Taste of Chocolate

Taste of Chocolate
Studio album by Big Daddy Kane
Released	October 30, 1990
Recorded	1990
Genre	Hip hop
Length	53:25
Label	Cold Chillin' Warner Bros.
Producer	Big Daddy Kane Prince Paul Cool V Mister Cee Andre Booth
Big Daddy Kane chronology
It's a Big Daddy Thing (1989) Taste of Chocolate (1990) Prince of Darkness (1991)
Singles from Taste of Chocolate
"Cause I Can Do It Right" Released: November 10, 1990 "All of Me" Released: February 2, 1991 "It's Hard Being the Kane" Released: June 29, 1991

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Christgau's Consumer Guide	[2]
Entertainment Weekly	B [3]
Los Angeles Times	[4]
Rolling Stone	[5]
The Source	[6]

Taste of Chocolate is the third album by American rapper Big Daddy Kane, released in October 1990 on Cold Chillin' Records. ^[7] The album reached No. 10 on the Billboard Top Soul Albums chart and No. 37 on the Billboard 200 chart. ^{[8] [9]}

Overview

Artists such as Barbara Weathers, Gerald Albright and Barry White appeared on the album. ^[7]

Singles

"Cause I Can Do It Right" reached No. 22 on the Billboard Hot R&B Singles chart and No. 4 on the Billboard Hot Rap Singles chart. ^{[10] [11]} "It's Hard Being the Kane" reached No. 17 on the Billboard Hot Rap Singles chart and "All of Me" featuring Barry White got to No. 14 on the Billboard Hot R&B Singles chart. ^{[12] [13]}

Track listing

No.	Title	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Taste of Chocolate" (Intro)	Big Daddy Kane	2:05
2.	"Cause I Can Do It Right"	Big Daddy Kane	4:09
3.	"It's Hard Being the Kane"	Prince Paul	4:58
4.	"Who Am I" (featuring Gamilah Shabazz)	Big Daddy Kane	4:00
5.	"Dance with the Devil"	Cool V	4:06
6.	"No Damn Good"	Prince Paul	3:52
7.	"All of Me" (featuring Barry White)	Andre Booth	5:45
8.	"Keep 'Em On the Floor" (featuring Barbara Weathers)	Big Daddy Kane	4:32
9.	"Mr. Pitiful"	Cool V	3:26
10.	"Put Your Weight on It"	Big Daddy Kane	2:47
11.	"Big Daddy vs. Dolemite" (featuring Rudy Ray Moore)	Big Daddy Kane	4:49
12.	"Down the Line" (featuring Scoob Lover, Scrap Lover, Mister Cee, Lil Daddy Shane and Ant Live)	Mister Cee	5:11
13.	"Taste of Chocolate" (Exit)	Big Daddy Kane	3:20
Total length:			53:25

Samples

• "Big Daddy vs. Dolemite"
  • "Whatcha See Is Whatcha Get" by the Dramatics
• "Cause I Can Do It Right"
  • "Stubborn Kind of Fellow" by Marvin Gaye
  • "I Heard It Through the Grapevine" by Gladys Knight & the Pips
  • "Get Up and Dance" by Freedom
• "Dance with the Devil"
  • "Different Strokes" by Syl Johnson
  • "Superpeople" by the Notations
• "It's Hard Being the Kane"
  • "Loose Booty" by Sly & the Family Stone
  • "Roadblock (12" Version)" by Stock, Aitken Waterman
• "Keep 'Em on the Floor"
  • "Talkin' Loud & Sayin' Nothing" by James Brown
• "Mr. Pitiful"
  • "Person to Person" by Average White Band
• "No Damn Good"
  • "Sophisticated Sissy" by Rufus Thomas
• "Put Your Weight on It"
  • "Impeach the President" by the Honey Drippers
  • "Rocket in the Pocket (Live)" by Cerrone
  • "The Big Beat" by Billy Squier
• "Taste of Chocolate"
  • "I'll Take You There" by the Staple Singers
  • "Was It Something That I Said" by Sylvester
  • "Get Out of My Life, Woman" by Lee Dorsey
  • "Poison" by Bell Biv DeVoe
• "Who Am I"
  • "Ain't Nobody Home" by B.B. King

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (1990) Peak position US Billboard 200 [14] 37 US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard) [15] 10

Year-end charts Chart (1991) Position US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard) [16] 46

Singles

Year	Song	Hot R&B Singles	Hot Rap Singles	Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales
1991	"Cause I Can Do It Right"	22	4	47
	"All of Me"	14	–	–
	"It's Hard Being the Kane"	91	17	–

References

1. Henderson, Alex. "Big Daddy Kane: Taste of Chocolate". AllMusic .
2. Christgau, Robert (2000). Christgau's Consumer Guide: Albums of the '90s . St. Martin's Griffin. p. 157. ISBN   0-312-24560-2 – via Internet Archive.
3. Mack, Bob (November 23, 1990). "Taste of Chocolate". Entertainment Weekly . Archived from the original on August 8, 2020. Retrieved July 17, 2024.
4. Gold, Jonathan (December 2, 1990). "Big Daddy Kane "Taste of Chocolate". Los Angeles Times . Retrieved July 17, 2024.
5. Light, Alan (January 10, 1991). "Recordings: Big Daddy Kane – Taste of Chocolate". Rolling Stone . No. 595. pp. 67–68. Archived from the original on May 8, 2006. Retrieved July 17, 2024.
6. Disco (December 1990). "Record Report: Big Daddy Kane – A Taste Of Chocolate". The Source . No. 16. New York. pp. 56–57. Archived from the original on March 22, 2012. Retrieved July 17, 2014.
7. Big Daddy Kane: Taste of Chocolate. Cold Chillin' Records. October 1990.
8. "Big Daddy Kane: Taste of Chocolate (Billboard 200)". billboard.com. Billboard.
9. "Big Daddy Kane: Taste of Chocolate (Top Soul Albums)". billboard.com. Billboard.
10. "Big Daddy Kane: Cause I Can Do It Right (Hot R&B Singles)". billboard.com. Billboard.
11. "Big Daddy Kane: Cause I Can Do It Right (Hot Rap Singles)". billboard.com. Billboard.
12. "Big Daddy Kane: It's Hard Being the Kane (Hot Rap Singles)". billboard.com. Billboard.
13. "Big Daddy Kane: All of Me (Hot R&B Singles)". billboard.com. Billboard.
14. "Big Daddy Kane Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved April 7, 2021.
15. "Big Daddy Kane Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved April 7, 2021.
16. "Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums – Year-End 1991". Billboard. Retrieved April 7, 2021.