# Call Me D-Nice
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{{Infobox album
| name = Call Me D-Nice
| type = studio
| artist = [D-Nice](/source/D-Nice)
| cover = Call me D-Nice.jpg
| alt =
| released = July 24, 1990
| recorded = 1989–1990
| venue =
| studio = Battery ([New York, U.S.](/source/New_York_City))
| genre = [Hip hop](/source/Hip_hop_music)
| length = 38:16
| label = [Jive](/source/Jive_Records)
| producer = {{hlist|D-Nice|Carl Bourelly (co.)|Sidney Mills (co.)}}
| prev_title =
| prev_year =
| next_title = [To tha Rescue](/source/To_tha_Rescue)
| next_year = 1991
}}
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = [AllMusic](/source/AllMusic)
| rev1score = {{Rating|4|5}}[{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/call-me-d-nice-mw0000204247|title=Call Me D-Nice D-Nice|website=[AllMusic](/source/AllMusic)|last=Kellman|first=Andy|accessdate=2017-10-27}}]
| rev2 = ''RapReviews''
| rev2score = 7/10[{{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}}]
| rev3 = ''[The Source](/source/The_Source_(magazine))''
| rev3score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}[{{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](/source/The_Source_(magazine))|last=TMS |first= |accessdate=2017-10-27}}]
}}
'''''Call Me D-Nice''''' is the debut studio album by American rapper [D-Nice](/source/D-Nice).[{{cite book |last1=Stancell |first1=Steve |title=Rap Whoz Who: The World of Rap Music |date=1996 |publisher=Schirmer Books |page=80}}][{{cite book |title=Bring the Noise: A Guide to Rap Music and Hip-Hop Culture |date=1991 |publisher=Harmony Books |page=67}}] It was released in 1990 via [Jive Records](/source/Jive_Records) and produced primarily by D-Nice. The album peaked at number 75 on the [''Billboard'' 200](/source/Billboard_200)[{{Cite website|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/d-nice/chart-history/tlp/|title=D-Nice Call Me D-Nice Chart History|website=[Billboard](/source/Billboard_(magazine))|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}}] and number 12 on the [Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums](/source/Top_R%26B%2FHip-Hop_Albums) chart.[{{Cite website|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/d-nice/chart-history/blp/|title=D-Nice Call Me D-Nice Chart History|website=[Billboard](/source/Billboard_(magazine))|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}}] Its self-titled lead single peaked at number one on the [Hot Rap Songs](/source/Hot_Rap_Songs) chart[{{Cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/d-nice/chart-history/rap/|title=D-Nice Call Me D-Nice Chart History|website=[Billboard](/source/Billboard_(magazine))|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}}] and number 19 on the [Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs](/source/Hot_R%26B%2FHip-Hop_Songs) chart,[{{Cite website|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/d-nice/chart-history/bsi/|title=D-Nice Call Me D-Nice Chart History|website=[Billboard](/source/Billboard_(magazine))|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}}] and the second single "Crumbs on the Table" also peaked at number 17 on the Hot Rap Songs chart.[{{Cite website|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/d-nice/chart-history/rap/|title=D-Nice Crumbs On The Table Chart History|website=[Billboard](/source/Billboard_(magazine))|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}}]
==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 (co.)}}
| 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 (co.)}}
| title6 = It's Over
| note6 = featuring [Dawnn Lewis](/source/Dawnn_Lewis)
| length6 = 4:57
| extra6 = {{hlist|D-Nice|Carl Bourelly (co.)}}
| 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](/source/Laura_Lee_(singer-songwriter)), "Operator's Choice", "Comic Shop", and "Saturday Night Style" by [Mikey Dread](/source/Mikey_Dread)
* Track 2 contains samples from: "Buzzsaw" by [the Turtles](/source/the_Turtles) and "(This Is) Detroit Soul" by Paul Nero
* Track 3 contains samples from: "Take the Money and Run" by [Steve Miller Band](/source/Steve_Miller_Band)
* Track 4 contains samples from: "Mama Told Me (Not to Come)" by [Three Dog Night](/source/Three_Dog_Night)
* Track 5 contains samples from: "I Meant to Do That" from ''[Pee-wee's Big Adventure](/source/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](/source/Biz_Markie)
* Track 7 contains samples from: "Square Business" by [Blue Mitchell](/source/Blue_Mitchell)
* Track 8 contains samples from: "Mind Power" by [James Brown](/source/James_Brown)
* Track 9 contains samples from: "A Gritty Nitty" by the Pazant Brothers and the Beaufort Express, "Super Hoe" by [Boogie Down Productions](/source/Boogie_Down_Productions)
* Track 10 contains samples from: "Tales of Taboo" by [Karen Finley](/source/Karen_Finley)
==Personnel==
* [Derrick Jones](/source/D-Nice) - vocals, producer, mixing
* [Dawnn Lewis](/source/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==
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'''Album'''
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
!Chart (1990)
!Peak
position
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! scope="row"|US [''Billboard'' 200](/source/Billboard_200)