Blacks' Magic

Blacks' Magic
Studio album by Salt-n-Pepa
Released	March 19, 1990
Recorded	1989–1990
Genre	Hip hop
Length	52:44
Label	London Next Plateau
Producer	DJ Spinderella Luv Bug Quicksilver
Salt-n-Pepa chronology
A Salt with a Deadly Pepa (1988) Blacks' Magic (1990) A Blitz of Salt-n-Pepa Hits (1990)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Robert Christgau	A− [2]

Blacks' Magic is the third album by female rap group, Salt-n-Pepa, released in 1990 on London Records. The album was a critical and commercial success, making it to #38 on the Billboard 200 and #15 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop album charts and was certified Platinum. The album featured four hit singles, three of which made it to the top 10 of the Hot Rap Singles chart; "Let's Talk About Sex" (U.S. #13, UK #2), "Expression" (U.S. #26, UK #23), "Do You Want Me" (U.S. #21, UK #5) and "You Showed Me" (U.S. #47, UK #15).

Track listing

1. "Expression" (Coltrane, James) - 4:04
2. "Doper Than Dope" (Fingerprints) - 4:21
3. "Negro Wit' an Ego" (Fingerprints) - 3:40
4. "You Showed Me" (Clark, McGuinn)- 4:01
5. "Do You Want Me" (Fingerprints) - 4:52
6. "Swift" (Fingerprints) - 4:04
7. "I Like to Party" (Fingerprints) - 3:51
8. "Blacks' Magic" (Fingerprints) - 4:16
9. "Start the Party" (James) - 3:51
10. "Let's Talk About Sex" (Fingerprints) - 3:29
11. "I Don't Know" (Modeliste, Neville, Porter, Nocintelli) - 3:11
12. "Live and Die" (Fingerprints, McCartney) - 3:07
13. "Independent" (James) - 4:46

Samples

Expression

• "Take Me to the Mardi Gras" by Bob James
• "Terminator X Speaks With His Hands" by Public Enemy

Doper Than Dope

• "Nautilus" by Bob James

You Showed Me

• "You Showed Me" by The Turtles

Do You Want Me

• "Say It Loud, I'm Black and I'm Proud" by James Brown

Black's Magic

• "You Can Have Watergate Just Gimme Some Bucks and I'll Be Straight" by Fred Wesley and The J.B.'s

Let's Talk About Sex

• "Kool Is Back" by Funk, Inc.
• "I'll Take You There" by The Staple Singers

Independent

• "Impeach the President" by The Honey Drippers

Personnel

• Alpha – Background vocals
• Hurby "Luv Bug" Azor – Producer, Concept
• Boy Wonder – Producer
• Stanley Brown – Keyboards
• Andre Debourg – Engineer
• Excalibur – Producer
• Invincibles – Background vocals, Producer
• Cheryl "Salt" James – Producer
• Kid 'N Play – Vocals
• Joyce Martin – Background vocals
• Jacci McGhee – Vocals
• Omega – Background vocals
• Play – Concept
• Herb Powers – Mastering
• Quicksilver – Producer
• Salt-N-Pepa – Vocals
• Spinderella – Producer
• Steevee-O – Producer
• Sybil – Vocals, Performer

References

External links

• Blacks' Magic at AllMusic. Retrieved November 14, 2016.

Salt-N-Pepa
Cheryl "Salt" James-Wray Sandra "Pepa" Denton Deidra "DJ Spinderella" Roper
Studio albums	Hot, Cool & Vicious A Salt with a Deadly Pepa Blacks' Magic Very Necessary Brand New
Compilation albums	A Blitz of Salt-n-Pepa Hits The Greatest Hits Rapped in Remixes: The Greatest Hits Remixed The Best of Salt-N-Pepa
Singles	"Tramp" "Push It" "Shake Your Thang" "Twist and Shout" "Expression" "Do You Want Me" "Let's Talk About Sex" "You Showed Me" "Start Me Up" "Shoop" "Whatta Man" "None of Your Business" "Heaven 'n Hell" "Champagne" "Gitty Up" "The Brick Track Versus Gitty Up"
Related topics	Salt-n-Pepa discography The Salt-N-Pepa Show
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