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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.

CD version

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

  1. Clermont Lounge #1 – 0:55
  2. "Black Mall" – 3:47
  3. ODB Words of Wisdom #1 – 0:15
  4. "Crazy White Kids" – 8:26
  5. Monica Interview – 1:58
  6. "Porno PSA" – 1:32
  7. "No Sex" – 4:22
  8. "Taxes" – 1:57
  9. ODB Words of Wisdom #2 – 0:17
  10. Savion Glover – 1:02
  11. "Insurance" – 8:17
  12. Clermont Lounge #2 – 0:58
  13. Nerd & Fly Girl – 2:58
  14. "Race" – 4:17
  15. NYPD – 1:29
  16. ODB Words of Wisdom #3 – 0:19
  17. Roger & Zapp – 0:29
  18. "Two Women" – 4:07
  19. Table Dance – 2:29
  20. Snow Flake – 3:10
  21. "Women" – 7:54
  22. Me & ODB – 7:09

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Bigger & Blacker won the 2000 Grammy Award for Best Spoken Comedy Album.

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Sales

Region Certification Certified units/sales
United States — 404,000[2]

References

  1. ^ "Red Bull Music Academy Daily". Red Bull Music Academy Daily. 2019-08-13. Retrieved 2022-11-02.
  2. ^ Cohen, Jonathan (4 February 2004). "Billboard Bits: Chris Rock, Ben Folds, Badly Drawn Boy". Billboard. Retrieved 5 June 2018.

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