Singles
The album was preceded by the lead single "Da Baddest Bitch" on December 22, 1999. The single failed to chart on any chart but the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, on which it reached number sixty-four.[15]
The second and final single from the album, "Pull Over", was released on February 13, 2000 and reached number ninety-three on the Hot 100, number forty-six on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart and number forty-one on the Rap Songs chart.[15][16]
Reception
Critical reception
Craig Seymour of Entertainment Weekly reviewed the album saying, "As nasty as Lil' Kim used to be, Trina boldly positions herself as the new queen of randy hip-hop tales in which sex is a contact sport played by rival genders. Spare Miami-bass beats provide the apt low end for her below-the-belt rhymes on Da Baddest Bitch. And a song about the pain of loving a violent, cash-obsessed thug shows that she's as skilled at speaking truths as she is at hawking fantasies."[17]
Billboard says, "Rap divadom has a new challenger. Trina makes her solo debut with the single, "Da Baddest Bitch," off the album of the same name. The 21-year-old rapper, who made her debut on Trick Daddy's party anthem "Nann," proudly carries the torch lit by female MCs like Lil' Kim and Foxy Brown before her, as an artist not afraid to use her feminine wiles to get what she wants. The Miami bass-influenced track, produced by the Black Mob, has Trina making some serious demands on her men in a slow and steady Florida flow. The hook borrows liberally from Michael Jackson's classic "Bad," as it asks, "Who's bad?" Trina shows that female MCs can boast just like the big boys of rap."[18]
Track listing
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1. | "The Big Lick" (featuring The Lost Tribe) | Hugo Boss | 2:54 |
2. | "Da Baddest Bitch" | Black Mob Group | 3:15 |
3. | "If U Wit Me" (featuring Jill Sobule and The Lost Tribe) | Charles Harrison and Leland Robinson | 3:13 |
4. | "Hairdresser Skit" | | 0:36 |
5. | "Ain't Shit" (featuring Lois Lane) | Righteous Funk Boogie | 4:01 |
6. | "Off the Chain Wit It" (featuring Trick Daddy) | Righteous Funk Boogie | 4:14 |
7. | "69 Ways" (featuring J-Shin) | Spiderweb | 2:40 |
8. | "Club Skit" | | 1:11 |
9. | "Ball Wit Me" (featuring 24 Karatz) | The Committee | 3:16 |
10. | "Watch Yo Back" (featuring Twista) | Righteous Funk Boogie | 4:06 |
11. | "Off Glass" (featuring Deuce Poppi) | Righteous Funk Boogie | 3:37 |
12. | "Answering Machine Skit" | | 0:39 |
13. | "I Don't Need You" (featuring Trick Daddy) | Black Mob Group | 2:18 |
14. | "I need" (featuring Tre-6) | Righteous Funk Boogie | 3:46 |
15. | "I'll Always" | Bigg D | 3:23 |
16. | "Mama" (featuring J.A.B.A.N. and J-Shin) | Righteous Funk Boogie | 3:08 |
17. | "Take Me" (featuring Pamela Long) | Red Spyda | 3:55 |
18. | "Pull Over" | Righteous Funk Boogie | 3:13 |
Personnel
Credits for Da Baddest B***h adapted from Allmusic.[20]
- Robert Alexander:Art Direction
- Derrick Baker:Producer
- Richard Bates:Art Direction, Photography
- Black Mob Group:Producer
- Hugo Boss:Producer
- Thomas Bricker:Art Direction, Design
- Mike Caren:Art Direction
- Charles Harrison:Producer
- Solomon "Sox" Hepburn:Executive
- JV:Engineer
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- Alan Lewis:Creative Director
- Mr. Seay:Mixing
- Deuce Poppito Of 24 Karatz:Performer
- Red Spyda:Producer
- Righteous Funk Boogie :Engineer, Producer
- Leland Robinson:Producer
- Alvin Speights:Mixing
- Trick Daddy:Performer
- Trina:Liner Notes
- Dwayne Webb:Producer
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