-Pepa Hits (1990)

Similar
  
Salt-N-Pepa albums, Hip hop music albums

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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).

Contents

Salt n pepa expression


Track listing

  1. "Expression" (Coltrane, James) - 4:04
  2. "Doper Than Dope" (Fingerprints) - 4:21
  3. "Negro Wit' an Ego" (Fingerprints) - 3:40
  4. "You Showed Me" (Clark, McGuinn)- 4:01
  5. "Do You Want Me" (Fingerprints) - 4:52
  6. "Swift" (Fingerprints) - 4:04
  7. "I Like to Party" (Fingerprints) - 3:51
  8. "Blacks' Magic" (Fingerprints) - 4:16
  9. "Start the Party" (James) - 3:51
  10. "Let's Talk About Sex" (Fingerprints) - 3:29
  11. "I Don't Know" (Modeliste, Neville, Porter, Nocintelli) - 3:11
  12. "Live and Die" (Fingerprints, McCartney) - 3:07
  13. "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

  • "Say It Loud, I'm Black and I'm Proud" by James Brown

    • 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

    • Songs

    1Expression3:56
    2Doper Than Dope4:26
    3Negro Wit' an Ego3:46

    References

    Blacks' Magic Wikipedia
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