She's a Bad Mama Jama (She's Built, She's Stacked)
"She's a Bad Mama Jama " is a single by Carl Carlton. The song was written by Leon Haywood and became a major R&B hit, earning Carlton a Grammy Award nomination for Best R&B Vocal Performance, Male in 1982. Carlton's subsequent album, Carl Carlton, went gold in 1981. "She's a Bad Mama Jama" has since become a staple of compilation albums and soundtracks.
The track peaked at number 22 in the U.S. It spent 21 weeks on the American charts, six weeks longer than his bigger hit, "Everlasting Love." "She's a Bad Mama Jama" also spent eight weeks at number 2 on the R&B/Soul chart. And on popular Top 40 radio station WABC in New York City, it hit number 3 at the end of September 1981. "She's a Bad Mama Jama" was certified a Gold record. Outside the US, it reached number 34 on the UK Singles Chart.
Sampling
- The song has been often sampled in rap music, including Foxy Brown and Dru Hill's "Big Bad Mama".
- On May 27, 1999, Chinese American singer Coco Lee sampled "She's a Bad Mama Jama" into her track in Mandarin, produced by Korean-American Asian music producer Jae Chong, called "We Can Dance" featured on her album, From Today Until Forever.
- On October 20, 2023, American rapper Flo Milli sampled "She's a Bad Mama Jama" into her track "BGC".