All Hail the Queen

All Hail the Queen
Studio album by Queen Latifah
Released November 7, 1989
Recorded Nov 1988-Sept 1989
Genre Golden age hip hop
Length 63:35
Label Tommy Boy/Warner Bros. Records
01022
Producer DJ Mark the 45 King
Queen Latifah chronology
All Hail the Queen
(1989)		 Nature of a Sista
(1991)
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All Hail the Queen is the debut album by hip hop artist Queen Latifah, released on November 7, 1989 (see 1989 in music) on Tommy Boy Records. The album was unusually successful for a hip hop record at the time, buoyed by the single "Wrath of My Madness". The feminist anthem "Ladies First" (with Monie Love) remains one of Latifah's signature songs.

All Hail the Queen peaked at #6 and #124 on Billboard's (North America) Top Hip Hop/R&B Albums and the Billboard 200 charts, respectively. Mamma 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.

Contents

Track listing

No. Title Writer(s) Length
1. "Dance for Me"   James/Owens/Stewart 3:41
2. "Mama Gave Birth to the Soul Children" (with De La Soul) Owens 4:25
3. "Come into My House" (with Quasar) Owens 4:14
4. "Latifah's Law"   Owens/Vega 3:51
5. "Wrath of My Madness"   James/Owens 4:12
6. "The Pros" (with Daddy-O) Owens 5:43
7. "Ladies First" (with Monie Love) Owens 3:45
8. "A King and Queen Creation" (with 45 King) Owens 3:34
9. "Queen of Royal Badness"   James/Welch 3:24
10. "Evil That Men Do" (with KRS-One) Owens/Parker 4:03
11. "Princess of the Posse"   James/Owens 3:51
12. "Inside Out"   James/Owens 4:11
13. "Dance for Me" (Ultimatum Remix) James/Owens 5:04
14. "Wrath of My Madness" (Soulshock Remix) James/Owens 5:30
15. "Princess of the Posse" (DJ Mark the 45 King Remix) James/Owens 4:07

Personnel

Charting singles

All Hail The Queen Charting Singles
Year Single Hot Rap Hot R&B/Hip Hop Hot Dance Music/Club Play Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales
1989 Dance For Me 14
1990 Come Into My House 21 81 7 10
1990 Ladies First 5 64 38 37
1990 Mama Gave Birth to the Soul Children 28

References

  1. ^ All Hail the Queen at Allmusic
Queen Latifah
Studio albums
All Hail the Queen (1989) · Nature of a Sista (1991) · Black Reign (1993) · Order in the Court (1998) · The Dana Owens Album (2004) · Trav'lin' Light (2007) · Persona (2009)
Compilation albums
She's a Queen: A Collection of Hits (2002) · 20th Century Masters: The Best of Queen Latifah (2005)
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