Female Preacher

Female Preacher is the debut, and to date the only album recorded by Tonya Davis, a US rapper better known as Overweight Pooch, which was released in 1991 on A&M Records. Although the record indicated that Pooch had some potential, her album didn't go far commercially.

This article is about the Overweight Pooch album. For women ordained to give sermons, see Ordination of women.

Female Preacher
Studio album by
Overweight Pooch
ReleasedJuly 9, 1991
Recorded1991
GenreHip hop
Length47:21
LabelA&M
ProducerDJ Wax Dawg, "Juice" The Electric Wire, Tonya Davis, Kellan Fluckiger, Manny Lehman, Mark Mazzetti
CeCe Peniston chronology
Female Preacher
(1991)		 Finally
(1992)
Singles from Female Preacher
  1. "Ace Is a Spade"
  2. "I Like It"

Three songs were issued on single including a promo release, "Hip House Party", initially also promoted on Jam Harder: The A&M Underground Dance Compilation in 1990.[1] The compilation scored at number sixty-three on the U.S. R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart and at number one-hundred-thirty-one on the Top 200 Billboard Albums.[2] "Ace Is a Spade", originally titled as "Ace a Spade", contained samples of "New Day" and the James Brown's hit "Soul Power"[3] The final single from the set "I Like It", it featured background vocals by CeCe Peniston who also contributed to the set with additional two tracks that she also co-wrote; "Kickin' Da Blues" and "Female Preacher". The single itself reached number sixteen in the U.S. Billboard Hot Dance/Music Club Play chart,[4] and peaked at number fifty-eight on the UK Singles Chart[5] in January 1992.

Track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Featured artistLength
1."Feeling Good"T. Smith, A. Smith, F. Delgado, J. Brown 4:47
2."Ace Is a Spade"T. Davis, F. Delgado 3:45
3."Boogie-in"T-Wax, F. Delgado 3:08
4."Pooch's Pimpin' Playhouse/Who's Pimping Who"T. Davis, F. Delgado 5:05
5."Kickin' Da Blues"E.L. Linnear, F. Delgado, C. PenistonCeCe Peniston4:16
6."I Like It"E.L. Linnear, F. DelgadoCeCe Peniston5:43
7."Female Preacher"E.L. Linnear, F. Delgado, C. PenistonCeCe Peniston6:31
8."The Overweight Jam"T. Davis, F. Delgado, L. Ritchie, W. Orange 3:37
9."Queen of Rap"T. Davis, F. Delgado 3:32
10."Hip House Party"E.L. Linnear, F. Delgado 4:24
11."Chat Trax"T. Davis, F. Delgado 2:33
Total length:47:21

Releases
  • US, 75021 5349 (LP, CD, MC)
  • Germany, 395 349 (CD)

Credits and personnel

Charts

Singles
Year Single Peak positions
UK
[6]		 US
Dance
[7]
1991 "Ace Is a Spade" — —
"I Like It" featuring CeCe Peniston 58 16
"—" denotes a single that did not chart or was not released in the region.

References
General
  • "Overweight Pooch - U.S. Chart History". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media. billboard.com. Retrieved March 21, 2015.
  • "Overweight Pooch - UK Chart History". The Official Charts Company. Music Week. officialcharts.com. Retrieved March 21, 2015.
  • "Overweight Pooch - Discography". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. allmusic.com. Retrieved March 21, 2015.
Specific
  1. 'Jam Harder, The AM Underground Dance Compilation' Discogs
  2. 'Jam Harder, US peak chart positions' AllMusic
  3. 'Rap Samples Faq, James Brown, Soul Power' TheBreaks
  4. 'Overweight Pooch, I Like It, US Dance peak chart positions' Billboard
  5. 'Overweight Pooch, I Like It, UK peak chart positions' Chart Stats
  6. For peak positions of "I Like It" in UK, see the general link, or follow the OfficialCharts link.
  7. For peak positions of "I Like It" in USA, use the general link, or login to billboard.biz website to access also the billboard.biz link with additional information.
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