Blacks' Magic Explained

Blacks' Magic
Type:studio
Artist:Salt-N-Pepa
Cover:Blacks' Magic.jpg
Recorded:1989–1990
Studio:
  • Bayside Sound (New York City)
  • Soundtrack (New York City)
Genre:Hip hop
Label:
Producer:
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Blacks' Magic is the third studio album by American hip hop group Salt-N-Pepa, released on March 19, 1990, by Next Plateau Records and London Records. A critical and commercial success, the album peaked at number 38 on the US Billboard 200 and number 15 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart, and has been certified Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), denoting shipments in excess of one million copies in the United States. The album spawned four commercially successful singles, three of which reached the top 10 of the Hot Rap Singles chart; "Let's Talk About Sex" (number 13 in the US, number two in the UK, number one in Australia), "Expression" (number 26 in the US, number 23 in the UK), "Do You Want Me" (number 21 in the US, number five in the UK), and "You Showed Me" (number 47 in the US, number 15 in the UK).

Personnel

Credits adapted from the liner notes of Blacks' Magic.[1]

Salt-N-Pepa

Additional musicians

Technical

Artwork

Charts

Year-end charts

Notes and References

  1. Blacks' Magic . liner notes . . . 1990 . PLCD1019.
  2. Web site: Week commencing 18 June 1990 . Bubbling Down Under . June 18, 2021 . June 18, 2021.
  3. Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums – Year-End 1990 . Billboard . November 28, 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201116072540/https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/1990/top-r-and-b-hip-hop-albums . November 16, 2020.