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from the album Funkdafied (1994)
Billboard Hot 100 peak: #6 (one week)
Weeks in the Top-40: 17
Today's song of the week comes from rapper Shawntae Harris, who records under the moniker Da Brat. She grew up in Chicago, where she won a talent contest that led her to get paired with producer Jermaine Dupri. Signed to his So So Def label, he helmed her debut project Funkdafied. The title track, written by the pair overlaid on a sample of the Isley Brothers' "Between The Sheets", the record became her first and biggest hit...
"Funkdafied" became Da Brat's first top-40 hit and sole solo single to reach the top ten in August of 1994. The song also spent three weeks at #2 on Billboard magazine's R&B chart. Internationally, the track climbed to #17 in New Zealand, and was a minor hit in France at #42 and in the UK at #65.
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Here's Da Brat and Jermaine Dupri appearing live on Showtime At The Apollo in 1994...
Up tomorrow: A soul "guy" is sad you're gone.
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