Bigger & Blacker is a television special that premiered on HBO on July 10, 1999, starring comedian Chris Rock. This is Rock's third special for HBO and was recorded at the Apollo Theater in Harlem.
| Bigger & Blacker | |
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| Genre | Stand-up comedy |
| Written by | Chris Rock |
| Directed by | Keith Truesdell |
| Starring | Chris Rock |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| Production | |
| Executive producers | Chris Rock Michael Rotenberg Sandy Chanley |
| Producer | Tom Bull |
| Editor | Grady Cooper |
| Running time | 65 minutes |
| Production companies | CR Enterprises Production Partners 3 Arts Entertainment |
| Original release | |
| Network | HBO |
| Release | July 10, 1999 |
CD version
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| Released | July 13, 1999 | |||
| Recorded | May 1999 | |||
| Venue | Apollo Theater, Harlem | |||
| Genre | Comedy | |||
| Length | 67:53 | |||
| Label | DreamWorks | |||
| Producer | Prince Paul & Don Newkirk | |||
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The CD version was released on July 13, 1999, on the DreamWorks label. The album features the same live stand-up comedy material from the HBO special, but it also includes studio-recorded comic sketches, featuring Ol' Dirty Bastard, Biz Markie, Gerald Levert, Ali LeRoi, Wanda Sykes, Kaz Silver, Horatio Sanz, Ice Cube, Robin Montague, Kali Londono, Don Newkirk, Kate Wright, and Nneka Kai Morton.
Track listing
edit- Clermont Lounge #1 – 0:55
- "Black Mall" – 3:47
- ODB Words of Wisdom #1 – 0:15
- "Crazy White Kids" – 8:26
- Monica Interview – 1:58
- "Porno PSA" – 1:32
- "No Sex" – 4:22
- "Taxes" – 1:57
- ODB Words of Wisdom #2 – 0:17
- Savion Glover – 1:02
- "Insurance" – 8:17
- Clermont Lounge #2 – 0:58
- Nerd & Fly Girl – 2:58
- "Race" – 4:17
- NYPD – 1:29
- ODB Words of Wisdom #3 – 0:19
- Roger & Zapp – 0:29
- "Two Women" – 4:07
- Table Dance – 2:29
- Snow Flake – 3:10
- "Women" – 7:54
- Me & ODB – 7:09
Reviews
edit| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   link |
Bigger & Blacker won the 2000 Grammy Award for Best Spoken Comedy Album.
Personnel
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Sales
edit| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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| United States | — | 404,000[2] |
References
edit- ^ "Red Bull Music Academy Daily". Red Bull Music Academy Daily. 2019-08-13. Retrieved 2022-11-02.
- ^ Cohen, Jonathan (4 February 2004). "Billboard Bits: Chris Rock, Ben Folds, Badly Drawn Boy". Billboard. Retrieved 5 June 2018.