''Daddy's Little Girl'' is the only studio album by American rapper

Nikki D Nichelle Dayveena Strong (born September 10, 1968), known by her stage name Nikki D is an American rapper. Career Strong signed with Def Jam in 1989 and released her debut single "Lettin' Off Steam" the following year. It was produced by Sam S ...

. It was released on September 3, 1991 through

Def Jam Recordings Def Jam Recordings (also simply known as Def Jam) is an American multinational record label owned by Universal Music Group. It is based in Manhattan, New York City, specializing predominantly in hip hop, contemporary R&B, soul and pop. The l ...

. Recording sessions took place at Power Play Studios,

Chung King Studios Chung King Studios was a recording studio that operated in New York City under that name from 1986 to 2015. It was founded by producer John King and engineer Steve Ett with financial backing from the Etches brothers, occupying three different loca ...

Greene St. Recording Greene St. Recording was a New York City recording studio, located at 112 Greene Street in SoHo, Manhattan, until its closure in 2001. It was one of the early headquarters of hip hop music during the 1980s and 1990s. History Background In the ...

, Libra Digital Sound, Marathon Studios and Island Media Studios in

New York New York most commonly refers to: * New York (state), a state in the northeastern United States * New York City, the most populous city in the United States, located in the state of New York New York may also refer to: Places United Kingdom * ...

Production Production may refer to: Economics and business * Production (economics) * Production, the act of manufacturing goods * Production, in the outline of industrial organization, the act of making products (goods and services) * Production as a stat ...

was handled by S.I.D. Reynolds,

Leaders of the New School Leaders of the New School was an American hip hop group based in Long Island, New York. History 1986–1990: Early Years In 1984, Leaders of the New School was formed by Long Island natives Charlie Brown (born Bryan Higgins on September 19, ...

, The Epitome of Scratch, Eric "Vietnam" Sadler,

Large Professor William Paul Mitchell (born March 21, 1972), better known by the stage name of Large Professor (also Extra P. and Large Pro), is an American rapper and music producer. Based in New York City, he is known as a founding member of the underground ...

, Smooth Ice, Prince Paul and Sam Sever. The album reached number 54 on the US ''

Billboard A billboard (also called a hoarding in the UK and many other parts of the world) is a large outdoor advertising structure (a billing board), typically found in high-traffic areas such as alongside busy roads. Billboards present large advertis ...

Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums is a music chart published weekly by '' Billboard'' magazine that ranks R&B and hip-hop albums based on sales in the United States and is compiled by Luminate. The chart debuted as Hot R&B LPs in the issue dated January 30, ...

; while its eponymous lead single reached No. 10 on the

Hot Dance Singles Sales The Dance Singles Sales was a record chart released weekly by ''Billboard'' magazine listing each week's best-selling dance singles in the United States. Its previous names include Hot Dance/Disco 12-inch Singles Sales (1985–1987), Hot Dance Mu ...

and No. 1 on the

Hot Rap Singles Hot Rap Songs (formerly known as Hot Rap Tracks and Hot Rap Singles) is a chart released weekly by ''Billboard'' in the United States. It lists the 25 most popular hip-hop/rap songs, calculated weekly by airplay on rhythmic and urban radio statio ...

. The album is notable for being Def Jam's first rap album released by a female.

Track listing

Personnel

*Nichelle "

" Strong – vocals *Sidney "S.I.D." Reynolds – producer (tracks: 1, 3, 9, 10), mixing (tracks: 3, 9, 10) *Bryan "Charlie Brown" Higgins – producer (tracks: 2, 4, 6) *James " Dinco D" Jackson – producer (tracks: 2, 4, 6) *Sheldon "Cut Monitor Milo" Scott – producer (tracks: 2, 4, 6) *Trevor "

Busta Rhymes Trevor George Smith Jr. (born May 20, 1972), known professionally as Busta Rhymes, is an American rapper, singer and actor. Chuck D of Public Enemy gave him the moniker Busta Rhymes, after National Football League, NFL and Canadian Football Lea ...

" Smith – producer (tracks: 2, 4, 6) *Robert "Epitome" Taylor – producer (track 5), co-producer (track 7) * Eric "Vietnam" Sadler – producer (track 7) *Arthur "Smooth Ice" Robinson – producer (tracks: 8, 11) *" Prince Paul" Huston – producer (track 12) *Sam "Sever" Citrin – producer (track 13) *Camille Gainer – co-producer (track 11) *

Russell Simmons Russell Wendell Simmons (born October 4, 1957) is an American entrepreneur, writer and record executive. He co-founded the hip-hop label Def Jam Recordings, and created the clothing fashion lines Phat Farm, Argyleculture, and Tantris. He has p ...

– executive producer *Anton Pukshansky – recording (tracks: 1, 3) *Steve Greenwell – recording & mixing (tracks: 2, 4, 6) *Josh Chervokas – mixing (track 1) *Kevin Reynolds – mixing (tracks: 3, 9, 10) *Charles Dos Santos – recording & mixing (track 5) *Chris Shaw – recording & mixing (tracks: 5, 7) *

Michael Mangini Michael Mangini is an American record producer and owner of Mojo Music, a production and artist management company. He has worked with Digable Planets, Imani Coppola, and Baha Men, among others. Early life Mangini started his career in the ...

– recording & mixing (track 6) *Paul "

" Mitchell – post-production & re-mixing (track 8) *Chris Champion – re-mixing (track 8) *Tony Aliprantis – recording (tracks: 9, 10) *Tony Papamichael – recording (tracks: 9, 10) *Christopher Savino – recording (track 11) *Ted Sabety – mixing (track 11) *Mike Teelucksingh – recording & mixing (track 12) *Joe Grant – photography *Faith Newman – A&R

Charts

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Daddy's Little Girl (Album) 1991 debut albums Columbia Records albums Def Jam Recordings albums Albums recorded at Chung King Studios Albums recorded at Greene St. Recording Albums produced by Prince Paul (producer)