Blacks' Magic

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Blacks' Magic is the third album by rap group, Salt-N-Pepa and was released in 1990 on Next Plateau Records. A critical and commercial success, the album peaked at #38 on the Billboard 200, #15 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop album charts and was certified Platinum by the RIAA. The album featured four hit singles, three of which made it to the top 10 of the Hot Rap Singles chart; "Let's Talk About Sex" (U.S. #13, UK #2), "Expression" (U.S. #26, UK #23), "Do You Want Me" (U.S. #21, UK #5) and "You Showed Me" (U.S. #47, UK #15).

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Track listing

1. "Expression" (Coltrane, James) - 4:04
2. "Doper Than Dope" (Fingerprints) - 4:21
3. "Negro Wit' an Ego" (Fingerprints) - 3:40
4. "You Showed Me" (Clark, McGuinn)- 4:01
5. "Do You Want Me" (Fingerprints) - 4:52
6. "Swift" (Fingerprints) - 4:04
7. "I Like to Party" (Fingerprints) - 3:51
8. "Blacks' Magic" (Fingerprints) - 4:16
9. "Start the Party" (James) - 3:51
10. "Let's Talk About Sex" (Fingerprints) - 3:29
11. "I Don't Know" (Modeliste, Neville, Porter, Nocintelli) - 3:11
12. "Live and Die" (Fingerprints, McCartney) - 3:07
13. "Independent" (James) - 4:46

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Samples

Expression

• "Take Me to the Mardi Gras" by Bob James
• "Terminator X Speaks With His Hands" by Public Enemy

Doper Than Dope

• "Nautilus" by Bob James

You Showed Me

• "You Showed Me" by The Turtles

Do You Want Me

• "Say It Loud, I'm Black and I'm Proud" by James Brown

Black's Magic

• "You Can Have Watergate Just Gimme Some Bucks and I'll Be Straight" by Fred Wesley and The J.B.'s

Let's Talk About Sex

• "Kool Is Back" by Funk, Inc.
• "I'll Take You There" by The Staple Singers

Independent

• "Impeach the President" by The Honey Drippers

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Personnel

• Alpha - Background vocals
• Hurby "Luv Bug" Azor - Producer, Concept
• Boy Wonder - Producer
• Stanley Brown - Keyboards
• Andre Debourg - Engineer
• Excalibur - Producer
• Invincibles - Background vocals, Producer
• Cheryl "Salt" James - Producer
• Kid 'N Play - Vocals
• Joyce Martin - Background vocals
• Jacci McGhee - Vocals
• Omega - Background vocals
• Play - Concept
• Herb Powers - Mastering
• Quicksilver - Producer
• Salt-N-Pepa - Vocals
• Spinderella - Producer
• Steevee-O - Producer
• Sybil - Vocals, Performer

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References

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External links

• Blacks' Magic at AllMusic. Retrieved November 14, 2016.

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