Big Bad Mama (Foxy Brown song)

"Big Bad Mama"
Single by Foxy Brown featuring Dru Hill
from the album Ill Na Na and Def Jam's How to Be a Player soundtrack
B-side
  • "Never Seen Before"
  • by EPMD
ReleasedJuly 28, 1997
Recorded1996
GenreHip hop
Length3:53
LabelDef Jam
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Trackmasters
Foxy Brown singles chronology
"I'll Be"
(1997) 		"Big Bad Mama"
(1997) 		"Firm Biz"
(1997)

"Big Bad Mama" is a single by American rapper Foxy Brown and American R&B group Dru Hill from the soundtrack to the 1997 film, How to Be a Player. The song also appeared on the European re-issue of Foxy Brown's debut album, Ill Na Na.

The song, which was produced by the Trackmasters and based on an interpolation of Carl Carlton's "She's a Bad Mama Jama", became a semi-successful hit, peaking at 53 on the Billboard Hot 100, Foxy's second highest charting single as a solo artist. The single was released with the then recently reunited EPMD's "Never Seen Before" as the B-side.

Single track listing

A side

  1. "Big Bad Mama" (LP version)
  2. "Big Bad Mama" (instrumental)

B side

  1. "Never Seen Before" (LP version)
  2. "Never Seen Before" (LP instrumental)
  3. "Never Seen Before" (remix)

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1997) Peak
position
Europe (European Hot 100 Singles)[2] 45
Germany (GfK)[3] 30
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[4] 33
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[5] 41
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[6] 8
Scotland (OCC)[7] 48
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[8] 51
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[9] 23
UK Hip Hop/R&B (OCC)[10] 3
UK Dance (OCC)[11] 2
UK Singles (OCC)[12] 12
US Billboard Hot 100[13] 53
US Dance Singles Sales (Billboard)[14] 3
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard)[15] 10
US Hot Rap Songs (Billboard)[16] 9
US Rhythmic (Billboard)[17] 20

Year-end charts

Chart (1997) Position
UK Urban (Music Week)[18] 29
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard)[19] 65

References

  1. ^ Big Bad Mamma - Foxy Brown, Dru Hill | Song Info | AllMusic, retrieved September 8, 2021
  2. ^ "Euro Chart Hot 100" (PDF). Music & Media. October 18, 1997. p. 13. Retrieved June 21, 2018.
  3. ^ "FOXY BROWN FEAT. DRU HILL – BIG BAD MAMMA" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts. Retrieved March 1, 2019.
  4. ^ "Nederlandse Top 40 – week 44, 1997" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40. Retrieved March 25, 2018.
  5. ^ "FOXY BROWN FEAT. DRU HILL – BIG BAD MAMMA" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved March 25, 2018.
  6. ^ "FOXY BROWN FEAT. DRU HILL – BIG BAD MAMMA". Top 40 Singles. Retrieved March 25, 2018.
  7. ^ "Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 2018-03-25.
  8. ^ "FOXY BROWN FEAT. DRU HILL – BIG BAD MAMMA". Singles Top 100. Retrieved March 25, 2018.
  9. ^ "FOXY BROWN FEAT. DRU HILL – BIG BAD MAMMA". Swiss Singles Chart. Retrieved March 25, 2018.
  10. ^ "Official Hip Hop and R&B Singles Chart Top 40". Official Charts Company. Retrieved March 25, 2018.
  11. ^ "Official Dance Singles Chart Top 40". Official Charts Company. Retrieved March 25, 2018.
  12. ^ "Foxy Brown: Artist Chart History". Official Charts Company. Retrieved March 25, 2018.
  13. ^ "Foxy-Brown Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved March 25, 2018.
  14. ^ "Foxy-Brown Chart History (Dance Singles Sales)". Billboard. Retrieved April 10, 2022.
  15. ^ "Foxy-Brown Chart History (Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved March 25, 2018.
  16. ^ "Foxy-Brown Chart History (Hot Rap Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved March 25, 2018.
  17. ^ "Foxy-Brown Chart History (Rhythmic)". Billboard. Retrieved March 25, 2018.
  18. ^ "The Urban Top 40 Tracks Of 1997" (PDF). Music Week. January 10, 1998. p. 6. Retrieved August 6, 2023.
  19. ^ "Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs – Year-End 1997". Billboard. Archived from the original on August 3, 2015. Retrieved October 20, 2021.