Ill Na Na

Ill Na Na
Studio album by Foxy Brown
Released	November 19, 1996 (1996-11-19)
Recorded	1995–1996
Studio	The Hit Factory Chung King Studios Battery Studios (New York City, New York)
Genre	Hip hop[1]
Length	41:11
Label	Violator Def Jam
Producer	Trackmasters (also exec.) Chris Lighty (exec.) Steve Stoute (exec.) Rich Nice Teddy Riley George Pearson Charly Charles China Black Divine Allah
Foxy Brown chronology
Ill Na Na (1996) The Album (1997)
Singles from Ill Na Na
"Get Me Home" Released: September 15, 1996 "I'll Be" Released: March 4, 1997 "Big Bad Mamma" Released: July 28, 1997

Ill Na Na is the debut studio album by American rapper Foxy Brown. It was released by Def Jam Recordings on November 19, 1996, and reissued on September 29, 1997, in the UK with an additional song "Big Bad Mamma". Brown began working on the album after being discovered by the production team Trackmasters and appearing on a number of singles by other artists, such as LL Cool J, Case and Jay Z. The immediate success of the singles led to a bidding war at the beginning of 1996, and in March, Def Jam Recordings won and signed the then 17-year-old rapper to the label. Mostly produced by Trackmasters, Ill Na Na features guest appearances from Blackstreet, Havoc, Method Man, Kid Capri and Jay Z. Lyrically, the album mainly focuses on themes of fashion, sex and mafia.

Ill Na Na debuted at number seven on the Billboard 200 with 128,000^[2] copies sold in its first week. It has sold over a 1.4 million copies and was certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). The album also includes other certifications such as; Gold in Music Canada (MC) for selling over 50,000 and Silver in British Phonographic Industry (BPI) for selling over 60,000.

Three singles were released from the album. "Get Me Home" was released on September 15, 1996. It peaked at number 42 on the Billboard Radio Songs chart. The second single, "I'll Be", also noted a commercial success, was released on March 4, 1997. It peaked at number seven on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming Brown's highest charting single. The song was ranked number 52 on VH1's 100 Greatest Hip-Hop Songs. Another song, "Big Bad Mamma" was released July 28, 1997, and was featured on the soundtrack to the film How to Be a Player (1997). Though not released on the original album, it was added to the European reissue in 1997. It peaked at number 53 on the Billboard Hot 100.

The album pushed and broke boundaries for female rappers. It became the first female rap album to debut in the top 10 of the Billboard 200, the first female rap album to have certified plaques outside the U.S., and highest selling and fastest female rap album of 1996 to go Platinum within 2.7 months.