''The World's Greatest Entertainer'' is the second album released by Doug E. Fresh. It was released in 1988 on Reality Records, a short-lived subsidiary of

Fantasy Records Fantasy Records is an American independent record label company founded by brothers Max and Sol Stanley Weiss in 1949. The early years of the company were dedicated to issuing recordings by jazz pianist Dave Brubeck, who was also one of its inves ...

, and was produced by Doug E. Fresh, Eric "Vietnam" Sadler, Ollie Cotton and Carl Ryder. The album gained a fair amount of success, peaking at #88 on the ''Billboard'' 200 and #7 on the

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, and featured the single "Keep Risin' to the Top," which peaked at #4 on the

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Track listing

#"Guess? Who?" - 4:26 #"Every Body Got 2 Get Some" - 3:45 #"D.E.F. = Doug E. Fresh" - 4:12 #"On the Strength" - 2:50 #"Keep Risin’ to the Top" - 3:50 #"Greatest Entertainer" - 4:42 #"I'm Gettin’ Ready" - 4:52 #"Cut That Zero" - 3:53 #"The Plane (So High)" - 4:04 #"Ev’rybody Loves a Star" - 4:00 #"Crazy ’Bout Cars" - 4:30 #"Africa (Goin’ Back Home)" - 3:33

Samples list

*"On the Strength" **"Mother Popcorn" by

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*"Keep Risin' To The Top" **"Keep Rising To The Top" by

Keni Burke Kenneth M. "Keni" Burke (born September 28, 1951) is an American singer, songwriter, record producer, and multi-instrumentalist. He began his career with four siblings in the 1970s band the Five Stairsteps. Biography Five Stairsteps As a membe ...

**"Ain't No Half Steppin'" by

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*"Cut that Zero" **" Casanova" by

LeVert LeVert was an American R&B vocal group from Cleveland, Ohio, United States. Formed in 1983, LeVert was composed of Sean and Gerald Levert (sons of Eddie Levert, founder and lead singer of R&B/Soul vocal group O'Jays) and Marc Gordon.Wells, ...

*"Ev'rybody Loves a Star" **"One More Chance" by

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**"In the Air Tonight Tonight" by

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**"Uphill Peace of Mind" by Kid Dynamite

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

References

1988 albums Doug E. Fresh albums Fantasy Records albums {{1980s-hiphop-album-stub