Act a Fool (album)

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Act a Fool

Studio album by King Tee
Released	November 16, 1988
Genre	Hip Hop
Length	42:38
Label	Capitol Records
Producer(s)	DJ Pooh King Tee
All Music Guide link
King Tee chronology
	Act a Fool (1988)	At Your Own Risk (1990)

Act a Fool is the debut album by West Coast hip hop artist King Tee. It is considered to be one of his better albums. Its success can be attributed to its production which is handled by DJ Pooh and King Tee himself, or the lack of guest appearances. King Tee is the only vocalist on the entire album--aside from Breeze and Mixmaster Spade on "Just Clowning--and his rhymes are described as "[d]efiant, angry, confrontational, and bemused" by Ron Wynn of All Music Guide.^[1] Act a Fool was not a commercially successful album as inferred by its Billboard 200 chart position (#125). Its title track did reach #29 on the Hot Rap Singles chart, and "Bass" which is remixed on this album, reached #19 on the same chart.

Five of the eleven tracks on King Tee's debut album were later included on his greatest hits album, Ruff Rhymes: Greatest Hits Collection, in 1998.

1 Track listing
2 Samples
3 Album singles
4 Album chart positions
5 Singles chart positions
6 References

[edit] Track listing

#	Title	Producer(s)	Performer (s)
1	"Act a Fool"	DJ Pooh	King Tee
2	"Ko Rock Stuff"	DJ Pooh	King Tee
3	"The Coolest"	DJ Pooh	King Tee
4	"Flirt"	DJ Pooh	King Tee
5	"Baggin' on Moms"	King Tee	King Tee
6	"Bass (Remix)"	DJ Pooh	King Tee
7	"Let's Dance"	DJ Pooh	King Tee
8	"Guitar Playin'"	DJ Pooh, King Tee	King Tee
9	"Payback's a Mutha"	DJ Pooh	King Tee
10	"Just Clowning"	DJ Pooh	Breeze, King Tee, Mixmaster Spade
11	"I Got a Cold"	King Tee	King Tee

[edit] Samples

Act a Fool

"Give the Baby Anything the Baby Wants" by Joe Tex
"I Gotcha" by Joe Tex
"Lover Jones" by Johnny "Guitar" Watson
"The Back Down" by Richard Pryor
"New Year's Eve" by Richard Pryor

Ko Rock Stuff

"Cardova" by The Meters

The Coolest

"Cissy Strut" by The Meters

Payback's a Mutha

"The Payback (Intro)" by James Brown
"I Gotcha" by Joe Tex

Just Clowning

"Aquaboogie (A Psychoalphadiscobetabioaquadoloop)" by Parliament

[edit] Album singles

Single cover	Single information
	"Paybacks a Mutha" Released: 1987 B-side: "Special Thanx"
	"The Coolest" Released: 1987 B-side: "Ya Better Bring A Gun"
	"Act a Fool" Released: 1989 B-side: "Can This Be Real?"

[edit] Album chart positions

Year	Album	Chart positions
		Billboard 200	Top R&B/Hip Hop Albums
1988	Act a Fool	#125	#35

[edit] Singles chart positions

Year	Song	Chart positions
Year	Song	Billboard Hot 100	Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks	Hot Rap Singles
1989	Act a Fool	-	-	#26
1989	Bass	-	-	#19

[edit] References

^ http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:fl5j8qttbt04

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