{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox album | name = Call Me D-Nice | type = studio | artist = D-Nice | cover = Call me D-Nice.jpg | alt = | released = July 24, 1990 | recorded = 1989&ndash;1990 | venue = | studio = Battery <small>(New York, U.S.)</small> | genre = Hip hop | length = 38:16 | label = Jive | producer = {{hlist|D-Nice|Carl Bourelly <small>(co.)</small>|Sidney Mills <small>(co.)</small>}} | prev_title = | prev_year = | next_title = To tha Rescue | next_year = 1991 }} {{Music ratings | rev1 = AllMusic | rev1score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/call-me-d-nice-mw0000204247|title=Call Me D-Nice D-Nice|website=AllMusic|last=Kellman|first=Andy|accessdate=2017-10-27}}</ref> | rev2 = ''RapReviews'' | rev2score = 7/10<ref name="RapReviews">{{cite web|last=Wallace |first=Emanuel |url=http://www.rapreviews.com/archive/BTTL_callmednice.html |title=D-Nice Call Me D-Nice|website=RapReviews |date=2012-05-01 |accessdate=2017-10-27}}</ref> | rev3 = ''The Source'' | rev3score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://thimk.files.wordpress.com/2010/03/september-1990-record-report21.jpg|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111107200230/http://thimk.files.wordpress.com/2010/03/september-1990-record-report21.jpg|url-status=dead|archive-date=2011-11-07|title=D-Nice "Call Me D-Nice"|publisher=The Source|last=TMS |first= |accessdate=2017-10-27}}</ref> }} '''''Call Me D-Nice''''' is the debut studio album by American rapper D-Nice.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Stancell |first1=Steve |title=Rap Whoz Who: The World of Rap Music |date=1996 |publisher=Schirmer Books |page=80}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=Bring the Noise: A Guide to Rap Music and Hip-Hop Culture |date=1991 |publisher=Harmony Books |page=67}}</ref> It was released in 1990 via Jive Records and produced primarily by D-Nice. The album peaked at number 75 on the ''Billboard'' 200<ref name=":0">{{Cite website|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/d-nice/chart-history/tlp/|title=D-Nice Call Me D-Nice Chart History|website=Billboard|access-date=2017-10-27|archive-date=2018-05-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180509053412/https://www.billboard.com/music/d-nice/chart-history/billboard-200/song/309470|url-status=live}}</ref> and number 12 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart.<ref name=":1">{{Cite website|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/d-nice/chart-history/blp/|title=D-Nice Call Me D-Nice Chart History|website=Billboard|access-date=2017-10-27|archive-date=2018-05-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180509053522/https://www.billboard.com/music/d-nice/chart-history/r-b-hip-hop-albums/song/375699|url-status=live}}</ref> Its self-titled lead single peaked at number one on the Hot Rap Songs chart<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/d-nice/chart-history/rap/|title=D-Nice Call Me D-Nice Chart History|website=Billboard|access-date=2017-10-27|archive-date=2018-05-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180509053447/https://www.billboard.com/music/d-nice/chart-history/rap-song/song/321143|url-status=live}}</ref> and number 19 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart,<ref name=":3">{{Cite website|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/d-nice/chart-history/bsi/|title=D-Nice Call Me D-Nice Chart History|website=Billboard|access-date=2017-10-27|archive-date=2018-05-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180509053534/https://www.billboard.com/music/d-nice/chart-history/r-b-hip-hop-songs/song/367794|url-status=live}}</ref> and the second single "Crumbs on the Table" also peaked at number 17 on the Hot Rap Songs chart.<ref name=":4">{{Cite website|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/d-nice/chart-history/rap/|title=D-Nice Crumbs On The Table Chart History|website=Billboard|access-date=2017-10-27|archive-date=2018-05-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180509053459/https://www.billboard.com/music/d-nice/chart-history/rap-song/song/321200|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Track listing== {{Track listing | all_writing = | extra_column = Producer(s) | title1 = Crumbs on the Table | length1 = 4:04 | extra1 = D-Nice | title2 = Call Me D-Nice | length2 = 3:47 | extra2 = D-Nice | title3 = Glory | length3 = 3:56 | extra3 = {{hlist|D-Nice|Carl Bourelly <small>(co.)</small>}} | title4 = The TR 808 is Coming | length4 = 3:41 | extra4 = D-Nice | title5 = Under Some Budda | length5 = 4:29 | extra5 = {{hlist|D-Nice|Sidney Mills <small>(co.)</small>}} | title6 = It's Over | note6 = featuring Dawnn Lewis | length6 = 4:57 | extra6 = {{hlist|D-Nice|Carl Bourelly <small>(co.)</small>}} | title7 = A Few Dollars More | length7 = 4:08 | extra7 = D-Nice | title8 = It's All About Me | length8 = 3:36 | extra8 = D-Nice | title9 = Pimp of the Year | length9 = 2:36 | extra9 = D-Nice | title10 = And You Don't Stop | length10 = 3:02 | extra10 = D-Nice | total_length = 38:16}}

'''Sample credits'''

* Track 1 contains samples from: "Crumbs off the Table" by Laura Lee, "Operator's Choice", "Comic Shop", and "Saturday Night Style" by Mikey Dread * Track 2 contains samples from: "Buzzsaw" by the Turtles and "(This Is) Detroit Soul" by Paul Nero * Track 3 contains samples from: "Take the Money and Run" by Steve Miller Band * Track 4 contains samples from: "Mama Told Me (Not to Come)" by Three Dog Night * Track 5 contains samples from: "I Meant to Do That" from ''Pee-wee's Big Adventure'' * Track 6 contains samples from: "Action (LP Version)" by Orange Krush, "This Is Something for the Radio" by Biz Markie * Track 7 contains samples from: "Square Business" by Blue Mitchell * Track 8 contains samples from: "Mind Power" by James Brown * Track 9 contains samples from: "A Gritty Nitty" by the Pazant Brothers and the Beaufort Express, "Super Hoe" by Boogie Down Productions * Track 10 contains samples from: "Tales of Taboo" by Karen Finley

==Personnel== * Derrick Jones - vocals, producer, mixing * Dawnn Lewis - vocals (track 6) * Carl Bourelly - co-producer (tracks: 3, 6) * Sidney Miller - co-producer (track 5) * Barbera Aimes - engineer * Dwayne Sumal - engineer * Anthony Saunders - assistant engineer * Eric Gast - assistant engineer * Peter Christensen - assistant engineer * Tim Latham - assistant engineer * Barbara Catanzaro-Hearn - photography * John Mahdessian - photography

==Charts== {{col-begin}} {{col-2}} '''Album''' {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" !Chart (1990) !Peak<br/>position |- ! scope="row"|US ''Billboard'' 200<ref name=":0" /> |75 |- ! scope="row"|US ''Billboard'' Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums<ref name=":1" /> |12 |} {{col-2}} '''Singles''' {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" !rowspan="2"| Year !rowspan="2"| Song ! colspan="2" | Peak position |- !Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs !Hot Rap Songs |- | 1989 ! scope="row"|"Call Me D-Nice" | 19<ref name=":3" /> | 1<ref name=":2" /> |- |1990 ! scope="row"|"Crumbs on the Table" | — |17<ref name=":4" /> |- |} {{col-end}}

==References== {{Reflist|30em}}

== External links == {{Cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/D-Nice-Call-Me-D-Nice/master/169485|title=D-Nice - Call Me D-Nice|website=at Discogs|language=en|access-date=2017-10-27}}

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