Female Preacher

Female Preacher
Studio album by Overweight Pooch
Released July 9, 1991
Recorded 1991
Genre Rap, hip hop
Length 47:21
Label A&M
Producer DJ Wax Dawg, "Juice" The Electric Wire, Tonya Davis, Kellan Fluckiger, Manny Lehman, Mark Mazzetti
CeCe Peniston chronology
Female Preacher
(1991)		 Finally
(1992)
Singles from Female Preacher
  1. "Ace Is a Spade"
  2. "I Like It"

Female Preacher is the debut, and to date the only album recorded by Tonya Davis, a US rapper better known as Overweight Pooch, which was released in 1991 on A&M Records. Though, the record indicated that Pooch had some potential, her album didn't go far commercially.

Three songs were issued on single including a promo release, "Hip House Party", initially also promoted on Jam Harder: The A&M Underground Dance Compilation in 1990.[1] The compilation scored at number sixty-three on the U.S. R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart and at number one-hundred-thirty-one on the Top 200 Billboard Albums.[2] "Ace Is a Spade", originally titled as "Ace a Spade", contained samples of "New Day" and the James Brown's hit "Soul Power"[3] The final single from the set "I Like It", it featured background vocals by CeCe Peniston who also contributed to the set with additioanal two tracks that she also co-wrote; "Kickin' Da Blues" and "Female Preacher". The single itself reached number sixteen in the U.S. Billboard Hot Dance/Music Club Play chart,[4] and peaked at number fifty-eight on the UK Singles Chart[5] in January 1992.

Track listing

No. TitleWriter(s)Featured artist Length
1. "Feeling Good"  T.Smith, A.Smith, F.Delgado, J.Brown  4:47
2. "Ace Is a Spade"  T.Davis, F.Delgado  3:45
3. "Boogie-in"  T-Wax, F.Delgado  3:08
4. "Pooch's Pimpin' Playhouse/Who's Pimping Who"  T.Davis, F.Delgado  5:05
5. "Kickin' Da Blues"  E.L.Linnear, F.Delgado, C.PenistonCeCe Peniston 4:16
6. "I Like It"  E.L. Linnear, F.DelgadoCeCe Peniston 5:43
7. "Female Preacher"  E.L.Linnear, F.Delgado, C.PenistonCeCe Peniston 6:31
8. "The Overweight Jam"  T.Davis, F.Delgado, L.Ritchie, W.Orange  3:37
9. "Queen of Rap"  T.Davis, F.Delgado  3:32
10. "Hip House Party"  E.L.Linnear, F.Delgado  4:24
11. "Chat Trax"  T.Davis, F.Delgado  2:33
Total length:
 47:21

Releases

Credits and personnel

Charts
"Female Preacher" by Overweight Pooch
The title song co-written and performed by CeCe Peniston
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Singles

Year Single Peak positions
UK
[6]		 US
Dance
[7]
1991 "Ace Is a Spade" — —
"I Like It" featuring CeCe Peniston 58 16
"—" denotes a single that did not chart or was not released in the region.

References

General
Specific
  1. ↑ 'Jam Harder, The AM Underground Dance Compilation' Discogs
  2. ↑ 'Jam Harder, US peak chart positions' AllMusic
  3. ↑ 'Rap Samples Faq, James Brown, Soul Power' TheBreaks
  4. ↑ 'Overweight Pooch, I Like It, US Dance peak chart positions' Billboard
  5. ↑ 'Overweight Pooch, I Like It, UK peak chart positions' Chart Stats
  6. ↑ For peak positions of "I Like It" in UK, see the general link, or follow the chartstats link.
  7. ↑ For peak positions of "I Like It" in USA, use the general link, or login to billboard.biz website to access also the billboard.biz link with additional information.

External links

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