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{{Infobox album
| name = Looks Like a Job For...
| type = studio
| artist = [[Big Daddy Kane]]
| cover = Lookslikeajobfor.jpg
| released = May 25, 1993
| recorded = 1992–1993
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = [[Hip-hop|Hip hop]]
| length = 49:05
| label = {{hlist|[[Cold Chillin' Records|Cold Chillin’]]|[[Warner Bros. Records|Warner Bros.]]}}
| producer = {{hlist|[[Big Daddy Kane]]|[[Trackmasters]]|DJ Clash|Robert Brown|[[Easy Mo Bee]]|Cool V|[[Large Professor]]|Mister Cee|Spark Boogie}}
| prev_title = [[Prince of Darkness (Big Daddy Kane album)|Prince of Darkness]]
| prev_year = 1991
| year = 1993
| next_title = [[Daddy's Home (Big Daddy Kane album)|Daddy's Home]]
| next_year = 1994
}}
{{Music ratings
|rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
|rev1score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{AllMusic|last=Bush|first=John|class=album |id=r170241}}</ref>
|rev2 = ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]''
|rev2score = B<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Bernard|first=James |url=http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,306701,00.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120730200810/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,306701,00.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=July 30, 2012 |title=Looks Like a Job For... Review |magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]] |date=May 28, 1993 |issue=172|accessdate=August 20, 2012}}</ref>
|rev3 = ''[[The New Rolling Stone Album Guide]]''
|rev3score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lRgtYCC6OUwC&q=big+daddy+kane&pg=PA672 |title=The New Rolling Stone Album Guide: Completely Revised and Updated 4th Edition - Nathan Brackett - Google Boeken |isbn=9780743201698 |accessdate=August 20, 2012|last1=Brackett |first1=Nathan |last2=Hoard |first2=Christian David |year=2004 |publisher=Simon and Schuster }}</ref>
|rev4 = ''[[The Source (magazine)|The Source]]''
|rev4score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Oh|first=Minya "Shortie"|author-link=Minya Oh|date=July 1993|issue=46|title=Record Report: Big Daddy Kane – Looks Like A Job For...|magazine=[[The Source (magazine)|The Source]]|pages=68–69|location=New York}}</ref>
}}

'''''Looks Like a Job For...''''' is the fifth album by [[Rapping|emcee]] [[Big Daddy Kane]], released in 1993 on [[Cold Chillin' Records]].

After the commercial failure of his 1991 album ''[[Prince of Darkness (Big Daddy Kane album)|Prince of Darkness]]'', Kane was able to reclaim his past status, with an album considered a return to his prior greatness. Unlike previous albums, Kane involved a large number of outside producers for the project including future production stars the [[Trackmasters]], [[Easy Mo Bee]], and [[Large Professor]].

''Looks Like a Job For...'' featured Kane's first [[Top 40]] [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] hit, "[[Very Special (song)|Very Special]]," as well as the underground hip-hop hit "[[How U Get a Record Deal?]]" and a remix of the track "’Nuff Respect," which was originally from the soundtrack of the film ''[[Juice (1992 film)|Juice]]''.

Album guests include Kane's brother Little Daddy Shane, Kane's backup dancers Scoob & Scrap Lover, and [[Spinderella]] of [[Salt-N-Pepa]].

== Track listing ==
{{track listing
| total_length =
| extra_column = Producer(s)

| title1 = Looks Like a Job for...
| note1 =
| writer1 =
| extra1 = [[Trackmasters]]
| length1 = 3:56

| title2 = [[How U Get a Record Deal?]]
| note2 =
| writer2 =
| extra2 = Trackmasters
| length2 = 3:56

| title3 = Chocolate City
| note3 = featuring [[Mister Cee]], Scoob Lover, Scrap Lover and Lil Daddy Shane
| writer3 =
| extra3 = Trackmasters, DJ Clash, Robert Brown
| length3 = 3:01

| title4 = Prelude
| note4 =
| writer4 =
| extra4 = Big Daddy Kane
| length4 = 0:55

