Bad Sister (album) explained

Bad Sister
Type:studio album
Artist:Roxanne Shanté
Cover:Bad Sister.jpg
Released:October 20, 1989
Genre:Hip hop
Length:58:52
Label:Cold Chillin'/Reprise/Warner Bros.
25809
Cold Chillin'/Breakout/A&M/Polygram
399 013 (U.K., Ireland)
Producer:Marley Marl
Next Title:The Bitch Is Back
Next Year:1992

Bad Sister is the debut album by Roxanne Shanté, released in 1989 on Cold Chillin' Records.[1] [2] The album peaked at No. 52 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart.[3]

Production

Bad Sister was produced by Marley Marl.[4] Big Daddy Kane contributed lyrics to a couple of the album's songs.

Critical reception

The New York Times wrote that the songs "combine humor and raw rhythmic power with Ms. Shante's sturdy sense of identity ... [they] proves she's tougher and wittier than the competition."[5] Trouser Press thought that "Shanté has a cute, coy voice that takes on an authoritative edge when she kicks into high gear."[1] The Spin Alternative Record Guide called Bad Sister "a true hip-hop masterpiece" and a "definitive Cold Chillin' album." USA Today praised the "hilarious, sometimes risque stories."[6]

Track listing

  1. "Bad Sister" (D. Clear, M. Williams)—5:00
  2. "Live on Stage" (N. Wilson, M. Williams)—6:57
  3. "Independent Woman" (D. Clear, M. Williams)—4:35
  4. "Knockin' Hiney" (L. Gooden, C. Curry, K. Coaxum, M. Williams)—3:36
  5. "My Groove Gets Better" (K. Coaxum, M. Williams)—3:30
  6. "Feelin' Kinda Horny" (J. Loving, P. Bourke)—4:10
  7. "Have a Nice Day" (remix) (A. Hardy, M. Williams)—3:21
  8. "Let's Rock, Y'all" (L. Gooden, M. Williams)—4:17
  9. "Fatal Attraction" (D. Clear, M. Williams)—4:28
  10. "Wack Itt (Remix)" (L. Gooden, M. Williams, A. Booth)—6:00
  11. "Skeezer" (A. Hardy, M. Williams)—2:45
  12. "What's on Your Mind" (R. Diggs Hamlian, M. Williams)—3:20
  13. "Go on, Girl (Remix)" (A. Hardy, M. Williams)—5:01
  14. "Gotta Get Paid" (featuring Craig G) (L. Gooden, M. Williams)—1:52

Personnel

Notes and References

  1. Web site: UTFO . Trouser Press . 18 June 2021.
  2. Book: Hope . Clover . The Motherlode: 100+ Women Who Made Hip-Hop . 2021 . Abrams Image . 44.
  3. Roxanne Shanté Bad Sister Chart History . https://web.archive.org/web/20180306043939/https://www.billboard.com/music/roxanne-shante/chart-history/r-b-hip-hop-albums/song/375554 . dead . March 6, 2018 . Billboard . 2017-12-15.
  4. News: Feminist Hip-Hop Rappin' Back . The Washington Post . 18 June 2021.
  5. News: Home Entertainment/Recordings: Recent Releases . Schoemer . Karen . 1989-12-10 . . 2017-12-15 . en-US . 0362-4331.
  6. News: Top female entries in the rap race . USA Today . 5 Feb 1990 . 4D.
  7. Book: Whitburn . Joel . Joel Whitburn's Rhythm and Blues Top R&B Albums 1965-1998 . 1999 . Record Research Inc. . Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin . 0898201349 . 182 . March 6, 2023.