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"Big Bad Mama" | ||||
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Single by Foxy Brown featuring Dru Hill | ||||
from the album Ill Na Na and Def Jam's How to Be a Player soundtrack | ||||
B-side |
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Released | July 28, 1997 | |||
Recorded | 1996 | |||
Genre | Hip hop | |||
Length | 3:53 | |||
Label | Def Jam | |||
Songwriter(s) | Shawn Carter, Samuel Barnes, Jean-Claude Olivier, Leon Haywood [1] | |||
Producer(s) | Trackmasters | |||
Foxy Brown singles chronology | ||||
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"Big Bad Mama" is a single by American rapper Foxy Brown and American R&B group Dru Hill from the soundtrack to the 1997 film, How to Be a Player . The song also appeared on the European re-issue of Foxy Brown's debut album, Ill Na Na .
The song, which was produced by the Trackmasters and based on an interpolation of Carl Carlton's "She's a Bad Mama Jama", became a semi-successful hit, peaking at 53 on the Billboard Hot 100, Foxy's second highest charting single as a solo artist. The single was released with the then recently reunited EPMD's "Never Seen Before" as the B-side.
Chart (1997) | Peak position |
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Europe (European Hot 100 Singles) [2] | 45 |
Germany (Official German Charts) [3] | 30 |
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40) [4] | 33 |
Netherlands (Single Top 100) [5] | 41 |
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ) [6] | 8 |
Scotland (OCC) [7] | 48 |
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan) [8] | 51 |
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade) [9] | 23 |
UK Hip Hop/R&B (OCC) [10] | 3 |
UK Dance (OCC) [11] | 2 |
UK Singles (OCC) [12] | 12 |
US Billboard Hot 100 [13] | 53 |
US Dance Singles Sales ( Billboard ) [14] | 3 |
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs ( Billboard ) [15] | 10 |
US Hot Rap Songs ( Billboard ) [16] | 9 |
US Rhythmic ( Billboard ) [17] | 20 |
Chart (1997) | Position |
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UK Urban ( Music Week ) [18] | 29 |
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard) [19] | 65 |
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