Female Preacher

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Female Preacher
Studio album by
ReleasedJuly 9, 1991
Recorded1991
GenreHip hop
Length47:21
LabelA&M
ProducerDJ Wax Dawg, "Juice" The Electric Wire, Tonya Davis, Kellan Fluckiger, Manny Lehman, Mark Mazzetti
CeCe Peniston chronology
Female Preacher
(1991)
Finally
(1992)
Singles from Female Preacher
  1. "Ace Is a Spade"
  2. "I Like It"

Female Preacher is the debut, and to date the only album recorded by Tonya Davis, a US rapper better known as Overweight Pooch, which was released in 1991 on A&M Records. Although the record indicated that Pooch had some potential, her album didn't go far commercially.

Three songs were issued on single including a promo release, "Hip House Party", initially also promoted on Jam Harder: The A&M Underground Dance Compilation in 1990.[1] The compilation scored at number sixty-three on the U.S. R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart and at number one-hundred-thirty-one on the Top 200 Billboard Albums.[2] "Ace Is a Spade", originally titled as "Ace a Spade", contained samples of "New Day" and the James Brown's hit "Soul Power"[3] The final single from the set "I Like It", it featured background vocals by CeCe Peniston who also contributed to the set with additional two tracks that she also co-wrote; "Kickin' Da Blues" and "Female Preacher". The single itself reached number sixteen in the U.S. Billboard Hot Dance/Music Club Play chart,[4] and peaked at number fifty-eight on the UK Singles Chart[5] in January 1992.

Track listing[edit]

No.TitleWriter(s)Featured artistLength
1."Feeling Good"T. Smith, A. Smith, F. Delgado, J. Brown 4:47
2."Ace Is a Spade"T. Davis, F. Delgado 3:45
3."Boogie-in"T-Wax, F. Delgado 3:08
4."Pooch's Pimpin' Playhouse/Who's Pimping Who"T. Davis, F. Delgado 5:05
5."Kickin' Da Blues"E.L. Linnear, F. Delgado, C. PenistonCeCe Peniston4:16
6."I Like It"E.L. Linnear, F. DelgadoCeCe Peniston5:43
7."Female Preacher"E.L. Linnear, F. Delgado, C. PenistonCeCe Peniston6:31
8."The Overweight Jam"T. Davis, F. Delgado, L. Ritchie, W. Orange 3:37
9."Queen of Rap"T. Davis, F. Delgado 3:32
10."Hip House Party"E.L. Linnear, F. Delgado 4:24
11."Chat Trax"T. Davis, F. Delgado 2:33
Total length:47:21

Releases[edit]

  • US, 75021 5349 (LP, CD, MC)
  • Germany, 395 349 (CD)

Credits and personnel[edit]

Charts[edit]

Singles[edit]

Year Single Peak positions
UK
[6]
US
Dance

[7]
1991 "Ace Is a Spade"
"I Like It" featuring CeCe Peniston 58 16
"—" denotes a single that did not chart or was not released in the region.

References[edit]

General
  • "Overweight Pooch - U.S. Chart History". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media. billboard.com. Retrieved March 21, 2015.
  • "Overweight Pooch - UK Chart History". The Official Charts Company. Music Week. officialcharts.com. Retrieved March 21, 2015.
  • "Overweight Pooch - Discography". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. allmusic.com. Retrieved March 21, 2015.
Specific
  1. ^ 'Jam Harder, The AM Underground Dance Compilation' Discogs
  2. ^ 'Jam Harder, US peak chart positions' AllMusic
  3. ^ 'Rap Samples Faq, James Brown, Soul Power' Archived March 12, 2016, at the Wayback Machine TheBreaks
  4. ^ 'Overweight Pooch, I Like It, US Dance peak chart positions' Billboard
  5. ^ 'Overweight Pooch, I Like It, UK peak chart positions' Chart Stats
  6. ^ For peak positions of "I Like It" in UK, see the general link, or follow the OfficialCharts link.
  7. ^ For peak positions of "I Like It" in USA, use the general link, or login to billboard.biz website to access also the billboard.biz link with additional information.

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