The hook borrows liberally from Michael Jackson's classic "Bad," as it asks, "Who's bad?" Trina shows that female MCs can boast just like the big boys of rap." Commercial performance The Miami bass-influenced track, produced by the Black Mob, has Trina making some serious demands on her men in a slow and steady Florida flow. The 21-year-old rapper, who made her debut on Trick Daddy's party anthem "Nann," proudly carries the torch lit by female MCs like Lil' Kim and Foxy Brown before her, as an artist not afraid to use her feminine wiles to get what she wants. Trina makes her solo debut with the single, "Da Baddest Bitch," off the album of the same name. And a song about the pain of loving a violent, cash-obsessed thug shows that she's as skilled at speaking truths as she is at hawking fantasies." īillboard says, "Rap divadom has a new challenger. Spare Miami-bass beats provide the apt low end for her below-the-belt rhymes on Da Baddest Bitch. Critical reception Critical reception Ĭraig Seymour of Entertainment Weekly reviewed the album saying, "As nasty as Lil' Kim used to be, Trina boldly positions herself as the new queen of randy hip-hop tales in which sex is a contact sport played by rival genders. The second and final single from the album, "Pull Over", was released on Februand reached number ninety-three on the Hot 100, number forty-six on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart and number forty-one on the Rap Songs chart. The single failed to chart on any chart but the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, on which it reached number sixty-four. The album was preceded by the lead single " Da Baddest Bitch" on December 22, 1999.
It stayed on the Billboard 200 chart for thirty -nine weeks and on the Hip-Hop/R&B album chart for forty-nine consecutive weeks.
Da Baddest Bitch was certified Gold in November 2000 by the RIAA. The album debuted at number 33 on the US Billboard 200 and number 11 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart. On March 21, 2000, Trina's debut album Da Baddest Bitch was released.
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