Big Bad Mama (Foxy Brown song)

"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.

"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
Released	July 28, 1997
Recorded	1996
Genre	Hip hop
Length	3:53
Label	Def Jam
Songwriter(s)	Shawn Carter Samuel Barnes Jean-Claude Olivier Leon Haywood[1]
Producer(s)	Trackmasters
Foxy Brown singles chronology
"I'll Be" (1997) "Big Bad Mama" (1997) "Firm Biz" (1997)

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.