Blacks' Magic
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Track listing
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Personnel
Credits adapted from the liner notes of Blacks' Magic.[1]
Salt-N-Pepa
Additional musicians
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- Dante Basco - Rapping
- Jacci McGhee – special guest appearance (track 1)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Joyce Martin – background vocals (track 4)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
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- Stanley Brown – all keyboards
Technical
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- Salt – production (tracks 1, 7, 9, 13)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
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- Play – album concept
- Andre DeBourg – engineering
- Dana 'Dum' Mozie – engineering
- Herb "Pump" Powers – mastering
Artwork
- Charles Lilly – illustration
- Faville Graphics – design
Charts
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Certifications
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References
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