All Hail the Queen

All Hail the Queen
All Hail the Queen
Studio album by Queen Latifah
Released	November 7, 1989
Genre	Golden age hip hop
Length	49:14
Label	Tommy Boy
Producer	DJ Mark the 45 King, Louis 'Louie Louie' Vega, KRS-One, Daddy-O, Prince Paul
Queen Latifah chronology
Singles from All Hail the Queen
	"Wrath of My Madness"; Released: 1988; "Dance for Me"; Released: 1989; "Ladies First"; Released: 1989; "Come Into My House"; Released: 1990; "Mama Gave Birth to the Soul Children"; Released: 1990;

All Hail the Queen is the debut studio album by American rapper Queen Latifah. The album was released on November 7, 1989, through Tommy Boy Records. The feminist anthem^[1] "Ladies First", featuring Monie Love, remains one of Latifah's signature songs.

All Hail the Queen peaked at no. 6 on the Billboard Top Hip Hop/R&B Albums chart and at no. 124 on the Billboard 200 chart. "Wrath of My Madness" was the first single from All Hail the Queen, and was later sampled in Yo-Yo's "You Can't Play With My Yo-Yo". "Mama Gave Birth to the Soul Children" peaked at no. 14 in the UK.

In 2023, the album was selected for preservation in the United States National Recording Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".^[2]

^ Roberts, Robin (Summer 1994). "'Ladies First': Queen Latifah's Afrocentric Feminist Music Video". African American Review. 28 (2) (Black Women's Culture ed.): 245–257. doi:10.2307/3041997.
^ "Recording Registry: 2023". National Recording Preservation Board. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2023-04-12.

[1] Roberts, Robin (Summer 1994). "'Ladies First': Queen Latifah's Afrocentric Feminist Music Video". African American Review. 28 (2) (Black Women's Culture ed.): 245–257. doi:10.2307/3041997.

[2] "Recording Registry: 2023". National Recording Preservation Board. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2023-04-12.

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