| Product Summary | | Label: Uni/def Jam | | UPC: 00731453368422 | | Release Date: 11/19/1996 | | Buy.com Sku: 60115563 | | Item#: MN7RYX | | Buy.com Sales Rank: 25140 | Format:  CD |
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(P) 1996 UMG Recordings, Inc.
(C) 1996 Mercury Records Limited
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| | Album Notes and Credits |
Notes & Personnel Info |  | Personnel: Foxy Brown (rap vocals); Blackstreet, Khadijah Bass (vocals); Havoc, Method Man, Jay-Z, Kid Capri (rap vocals); Rich Nice (spoken vocals, keyboards, drum programming); George Pearson (keyboards). | | Producers include: Poke, Tone, Havoc, Rich Nice. | | Engineers include: Mario Rodriguez, John Shriver. | | Recorded at The Hit Factory, Chung King and Battery Studios, New York, New York. | | Personnel: Foxy Brown (vocals); Rich Nice (vocals, keyboards, drum programming); Havoc, Jay-Z, Kid Capri, Method Man, Blackstreet (vocals). | | Audio Mixers: John Shrive; Mario Rodriguez ; Bill Esses; Poke & Tone; Rich Nice; Richard Travali; Axel Niehaus; John Hanes . | | Recording information: Battery Studios, New York, NY; Chung King, New York, NY; The Hit Factory, New York, NY. | | Photographer: Michael Levine . | | After appearing as a guest on a number of albums, most notably LL Cool J, Foxy Brown finally delivered her debut album, Ill Na Na, in late 1996. On her cameos, the teenage rapper rhapsodized about her three obsessions -- fashion, sex, and the mafia -- and all three dominate the discourse on Ill Na Na. Taken on their own terms, any of those lyrics could get rather tedious, but Foxy Brown has a sexy, assured delivery that makes her superficial preoccupations seductive. Furthermore, the album benefits greatly from the production efforts of the TrackMasterz, who give the music a sleek, contemporary edge that makes even the weaker tracks quite listenable. Foxy Brown is also assisted by cameos by Mobb Deep's Havoc, Jay-Z, Method Man, and Kid Capri, among others, which gives the album star power, but it doesn't necessarily need it -- she has enough charisma to steal the show. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine | | Between her appearances on Toni Braxton and LL Cool J remixes, and her anthemic duets with Jay-Z, Foxy Brown (who shouldn't be confused with the reggae singer of the same name) made a name for herself even before dropping a record of her own. Her lengthy resume and hit-making potential helped her land a deal with Def Jam Records. She now runs with the influential hip-hop crew The Firm (which includes Nas and AZ), but her debut, ILL NA NA, proves she can easily stand on her own feet. | | ILL NA NA finds Brown flowing over both hard-core beats ("The Promise," courtesy of Mobb Deep's Havoc) and smooth R&B tracks ("Get Me Home," featuring the harmonies of Blackstreet). Other songs are meshes of the two genres, an approach that has enabled many rappers to cross over. Labelmate Method Man contributes the chorus to the title track. |
Musical Guests | | Method Man | | Jay-Z | | Havoc | | Kid Capri | | Blackstreet |
| | Artist Overview | | Foxy Brown, the alter ego of Inga Marchand, emerged in the mid-'90s on Brooklyn's rap scene. Already popular at talent shows and local hip-hop concerts, the attractive Foxy soon became a hot commodity as female rappers (Lil' Kim, Missy Elliott) became the music industry's "it" product. Brown developed into a street-smart, party-hopping, Cristal-sipping icon of R&B-based hip-hop, and her 1996 debut ILL NA NA only strengthened the reputation she'd already established with guest appearances, including a memorable one on LL Cool J's "I Shot Ya." |
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| | Technical Info | | Release Date : 11/19/1996 | | Original Release Date : 1996 | | Catalog ID : 533684 | | Label : Def Jam (USA) | | Number of Discs : 1 | | Studio/Live : Studio | | Mono/Stereo : Stereo | | SPAR Code : n/a | | UPC : 00731453368422 |
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| | Professional Reviews | | Entertainment Weekly (12/13/96, p.82)
- "...Many of the beats are familiar...but Brown's seductive, confident presence almost makes it her own." - Rating: BQ (2/97, p.94)
- 4 Stars (out of 5)
- "...her slinky, streetwise maturity combined with Trackmasters' minimalist production of blaxploitation, '80s soul and gritty atmospherics...makes this...a powerful debut..." Vibe (2/97, p.104)
- "...Foxy Brown's focus delicously shifts....[E]very cut on ILL NA NA bangs to the point where even Foxy Brown's mythical obsessions and predictable mafioso drug-smuggling theme go virtually unnoticed." |
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