Taste of Chocolate

Taste of Chocolate is the third album by American rapper Big Daddy Kane, released in October 1990 on Cold Chillin' Records.[6] The album reached No. 10 on the Billboard Top Soul Albums chart and No. 37 on the Billboard 200 chart.[7][8]

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)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Robert Christgau	[2]
Entertainment Weekly	(B)[3]
Los Angeles Times	[4]
Rolling Stone	[5]

Overview

Artists such as Barbara Weathers, Gerald Albright and Barry White appeared on the album.[6]

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.[9][10] "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.[11][12]

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[13][14]

Charts

Album

Year	Chart	Peak position
1990	US Billboard 200	37[7]
	US Billboard Top Soul Albums	10[8]

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.com. Allmusic.
2. Robert Christgau review
3. Mack, Bob (November 23, 1990). "Taste of Chocolate". ew.com. Entertainment Weekly.
4. Gold, Jonathan (December 2, 1990). "BIG DADDY KANE "Taste of Chocolate". latimes.com. Los Angeles Times.
5. Rolling Stone review
6. Big Daddy Kane: Taste of Chocolate. Cold Chillin' Records. October 1990.
7. "Big Daddy Kane: Taste of Chocolate (Billboard 200)". billboard.com. Billboard.
8. "Big Daddy Kane: Taste of Chocolate (Top Soul Albums)". billboard.com. Billboard.
9. "Big Daddy Kane: Cause I Can Do It Right (Hot R&B Singles)". billboard.com. Billboard.
10. "Big Daddy Kane: Cause I Can Do It Right (Hot Rap Singles)". billboard.com. Billboard.
11. "Big Daddy Kane: It's Hard Being the Kane (Hot Rap Singles)". billboard.com. Billboard.
12. "Big Daddy Kane: All of Me (Hot R&B Singles)". billboard.com. Billboard.
13. "Taste of Chocolate by Big Daddy Kane". secondhandsongs.com.
14. "Big Daddy Kane". the-breaks.com.