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

1. Huey, Steve. "Salt-N-Pepa: Blacks' Magic > Review" at AllMusic. Retrieved 29 August 2011.
2. Christgau, Robert. "Salt-N-Pepa". robertchristgau.com. Retrieved 29 August 2011.