Looks Like a Job For...

Looks Like a Job For...
Studio album by
Big Daddy Kane
ReleasedMay 25, 1993
Recorded1992–1993
GenreHip hop
Length49:05
Labels
Producers
Big Daddy Kane chronology
Prince of Darkness
(1991)		 Looks Like a Job For...
(1993)		 Daddy's Home
(1994)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusicStarStarStarStar
Entertainment WeeklyB
The New Rolling Stone Album GuideStarStarStar
The SourceStarStarStarHalf star

Looks Like a Job For... is the fifth album by emcee Big Daddy Kane, released in 1993 on Cold Chillin' Records.

After the commercial failure of his 1991 album Prince of Darkness, Kane was able to reclaim his past status, with an album considered a return to his prior greatness. Unlike previous albums, Kane involved a large number of outside producers for the project including future production stars the Trackmasters, Easy Mo Bee, and Large Professor.

Looks Like a Job For... featured Kane's first Top 40 Billboard Hot 100 hit, "Very Special," as well as the underground hip-hop hit "How U Get a Record Deal?" and a remix of the track "’Nuff Respect," which was originally from the soundtrack of the film Juice.

Album guests include Kane's brother Little Daddy Shane, Kane's backup dancers Scoob & Scrap Lover, and Spinderella of Salt-N-Pepa.

Track listing

No.TitleProducer(s)Length
1."Looks Like a Job for..."Trackmasters3:56
2."How U Get a Record Deal?"Trackmasters3:56
3."Chocolate City" (featuring Mister Cee, Scoob Lover, Scrap Lover and Lil Daddy Shane)
  • Trackmasters
  • DJ Clash
  • Robert Brown
3:01
4."Prelude"Big Daddy Kane0:55
5."The Beef Is On"Big Daddy Kane3:23
6."Stop Shammin'"Easy Mo Bee3:56
7."Brother Man, Brother Man" (featuring Lil Daddy Shane)Cool V3:06
8."Rest In Peace"Easy Mo Bee4:15
9."Very Special" (featuring Spinderella, Laree Williams and Karen Anderson)Big Daddy Kane5:03
10."Here Comes Kane, Scoob and Scrap" (featuring Scoob Lover and Scrap Lover)Easy Mo Bee4:24
11."Niggaz Never Learn"Large Professor3:06
12."Give It to Me"
3:38
13."'Nuff Respect" (Remix)Easy Mo Bee (original produced by Hank Shocklee, Gary G-Wiz)3:15
14."Finale"Big Daddy Kane3:10

Album singles

Single information
"How U Get a Record Deal?"
  • Released: April 15, 1993
  • B-Side: "Here Comes Kane, Scoob and Scrap"
"Very Special"
  • Released: August 26, 1993
  • B-Side: "Stop Shammin'"

Charts

Singles

Year Song Chart positions
Billboard Hot 100 Hot R&B Singles Hot Rap Singles Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales Rhythmic Top 40
1993 "How U Get a Record Deal?" - 86 7 22 -
"Very Special" 31 23 9 24 6

References

  1. ↑ Bush, John. Looks Like a Job For... at AllMusic
  2. ↑ Bernard, James (May 28, 1993). "Looks Like a Job For... Review". Entertainment Weekly. No. 172. Retrieved August 20, 2012.{{cite magazine}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  3. ↑ Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian David (2004). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide: Completely Revised and Updated 4th Edition - Nathan Brackett - Google Boeken. Simon and Schuster. ISBN 9780743201698. Retrieved August 20, 2012.
  4. ↑ Oh, Minya "Shortie" (July 1993). "Record Report: Big Daddy Kane – Looks Like A Job For...". The Source. No. 46. New York. pp. 68–69.
  5. ↑ "Big Daddy Kane Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved March 4, 2017.
  6. ↑ "Big Daddy Kane Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved March 4, 2017.
  7. ↑ "1993 The Year in Music" (PDF). Billboard. Vol. 105, no. 52. December 25, 1993. p. YE-28. Retrieved June 3, 2021.