''All Hail the Queen'' is the debut

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. The album was released on November 7, 1989, through Tommy Boy Records. The

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, "Ladies First" featuring

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remains one of Latifah's signature songs. ''All Hail the Queen'' peaked at no. 6 on the '' Billboard'' Top Hip Hop/R&B Albums chart and at no. 124 on the ''Billboard'' 200 chart. "Wrath of My Madness" was the first single from ''All Hail the Queen,'' and was later sampled in

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's "You Can't Play With My Yo-Yo". "Mama Gave Birth to the Soul Children" peaked at no. 14 in the UK.

Critical reception

In 1998, ''All Hail the Queen'' was included in ''

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''s "100 Best Albums" list. It was later featured in Robert Dimery's ''

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''. In 2008, the single "Ladies First" was ranked number 35 on VH1's 100 Greatest Songs Of Hip Hop.

Track listing

Personnel

*Daddy O - Producer, Performer, Mixing *De La Soul - Performer *Dr. Jam - Remixing *KRS-One - Producer, Mixing *Queen Latifah - Producer, Mixing *Monie Love - Performer *DJ Mark the 45 King - Producer, Performer, Mixing *

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- Engineer, Mixing * Prince Paul - Producer, Mixing *Soulshock - Remixing *Dwayne Sumal - Engineer *Rob Sutton - Mixing *Ted Jensen - Mastering *Mike Teelucksingh - Engineer *Little Louie Vega - Producer, Mixing *Dr. Shane Faber - Guitar (Bass), Engineer *Dan Miller - Engineer, Mixing *Bob Coulter - Engineer, Mixing *Al Watts - Engineer, Mixing *Steven Miglio - Artwork, Design, Layout Design *Dante Ross - Production Coordination, Production Consultant *Ultimatum - Remixing *Dilly d'Mus - Assistant Engineer *Louis Vego - Producer, Mixing *Howard Zucker - Typography *Jane Wexler - Photography *Bart Everly - Photography *Christopher Shaw - Engineer *Dan Miller - Mixing *Gawthaman Gobinath - Make-up Artist *Dana Mozie - DMV Regional Record Promoter

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Charting singles

References

External links

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