''Daddy's Home'' is the sixth album by emcee,

Big Daddy Kane Antonio Hardy (born September 10, 1968), better known by his stage name Big Daddy Kane, is an American rapper who began his career in 1986 as a member of the Juice Crew. He is widely regarded as one of the most influential and skilled MCs in hi ...

. It is Big Daddy Kane's only album on

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, released in September 13, 1994. Like his previous album ''

Looks Like a Job For… ''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 ...

'', ''Daddy's Home'' was generally well-received, but lacked in sales. Despite the positive reviews, the album saw a large drop in Kane's commercial popularity, and produced no crossover hit singles, like 1993's "Very Special". The album features the singles "In the PJ's" and the DJ Premier-produced

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"Show & Prove", featuring Ol' Dirty Bastard,

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and a then-unknown

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(credited as "J.Z."), who, at the time, was Kane's protégé. Kane's longtime producer Easy Mo Bee produced three songs on ''Daddy's Home'' and was set to bring in a fourth song for the album. However, Kane rejected it. Easy Mo Bee later gave the track to

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, which he would use for the song "Warning" for his 1994 debut '' Ready To Die''. Following the release of ''Daddy's Home'', Kane took a long break from music, until returning four years later with his seventh album '' Veteranz Day''.

Track listing

Charts

Album

Singles

References

Big Daddy Kane albums 1994 albums MCA Records albums Albums produced by Easy Mo Bee Albums produced by Big Daddy Kane Albums produced by DJ Premier {{1990s-hiphop-album-stub