Daddy's Home (Big Daddy Kane album)

Daddy's Home
Studio album by Big Daddy Kane
Released	September 13, 1994
Recorded	1993–1994
Genre	East Coast hip hop
Length	50:33
Label	MCA Records MCAD-11102
Producer	Big Daddy Kane L.G. Easy Mo Bee DJ Premier Da Rock Kool T Crush
Big Daddy Kane chronology
Looks Like a Job For… (1993) Daddy's Home (1994) Veteranz Day (1998)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Robert Christgau	[2]
Rolling Stone	[3]

Daddy's Home is the sixth album by emcee, Big Daddy Kane. It's Big Daddy Kane's only album on MCA Records, released in September 13, 1994. Like his previous album Looks Like a Job For…, Daddy's Home was generally well-received, but lacked in sales. Despite the positive reviews, the album saw a large drop in Kane's commercial popularity, and produced no crossover hit singles, like his 1993's "Very Special".

The album features the singles "In the PJ's" and the DJ Premier-produced posse cut "Show & Prove", featuring Ol' Dirty Bastard, Shyheim, Sauce Money and a then-unknown Jay-Z (credited as "J.Z."), who, at the time, was Kane's protégé. Kane's longtime producer Easy Mo Bee produced three songs on Daddy's Home and was set to bring in a fourth song for the album. However, Kane rejected it. Easy Mo Bee later gave the track to The Notorious B.I.G., which he would use for the song "Warning" for his 1994 debut Ready To Die.^[4]

Following the release of Daddy's Home, Kane took a long break from music, until returning four years later with his seventh album Veteranz Day.

Track listing

No.	Title	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Daddy's Home"	L.G.	3:06
2.	"Brooklyn Style... Laid Out" (featuring Scoob Lover)	Easy Mo Bee	3:56
3.	"In the PJ's" (featuring Scoob Lover)	Big Daddy Kane	4:06
4.	"Show & Prove" (featuring Scoob Lover, Sauce Money, Shyheim, Jay-Z and Ol' Dirty Bastard)	DJ Premier	5:47
5.	"Lyrical Gymnastics"	L.G.	3:55
6.	"That's How I Did 'Em"	Easy Mo Bee	3:24
7.	"Sex According to the Prince of Darkness"	Da Rock	3:44
8.	"3 Forties & a Bottle of Moet"	Big Daddy Kane	1:39
9.	"The Way It's Goin' Down"	Easy Mo Bee	4:01
10.	"Somebody's Been Sleeping In My Bed"	Big Daddy Kane	3:19
11.	"W.G.O.N.R.S." (featuring Easy Dred and Junior P)	Big Daddy Kane	4:37
12.	"Let Yourself Go"	Kool T, Crush	4:09
13.	"Don't Do It to Yourself" (featuring Scoob Lover)	Big Daddy Kane	4:51

Samples

• "Show & Prove"
  • "Black Frost" by Grover Washington, Jr.
  • "The Show" by Doug E. Fresh and Slick Rick
• "Lyrical Gymnastics"
  • "The Greatest Love of All" by Whitney Houston
  • "Theme From Mahogany (Do You Know Where You're Going To)" by Diana Ross
  • "You're the One I Need" by Barry White
  • "A Who Seh Me Dun" by Cutty Ranks
• "Somebody's Been Sleeping in My Bed"
  • "Somebody's Been Sleeping in My Bed" by 100 Proof Aged In Soul
• "W.G.O.N.R.S."
  • "What's Goin' On" by Marvin Gaye
  • "Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler)" by Marvin Gaye
• "3 Forties and a Bottle of Moet"
  • "Yes We Can Can" by Pointer Sisters
• "In the PJ's"
  • "Close the Door" by Teddy Pendergrass
  • "La Di Da Di" by Doug E. Fresh and Slick Rick
• "Sex According to the Prince of Darkness"
  • "Fool Yourself" by Little Feat
  • "Double Trouble at the Amphitheatre" by Double Trouble
• "The Way It's Goin Down"
  • "Mary Jane" by Rick James
  • "The Garden Freestyle" by Notorious B.I.G feat. Big Daddy Kane, 2Pac, Big Scoob & Shyheim

Album chart positions

Year	Album	Chart positions
		Billboard 200	Top R&B/Hip Hop Albums
1994	Daddy's Home	#155	#26

Singles chart positions

Year	Song	Chart positions
		Billboard Hot 100	Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks	Hot Rap Singles
1994	"In the PJ's"	-	-	#31

References

1. Daddy's Home (Big Daddy Kane album) at AllMusic
2. Robert Christgau review
3. Rolling stone review
4. Scott, Dana. "Easy Mo Bee Traces Ice Cube & Big Daddy Kane's Influence On Biggie's "Ready To Die"". hiphopdx.com. Cheri Media. Retrieved 2015-02-14.