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