Taste of Chocolate
| Taste of Chocolate | ||||
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| Studio album by Big Daddy Kane | ||||
| Released | October 30, 1990 | |||
| Recorded | 1990 | |||
| Genre | Hip Hop | |||
| Length | 53:25 | |||
| Label |
Cold Chillin'/Reprise/Warner Bros. Records 26303 | |||
| Producer |
Big Daddy Kane Prince Paul Cool V Mister Cee Andre Booth | |||
| Big Daddy Kane chronology | ||||
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| Professional ratings | |
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| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [1] |
| Robert Christgau |  [2] |
| Entertainment Weekly | (B)[3] |
| Los Angeles Times | [4] |
| Rolling Stone | [5] |
Taste of Chocolate is the third album by emcee Big Daddy Kane, released in late 1990 on Cold Chillin' Records. After the success of his first two albums, Long Live the Kane and It's a Big Daddy Thing, Taste of Chocolate became Kane's first album not to reach Gold sales status. The album received mostly good reviews, though not on the level of his first two efforts. Taste of Chocolate includes the singles "Cause I Can Do It Right", "It's Hard Being the Kane" and "All of Me".
The first single from the album "Cause I Can Do It Right" is notable for its music video, which had an appearance from adult film star Heather Hunter.[6]
Track listing
| No. | Title | Producer(s) | Length | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Taste of Chocolate" (Intro) | Big Daddy Kane | 2:05 | |
| 2. | "Cause I Can Do It Right" | Big Daddy Kane | 4:09 | |
| 3. | "It's Hard Being the Kane" | Prince Paul | 4:58 | |
| 4. | "Who Am I" (featuring Gamilah Shabazz) | Big Daddy Kane | 4:00 | |
| 5. | "Dance With the Devil" | Cool V | 4:06 | |
| 6. | "No Damn Good" | Prince Paul | 3:52 | |
| 7. | "All of Me" (featuring Barry White) | Andre Booth | 5:45 | |
| 8. | "Keep 'Em On the Floor" (featuring Barbara Weathers) | Big Daddy Kane | 4:32 | |
| 9. | "Mr. Pitiful" | Cool V | 3:26 | |
| 10. | "Put Your Weight On It" | Big Daddy Kane | 2:47 | |
| 11. | "Big Daddy vs. Dolemite" (featuring Rudy Ray Moore) | Big Daddy Kane | 4:49 | |
| 12. | "Down the Line" (featuring Scoob Lover, Scrap Lover, Mister Cee, Lil Daddy Shane and Ant Live) | Mister Cee | 5:11 | |
| 13. | "Taste of Chocolate" (Exit) | Big Daddy Kane | 3:20 | |
Total length: |
53:25 | |||
Samples
- "Big Daddy vs. Dolemite"
- "Whatcha See Is Whatcha Get" by The Dramatics
- "Cause I Can Do It Right"
- "Stubborn Kind of Fellow" by Marvin Gaye
- "I Heard It Through the Grapevine" by Gladys Knight & the Pips
- "Get Up and Dance" by Freedom
- "Dance With the Devil"
- "Different Strokes" by Syl Johnson
- "Superpeople" by The Notations
- "It's Hard Being the Kane"
- "Loose Booty" by Sly & the Family Stone
- "Roadblock (12" Version)" by Stock, Aitken Waterman
- "Keep 'Em on the Floor"
- "Talkin' Loud & Sayin' Nothing" by James Brown
- "Mr. Pitiful"
- "Person to Person" by Average White Band
- "Put Your Weight on It"
- "Impeach the President" by The Honey Drippers
- "Rocket in the Pocket (Live)" by Cerrone
- "The Big Beat" by Billy Squier
- "Taste of Chocolate"
- "I'll Take You There" by The Staple Singers
- "Was It Something That I Said" by Sylvester
- "Poison" by Bell Biv DeVoe
- "Who Am I"
- "Ain't Nobody Home" by B.B. King
Chart positions
Album
| Year | Billboard 200 | Top R&B/Hip Hop Albums |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 37 | 10 |
Singles
| Year | Song | Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks | Hot Rap Singles | Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | "Cause I Can Do It Right" | 22 | 4 | 47 |
| "All of Me" | 14 | – | – | |
| "It's Hard Being the Kane" | 91 | 17 | – |
References
- ↑ Taste of Chocolate at AllMusic
- ↑ Robert Christgau review
- ↑ Entertainment Weekly review
- ↑ Los Angeles Times review
- ↑ Rolling Stone review
- ↑ http://books.google.com/books?id=k51O-dqKbyAC&pg=PA113&lpg=PA113&dq=heather+hunter+big+daddy+kane&source=bl&ots=BZse6-vbfE&sig=uaRFBQRkNllvbcPc5xEoLNeUsFk&hl=en&sa=X&ei=gf1tUsb1FvDnsASbs4DQBQ&ved=0CEsQ6AEwCA#v=onepage&q=heather%20hunter%20big%20daddy%20kane&f=false
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