This article is about the album. For the title track from the album, see Funkdafied (song).
1994 studio album by Da Brat
Funkdafied
Studio album by
Da Brat
Released
June 28, 1994
Recorded
1993–1994
Genre
Hip hop, G-funk
Length
31:19
Label
So So Def
Columbia Records
Sony Music
Producer
Jermaine Dupri
Da Brat chronology
Funkdafied (1994)
Anuthatantrum (1996)
Singles from Funkdafied
"Funkdafied" Released: May 13, 1994[1]
"Fa All Y'all" Released: August 25, 1994
"Give It 2 You" Released: October 17, 1994
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source
Rating
AllMusic
[2]
Robert Christgau
[3]
Rolling Stone
(favorable) [4]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide
[5]
Funkdafied is the debut album by American rapper Da Brat. It was released on June 28, 1994, and sold over one million copies, making her the first solo female rapper to go Platinum.[6] Funkdafied debuted and peaked at number 11 on the Billboard 200, and topped the Rap Charts and Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart. The album was preceded by the first single, "Funkdafied", released on May 13, 1994. The single went Platinum in August and then the album went Platinum in January 1995.[1]
^ ab"American certifications – Da Brat – Funkdafied". Recording Industry Association of America.
^Funkdafied at AllMusic
^Christgau, Robert. "CG: Da Brat". RobertChristgau.com. Retrieved May 8, 2013.
^Corio, Paul (January 12, 1995). "Da Brat: Funkdafied : Music Reviews". Rolling Stone. p. 185. Archived from the original on June 11, 2008. Retrieved May 8, 2013.
^Brackett, Nathan; Christian Hoard (2004). The Rolling Stone Album Guide. New York City, New York: Simon and Schuster. p. 207. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8. rolling stone da brat album guide.
^"Nicki Minaj's Pink Friday Ships Platinum: The First Female MC Since Lil' Kim". MTV.
3:13 "American certifications – Da Brat – Funkdafied". Recording Industry Association of America. Funkdafied at AllMusic Christgau, Robert. "CG: Da Brat"...
So Def Recordings two years later to release her debut studio album, Funkdafied (1994). Receiving platinum certification by the Recording Industry Association...
was the final single from Da Brat's platinum-certified album Funkdafied after "Funkdafied" (#6 US) and "Fa All Y'all" (#37 US). It was released in October...
and signed her to his label So So Def Recordings, releasing her debut Funkdafied (1994) which went platinum. So So Def Recordings entered into a distribution...
writer Steve Huey called it "a slight improvement" over her debut record Funkdafied, praising Dupri's beats for going into an "early-'80s urban funk direction"...
between sessions. Da Brat's Funkdafied (1994) was the next huge success for him. He is the vocals on the lead single "Funkdafied", and composed all the music...
veteran female rapper from Chicago, Da Brat, whose debut studio album Funkdafied was the first platinum-certified record by a female rapper. In an April...
Productions in 1999. DJ Hurricane also produced songs for MC Breed album funkdafied one of the songs featured George Clinton. After having parted ways with...
Blowin'" (The D.O.C. song), 1989 "Mind Blowin'", a song by The Brat from Funkdafied "Mind Blowin'", a song by Grits from Dichotomy A, 2004 "Mind Blowin'"...
Dungeon production lab, they said it all, sometimes sang it all—pointedly, funkdafied, and putting on absolutely no East Coast pretense. Classic." All tracks...
Daddy I.U. Lead Pipe June 28 Nice & Smooth Jewel of the Nile Da Brat Funkdafied Big Mike Somethin' Serious House of Pain Same as It Ever Was June 30 Marvaless...
US Hot 100 US R&B US Rap BEL FRA NLD NZ UK "Funkdafied" 1994 6 2 1 — 42 — 17 65 RIAA: Platinum Funkdafied "Fa All Y'all" 37 18 5 — — — — — "Give It 2...
riffs" of Korn. They added that it is a "step away from the spastic, funkdafied metal of 1997's brilliant S.C.I.E.N.C.E. [but] definitely not a step down...
Certification 1993 Hummin' Comin' at 'Cha Xscape RIAA: Platinum 1994 Funkdafied Da Brat RIAA: Platinum 1995 Off the Hook Xscape RIAA: Platinum 1996 Anuthatantrum...
Recuerdos" – Selena "Foule sentimentale" – Alain Souchon (#1 France) "Funkdafied" – Da Brat "Games People Play" – Inner Circle (#4 New Zealand, #7 Sweden...
Year Song Album 1994 "Fa' All Y'all" (Da Brat featuring Kandi) Funkdafied 1996 "Everyday" (MC Lyte featuring Kandi) Bad As I Wanna B 2000 "Don't Think...
(Xscape) Produced By Jermaine Dupri - 59 - - "Funkdafied" (Da Brat) Produced By Jermaine Dupri 6 6 1 - Funkdafied "Fa All Y'all" (Da Brat) Produced By Jermaine...
song had previously been sampled in several songs such as Da Brat's "Funkdafied", Jim Jones' "Summer wit Miami", Keith Murray's "The Most Beautifullest...
Championship (1 time) EWF Tag Team Championship (5 times) – with Rocky Romero Funkdafied Wrestling Federation FWF Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Johnny...
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