Bigger & Blacker is an album by Chris Rock

Chris Rock

Christopher Julius "Chris" Rock III is an American comedian, actor, screenwriter, television producer, film producer and director. He was voted in the US as the 5th greatest stand-up comedian of all time by Comedy Central...

, originally released on July 13, 1999, on the Dreamworks

DreamWorks

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 label. The album features live stand-up comedy

Stand-up comedy

Stand-up comedy is a comedic art form. Usually, a comedian performs in front of a live audience, speaking directly to them. Their performances are sometimes filmed for later release via DVD, the internet, and television...

 tracks recorded for an HBO special at the Apollo Theater

Apollo Theater

The Apollo Theater in New York City is one of the most famous, and older, music halls in the United States, and the most famous club associated almost exclusively with Black performers...

 in Harlem

Harlem

Harlem is a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Manhattan, which since the 1920s has been a major African-American residential, cultural and business center. Originally a Dutch village, formally organized in 1658, it is named after the city of Haarlem in the Netherlands...

 and studio-recorded comic sketches, featuring Ol' Dirty Bastard

Ol' Dirty Bastard

Russell Tyrone Jones was an American rapper and occasional producer, who went by the stage name Ol' Dirty Bastard or simply ODB...

, Biz Markie

Biz Markie

Marcel Theo Hall better known by his stage name, Biz Markie, is an American rapper, beatboxer, DJ, comedian, singer, reality television personality, and commercial spokesperson. He is best known for his single "Just a Friend", an American Top 10 hit in 1989...

, Gerald Levert

Gerald Levert

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, Ali LeRoi

Ali LeRoi

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, Wanda Sykes

Wanda Sykes

Wanda Sykes is an American writer, stand-up comedian, actress, and voice artist. She earned the 1999 Emmy Award for her writing on The Chris Rock Show. In 2004 Entertainment Weekly named Sykes as one of the 25 funniest people in America...

, Kaz Silver, Horatio Sanz

Horatio Sanz

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, Ice Cube

Ice Cube

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, Kali Londono, Kate Wright, and Nneka Kai Morton. The HBO special premiered on July 10, 1999 and directed by Keith Truesdell

Keith Truesdell

Keith Truesdell is an American television director and producer. He is best known for directing a number of stand-up comedy television specials for the likes Chris Rock, Adam Sandler, Kathy Griffin, Janeane Garofalo, Joan Rivers and countless others....

. Slick Rick

Slick Rick

Richard Walters , better known by his stage name Slick Rick is a Grammy-nominated English-American rapper...

 opened for Rock with 'The Show

The Show (Doug E. Fresh song)

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'.

Bigger & Blacker won the 1999 Grammy Award for Best Spoken Comedy Album.

Track listing

1. Clermont Lounge
   Clermont Lounge
   The Clermont Lounge is Atlanta's first and longest continually operating strip club, opened in 1965. Located in the basement of the Clermont Motor Hotel at 789 Ponce De Leon Avenue, in the Poncey-Highland neighborhood...
   
    #1 – 0:55
2. "Black Mall" – 3:47
3. ODB
   Ol' Dirty Bastard
   Russell Tyrone Jones was an American rapper and occasional producer, who went by the stage name Ol' Dirty Bastard or simply ODB...
   
    Words of Wisdom #1 – 0:15
4. "Crazy White Kidz" – 8:26
5. Monica
   Monica Lewinsky
   Monica Samille Lewinsky is an American woman with whom United States President Bill Clinton admitted to having had an "improper relationship" while she worked at the White House in 1995 and 1996...
   
    Interview – 1:58
6. "Porno PSA" – 1:32
7. "No Sex (In the Champagne Room)
   No Sex (In the Champagne Room)
   "No Sex " is a comedic spoken word track released by Chris Rock on his 1999 album, Bigger & Blacker, with a background chorus sung by Gerald Levert...
   
   " – 4:22
8. "Taxes" – 1:57
9. ODB Words of Wisdom #2 – 0:17
10. Savion Glover
    Savion Glover
    Savion Glover is an American tap dancer, actor, and choreographer. As a learning prodigy, he was taught by notable dancers from previous generations. Glover is currently interested in restoring African roots to tap...
    
     – 1:02
11. "Insurance" – 8:17
12. Clermont Lounge #2 – 0:58
13. Nerd & Fly Girl – 2:58
14. "Race" – 4:17
15. NYPD – 1:29
16. ODB Words of Wisdom #3 – 0:19
17. Roger & Zapp
    Zapp (band)
    Zapp is a soul and funk band formed in 1978 by brothers Roger Troutman, Larry Troutman, Lester Troutman, Terry Troutman, Bobby Glover and Gregory Jackson [Cincinnati Ohio Funk Keyboardist]...
    
    – 0:29
18. "Two Women" – 4:07
19. Table Dance – 2:29
20. Snow Flake – 3:10
21. "Women" – 7:54
22. Me & ODB – 7:09