Blacks' Magic
Blacks' Magic is the third studio album by American hip hop group Salt-N-Pepa. It was released through Next Plateau and London Records on March 19, 1990. For a critical and commercial success, the album peaked at number 38 on the US Billboard 200 and number 15 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart, and has been certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America, denoting shipments in excess of one million copies in the United States. The album spawned four commercially successful singles, three of which reached the top 10 of the Hot Rap Singles chart; "Let's Talk About Sex", "Expression", "Do You Want Me", and "You Showed Me".
Personnel
Credits adapted from the liner notes of Blacks' Magic.Salt-N-Pepa
Additional musicians
- Dante Basco - Rapping
- Jacci McGhee – special guest appearance
- Joyce Martin – background vocals
- Alpha – background vocals
- Omega – background vocals
- Hurby Luv Bug – background vocals
- Kid 'n Play – special guest appearance
- Sybil – special guest appearance
- Stanley Brown – all keyboards
Technical
- Salt – production
- Steevee-O, The Boy Wonder – production
- The Invincibles – production
- Hurby Luv Bug – production ; album concept
- Excalibur – production
- Spinderella – production
- Quicksilver – production
- Play – album concept
- Andre DeBourg – engineering
- Dana 'Dum' Mozie – engineering
- Herb "Pump" Powers – mastering
Artwork
- Charles Lilly – illustration
- Faville Graphics – design