Additional production contributions were made by Teddy Riley, Havoc of Mobb Deep, Rich Nice, Charly “Shuga Bear” Charles and China “Black Divine” Allah, who crafted the sonic landscape for Foxy to announce her official arrival. Ill Na Na consisted of radio friendly jams, club bangers, and street anthems. But the MCs were painted as rivals, pushing the false narrative that hip-hop only has room for one female star.Ĭlick to load video Eating rhymes for breakfast Released exactly one week after Lil Kim’s explosive debut, Hardcore, Ill Na Na immediately emerged as the work of another female changing the game. Released on Def Jam, and with Trackmasters at the helm as executive producers, the album harnessed a winning formula of looping R&B songs into hip-hop hits, resulting in a genre-shifting record. On November 19, 1996, Foxy dropped her highly anticipated debut album, Ill Na Na. The stage was set for her full-length debut album. Wielding these high-profile guest appearances, Foxy was a household name before she had a record deal. Everybody knew that we had to seize the opportunity because this was the record that was gonna launch her.” A household name without a record dealĪfter appearing on this star-studded posse cut, Foxy jumped on a number of features, starting with the “You’re Makin’ Me High” remix by Toni Braxton, and two cuts off the The Nutty Professor soundtrack, including “Touch Me Tease Me” by Case and Mary J Blige, and “Ain’t No Ni_a” by an up-and-coming rapper named Jay Z. “So we did the Def Jam deal and then immediately we started on that record. “So when she got on the beat and murdered it, everybody was like, ‘Yo, this is it,’” said Trackmaster member Poke in an interview with Complex.
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