| title5 = The Beef Is On
| note5 =
| writer5 =
| extra5 = Big Daddy Kane
| length5 = 3:23

| title6 = Stop Shammin{{'-}}
| note6 =
| writer6 =
| extra6 = [[Easy Mo Bee]]
| length6 = 3:56

| title7 = Brother Man, Brother Man
| note7 = featuring Lil Daddy Shane
| writer7 =
| extra7 = Cool V
| length7 = 3:06

| title8 = Rest In Peace
| note8 =
| writer8 =
| extra8 = Easy Mo Bee
| length8 = 4:15

| title9 = [[Very Special (song)|Very Special]]
| note9 = featuring Spinderella, Laree Williams and Karen Anderson
| writer9 =
| extra9 = Big Daddy Kane
| length9 = 5:03

| title10 = Here Comes Kane, Scoob and Scrap
| note10 = featuring Scoob Lover and Scrap Lover
| writer10 =
| extra10 = Easy Mo Bee
| length10 = 4:24

| title11 = Niggaz Never Learn
| note11 =
| writer11 =
| extra11 = [[Large Professor]]
| length11 = 3:06

| title12 = Give It to Me
| note12 =
| writer12 =
| extra12 = [[Mister Cee]], Spark Boogie
| length12 = 3:38

| title13 = {{-'}}Nuff Respect
| note13 = Remix
| writer13 =
| extra13 = Easy Mo Bee (original produced by [[Hank Shocklee]], [[Gary G-Wiz]])
| length13 = 3:15

| title14 = Finale
| note14 =
| writer14 =
| extra14 = Big Daddy Kane
| length14 = 3:10
}}

==Album singles==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Single information
|-
| "How U Get a Record Deal?"
*Released: April 15, 1993
*B-Side: "Here Comes Kane, Scoob and Scrap"
|-
| "Very Special"
*Released: August 26, 1993
*B-Side: "Stop Shammin'"
|}

==Charts==
{{col-begin}}
{{col-2}}

===Weekly charts===
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|-
! scope="col"| Chart (1993)
! scope="col"| Peak<br />position
|-
{{album chart|Billboard200|52|artist=Big Daddy Kane|rowheader=true|accessdate=March 4, 2017}}
|-
{{album chart|BillboardRandBHipHop|9|artist=Big Daddy Kane|rowheader=true|accessdate=March 4, 2017}}
|}
{{col-2}}

===Year-end charts===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|-
! scope="col"| Chart (1993)
! scope="col"| Position
|-
! scope="row"| US Top R&B Albums (''Billboard'')<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/90s/1993/BB-1993-12-25.pdf|title=1993 The Year in Music|magazine=Billboard|volume=105|issue=52|page=YE-28|date=December 25, 1993|accessdate=June 3, 2021}}</ref>
| 97
|}
{{col-end}}

===Singles===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!rowspan="2"| Year
!rowspan="2"| Song
!colspan="5"| Chart positions
|-
! [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]]
! [[Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks|Hot R&B Singles]]
! [[Hot Rap Tracks|Hot Rap Singles]]
! [[Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales]]
! [[Rhythmic Top 40]]
|-
| rowspan="2"|1993
| "How U Get a Record Deal?"
| style="text-align:center;"| -
| style="text-align:center;"|86
| style="text-align:center;"|7
| style="text-align:center;"|22
| style="text-align:center;"| -
|-
| "Very Special"
| style="text-align:center;"|31
| style="text-align:center;"|23
| style="text-align:center;"|9
| style="text-align:center;"|24
| style="text-align:center;"|6
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Big Daddy Kane}}

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[[Category:Big Daddy Kane albums]]
[[Category:1993 albums]]
[[Category:Cold Chillin' Records albums]]
[[Category:Albums produced by Easy Mo Bee]]
[[Category:Albums produced by Big Daddy Kane]]
[[Category:Albums produced by Large Professor]]
[[Category:Albums produced by Trackmasters]]

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