Act a Fool (album)

Act a Fool
Studio album by King Tee
Released	November 15, 1988
Genre	West Coast hip hop
Length	42:38
Label	Capitol
Producer	DJ Pooh King Tee
King Tee chronology
Act a Fool (1988) At Your Own Risk (1990)

Act a Fool is the debut album by West Coast hip hop artist King Tee. It is considered to be one of his better albums. Its success can be attributed to its production which is handled by DJ Pooh and King Tee himself, or the lack of guest appearances. King Tee is the only vocalist on the entire album—aside from Breeze and Mixmaster Spade on "Just Clowning--and his rhymes are described as "[d]efiant, angry, confrontational, and bemused" by Ron Wynn of Allmusic.^[1] Act a Fool reached Billboard 200 chart position (#125). Its title track reached #29 on the Hot Rap Singles chart, and "Bass", which is remixed on this album, reached #19 on the same chart.

Five of the eleven tracks on King Tee's debut album were later included on his greatest hits album, Ruff Rhymes: Greatest Hits Collection, in 1998.

Track listing

Samples

Act a Fool

• "Give the Baby Anything the Baby Wants" by Joe Tex
• "I Gotcha" by Joe Tex
• "Lover Jones" by Johnny "Guitar" Watson
• "The Back Down" by Richard Pryor
• "New Year's Eve" by Richard Pryor

Ko Rock Stuff

• "Cardova" by The Meters

The Coolest

• "Cissy Strut" by The Meters

Flirt

• "Eric B. Is President" by Eric B. & Rakim
• "I Know You Got Soul" by Eric B. & Rakim
• "AJ Scratch" by Kurtis Blow
• "Dazz" by Brick
• "Flirt" by Cameo

Bass (Remix)

• "Get Up To Get Down" by Brass Construction

Guitar Playin'

• "You're a Customer" by EPMD
• "Slippin' Into Darkness War (band)

Payback's a Mutha

• "The Payback (Intro)" by James Brown
• "I Gotcha" by Joe Tex
• "Slippin' Into Darkness" by War

Just Clowning

• "Aquaboogie (A Psychoalphadiscobetabioaquadoloop)" by Parliament
• "Da' Butt" by Experience Unlimited

Album singles

Chart positions

Album

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
allmusic	link

Singles

References