Dana Dane with Fame is the debut album by American rapper Dana Dane

Dana Dane

Dana McLeese, better known by his stage name Dana Dane, is an American hip hop recording artist known for performance of humorous lyrics and for his fashion sense.-Early life:...

, which was released in 1987 on Profile Records

Profile Records

Profile Records was a record label that specialized in many types of urban-oriented music, such as hip hop, active until 1996..- History :In 1980, at 23 years old, after working briefly for MCA, Cory Robbins was looking to start a record label. He invited his songwriter friend Steve Plotnicki to be...

 and was produced by legendary producer Hurby Luv Bug. Dana Dane with Fame achieved great success, peaking at #46 on the Billboard 200

Billboard 200

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 and #2 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums

Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums

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. In addition to that, the album also featured four charting singles: "Nightmares," "Cinderfella Dana Dane," "Delancey Street," and "This be the Def Beat," which made it to #21, #11, #44 and #30 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks, respectively.

In his song "Can't Stop" from the well-received 2005 album A.W.O.L. the song "Nightmares" is mentioned by notable East-Coast

East Coast hip hop

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 Rapper AZ

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Anthony Cruz , better known as AZ is a Grammy-nominated American rapper of Dominican & African American descent. He is known for being a long time and frequent rhyme partner of Nas, and also a member of hip-hop group The Firm alongside Nas, Foxy Brown, Cormega and Nature.In a countdown of the 10...

 in the line

"The names is changed, the games the same
It's playin' fair, but years of Nightmares, like Dana Dane"

Years later, Snoop Dogg

Snoop Dogg

Calvin Cordozar Broadus, Jr. , better known by his stage name Snoop Dogg, is an American rapper, record producer, and actor. Snoop is best known as a rapper in the West Coast hip hop scene, and for being one of Dr. Dre's most notable protégés. Snoop Dogg was a Crip gang member while in high school...

would cover "Cinderfella Dana Dane."

Track listing

1. "Dedication"- :22
2. "Cinderfella Dana Dane"- 5:34
3. "This be the Def Beat"- 3:20
4. "Dana Dane with Fame"- 4:05
5. "Delancey Street"- 5:25
6. "We Wanna Party"- 2:59
7. "Nightmares"- 5:50
8. "Keep the Groove"- 3:56
9. "Love at First Sight"- 6:20

Personnel

• Hurby "Luv Bug" Azor – Producer, Mixing
• Janette Beckman – Photography
• Craig Bevan – Engineer
• Dana Dane – Mixing
• Andre Debourg – Engineer
• Steven Ett – Mixing
• Cheryl Green – Vocals (bckgr)
• Gregory Homs – Design
• Sam Jacobs – Producer
• Nedra Johnson – Vocals (bckgr)
• Clark Kent – Scratching
• Harvetta Lawhorn – Vocals (bckgr)
• Andrew Milano – Engineer
• Janet Perr – Design
• Robyn Springer – Vocals (bckgr)
• Howie Weinberg – Mastering
• Jimmy Young – Vocals (bckgr)