Power of a Woman (Tairrie B album)

Power of a Woman
Studio album by Tairrie B
Released	June 12, 1990 (1990-06-12)
Recorded	1989
Studio	Audio Achievements (Torrance, CA) Echo Sound (Los Feliz, CA)
Genre	Hip hop
Length	49:44
Label	Ruthless MCA
Producer	Tairrie B (also exec.) Bilal Bashir Greg Kuehn QDIII Schoolly D
Tairrie B chronology
Power of a Woman (1990) Vintage Curses (2015)
Singles from Power of a Woman
"Murder She Wrote" Released: April 20, 1990 "Swingin' 'Wit "T"" Released: September 28, 1990

Power of a Woman is the debut solo studio album by American rapper Tairrie B. It was released on June 12, 1990, via Comptown/Ruthless/MCA Records. ^[1] The recording sessions took place at Audio Achievements, in Torrance, and Echo Sound, in Los Feliz. The album was produced by Quincy Jones III, Bilal Bashir, Greg Kuehn, Schoolly D, and Tairrie B, who also served as executive producer. It features guest appearances from Eazy-E and Everlast.

Two singles, "Murder She Wrote" & "Swingin' Wit' T", peaked at numbers 27 and 28, respectively, on the US Hot Rap Singles chart.

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
Los Angeles Times	[3]

The St. Petersburg Times concluded that "The Power of a Woman is a feminist discourse for the '90s, a dissertation that is cerebral but not musty, gutter-wise but sophisticated, sexually up front and somewhat obscene." ^[4]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Intro"			0:32
2.	"Swingin' Wit' T"	Theresa Beth Maurice White Philip Bailey Larry Dunn	QD3 Tairrie B	4:13
3.	"Anything You Want" (featuring Eazy-E)	Beth Jesse B. Weaver, Jr. Sylvester Stewart	Schoolly D	3:58
4.	"Vinnie Tha' Moocha" (featuring Everlast)	Cab Calloway Irving Mills Clarence Gaskill	Greg Kuehn Tairrie B	4:01
5.	"Step 2 This"	Beth Bilal Bashir	Bilal Bashir Tairrie B	6:09
6.	"Murder She Wrote"	Beth Quincy Jones III	QD3 Tairrie B	3:16
7.	"Packin' a Punch"	Beth Art Neville Joseph Modeliste Leo Nocentelli George Porter, Jr.	Bilal Bashir Tairrie B	5:28
8.	"Let the Beat Rock"	Jones III	QD3	3:31
9.	"Player"	Beth Gregory Russell Kuehn	Greg Kuehn Tairrie B	5:25
10.	"Schooll's In"	Beth Weaver, Jr. Joe Tex Charles Bobbit Fred Wesley James Brown	Schoolly D	4:50
11.	"Ruthless Bitch"	Beth	Tairrie B	8:21
Total length:				49:44

Notes

• Track 3 contains a sample from "Sing a Simple Song"
• Track 4 is a variation of "Minnie the Moocher"
• Track 10 contains sample from "Givin' up Food for Funk"

Personnel

• Theresa "Tairrie B" Beth – vocals, producer (tracks: 2, 4-7, 9, 11), mixing (tracks: 2-5, 7), executive producer, design, stylist
• Eric "Eazy-E" Wright – rap vocals (track 3)
• Erik "Everlast" Schrody – rap vocals (track 4)
• Quincy Jones III – producer (tracks: 2, 6, 8), mixing (track 2)
• Jesse "Schoolly D" Weaver, Jr. – producer (tracks: 3, 10)
• Greg Kuehn – producer (tracks: 4, 9)
• Bilal Bashir – producer (tracks: 5, 7), mixing (tracks: 4, 5, 7)
• Donovan "The Dirt Biker" Smith – recording (tracks: 2, 8, 9), mastering
• Bob Morse – recording (tracks: 3-7, 10), mixing (tracks: 4, 5, 7)
• Brian "Big Bass" Gardner – mastering
• Jeff Adamoff – art direction
• Peter Dokus – photography
• Missy Garland – make-up
• George Green – hair

References

1. "The Power of a woman /[performed by] Tairrie B. | U.S. Copyright Public Records System". publicrecords.copyright.gov. Retrieved 2023-05-25.
2. Huey, Steve. "Tairrie B. The Power of a Woman Album". AllMusic . Retrieved April 8, 2023.
3. Gold, Jonathan (July 7, 1990). "Dr. Dre's Expanding Sphere of Influence". Los Angeles Times . Retrieved April 8, 2023.
4. Carey, Jean (Sep 14, 1990). "Take a 'Power' Trip". Weekend. St. Petersburg Times. p. 17.

External links

• Tairrie B – The Power Of A Woman at Discogs (list of releases)