The Chinaman (album)

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The Chinaman
The Chinaman a Fresh Kid Ice Album.jpg
Studio album by
Fresh Kid Ice
ReleasedJuly 15, 1992
StudioLuke (Liberty City, FL)
Genre Hip hop
Producer Fresh Kid Ice
Fat Daddy
Eddie Miller
Shake G
DJ MadMan
Fresh Kid Ice chronology
The Chinaman
(1992)		Still Nasty
(2000)
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The Chinaman is the first studio album by American rapper Fresh Kid Ice (Christopher Wong Won) of the 2 Live Crew. [2] It was released on July 15, 1992, by Effect Records.

Contents

It reached number 38 on the Billboard Heatseekers Albums chart and No. 56 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart. The album was the first American hip hop album to embrace having an Asian heritage.

Production

Wong Won said he took on the project in 1992, because he wanted to distanced himself from 2 Live Crew member Luther Campbell, who at the time had a beef with Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg. He felt it was awkward and out of place since all previous interaction with them had been friendly, hence he suggested a solo project to his label, and started it without a budget. He also said, without taking an advance, all beats were programmed in his garage with friends and artists he produced, they went into the company's studio and recorded it and that it sold over 200,000 copies with very limited promotion. The singles were "Dick 'Em Down," "I'll Be There," and "Freak 'Em Down" (the clean version of "Dick 'Em Down"). [3]

Charts

On the Billboard charts, the album peaked at No. 38 and stayed two weeks on the Heatseekers Albums chart. The Chinaman was also on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart for ten weeks, peaking at No. 56. [4] [5]

Legacy

The Chinaman is the first American hip hop album to embrace an Asian heritage. It inverts the stereotypes into prideful declarations of self-identity. [6]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Dick 'Em Down"3:07
2."Pussy Ain't Shit"3:00
3."Dance to the Rhythm"3:40
4."From the Botton to da Top"3:57
5."Long Dick Chinese"2:42
6."Miami da Bottom"4:20
7."I'll Be Here"3:45
8."Kid Ice Groove"3:20
9."Splak It Like You Like It"2:48
10."Bad Boys Move in Silence"5:25
11."Roll Call"3:29
12."Demon"3:40
13."Freestyle"3:18
14."Madd-Mix"5:00
15."Shot-Outs (Holla' at Me)"3:17

Personnel

Charts

Chart (1992)Peak
position
US Heatseekers Albums ( Billboard ) [7] 38
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums ( Billboard ) [8] 56

References

  1. ↑ "The Chinaman Fresh Kid Ice". AllMusic. Retrieved July 8, 2024.
  2. ↑ Bynoe, Yvonne (2006). Encyclopedia of Rap and Hip Hop Culture. Bloomsbury Academic. p. 392.
  3. ↑ Wong Won, Christopher "Fresh Kid Ice" (July 20, 2015). "28. The Chinaman (1992)". "My Rise 2 Fame": The Tell All Autobiography of a Hip Hop Legend. Iconic Three Media Group, LLC. pp. 2712–2744. ASIN   B010NY9W06.
  4. ↑ "Heatseekers Albums Fresh Kid Ice Is The Chinaman". Billboard. Archived from the original on April 11, 2022.
  5. ↑ "Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums Fresh Kid Ice The Chinaman". Billboard. Archived from the original on April 10, 2022.
  6. ↑ Schwartz, Zachary (2015). "A brief history of Asians in hip-hop, from 2 Live Crew to "It G Ma"". Playboy. Archived from the original on December 3, 2015. Retrieved November 20, 2015.
  7. ↑ "Fresh Kid Ice Chart History (Heatseekers Albums)". Billboard .
  8. ↑ "Fresh Kid Ice Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)". Billboard .
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