Looks Like a Job For...
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{{Infobox album
| name = Looks Like a Job For...
| type = studio
| artist = Big Daddy Kane
| cover = Lookslikeajobfor.jpg
| released = May 25, 1993
| recorded = 1992–1993
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Hip hop
| length = 49:05
| label = {{hlist|Cold Chillin’|Warner Bros.}}
| producer = {{hlist|Big Daddy Kane|Trackmasters|DJ Clash|Robert Brown|Easy Mo Bee|Cool V|Large Professor|Mister Cee|Spark Boogie}}
| prev_title = Prince of Darkness
| prev_year = 1991
| year = 1993
| next_title = Daddy's Home
| next_year = 1994
}}
{{Music ratings
|rev1 = AllMusic
|rev1score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{AllMusic|last=Bush|first=John|class=album |id=r170241}}
|rev2 = Entertainment Weekly
|rev2score = B{{cite magazine|last=Bernard|first=James |url=http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,306701,00.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120730200810/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,306701,00.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=July 30, 2012 |title=Looks Like a Job For... Review |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |date=May 28, 1993 |issue=172|accessdate=August 20, 2012}}
|rev3 = The New Rolling Stone Album Guide
|rev4 = The Source
|rev4score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}{{cite magazine|last=Oh|first=Minya "Shortie"|author-link=Minya Oh|date=July 1993|issue=46|title=Record Report: Big Daddy Kane – Looks Like A Job For...|magazine=The Source|pages=68–69|location=New York}}
}}
Looks Like a Job For... is the fifth album by emcee Big Daddy Kane, released in 1993 on Cold Chillin' Records.
After the commercial failure of his 1991 album Prince of Darkness, Kane was able to reclaim his past status, with an album considered a return to his prior greatness. Unlike previous albums, Kane involved a large number of outside producers for the project including future production stars the Trackmasters, Easy Mo Bee, and Large Professor.
Looks Like a Job For... featured Kane's first Top 40 Billboard Hot 100 hit, "Very Special," as well as the underground hip-hop hit "How U Get a Record Deal?" and a remix of the track "’Nuff Respect," which was originally from the soundtrack of the film Juice.
Album guests include Kane's brother Little Daddy Shane, Kane's backup dancers Scoob & Scrap Lover, and Spinderella of Salt-N-Pepa.
Track listing
{{track listing
| total_length =
| extra_column = Producer(s)
| title1 = Looks Like a Job for...
| note1 =
| writer1 =
| extra1 = Trackmasters
| length1 = 3:56
| title2 = How U Get a Record Deal?
| note2 =
| writer2 =
| extra2 = Trackmasters
| length2 = 3:56
| title3 = Chocolate City
| note3 = featuring Mister Cee, Scoob Lover, Scrap Lover and Lil Daddy Shane
| writer3 =
| extra3 = Trackmasters, DJ Clash, Robert Brown
| length3 = 3:01
| title4 = Prelude
| note4 =
| writer4 =
| extra4 = Big Daddy Kane
| length4 = 0:55
| title5 = The Beef Is On
| note5 =
| writer5 =
| extra5 = Big Daddy Kane
| length5 = 3:23
| title6 = Stop Shammin{{'-}}
| note6 =
| writer6 =
| extra6 = Easy Mo Bee
| length6 = 3:56
| title7 = Brother Man, Brother Man
| note7 = featuring Lil Daddy Shane
| writer7 =
| extra7 = Cool V
| length7 = 3:06
| title8 = Rest In Peace
| note8 =
| writer8 =
| extra8 = Easy Mo Bee
| length8 = 4:15
| title9 = Very Special
| note9 = featuring Spinderella, Laree Williams and Karen Anderson
| writer9 =
| extra9 = Big Daddy Kane
| length9 = 5:03
| title10 = Here Comes Kane, Scoob and Scrap
| note10 = featuring Scoob Lover and Scrap Lover
| writer10 =
| extra10 = Easy Mo Bee
| length10 = 4:24
| title11 = Niggaz Never Learn
| note11 =
| writer11 =
| extra11 = Large Professor
| length11 = 3:06
| title12 = Give It to Me
| note12 =
| writer12 =
| extra12 = Mister Cee, Spark Boogie
| length12 = 3:38
| title13 = {{-'}}Nuff Respect
| note13 = Remix
| writer13 =
| extra13 = Easy Mo Bee (original produced by Hank Shocklee, Gary G-Wiz)
| length13 = 3:15
| title14 = Finale
| note14 =
| writer14 =
| extra14 = Big Daddy Kane
| length14 = 3:10
}}
Album singles
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| Single information |
|---|
"How U Get a Record Deal?"
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| "Very Special"
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Charts
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=Weekly charts=
| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |
| scope="col"| Chart (1993)
! scope="col"| Peak |
|---|
| {{album chart|Billboard200|52|artist=Big Daddy Kane|rowheader=true|accessdate=March 4, 2017}} |
| {{album chart|BillboardRandBHipHop|9|artist=Big Daddy Kane|rowheader=true|accessdate=March 4, 2017}} |
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=Year-end charts=
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |
| scope="col"| Chart (1993)
! scope="col"| Position |
|---|
| scope="row"| US Top R&B Albums (Billboard){{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/90s/1993/BB-1993-12-25.pdf|title=1993 The Year in Music|magazine=Billboard|volume=105|issue=52|page=YE-28|date=December 25, 1993|accessdate=June 3, 2021}}
| 97 |
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=Singles=
| class="wikitable" |
| rowspan="2"| Year
!rowspan="2"| Song !colspan="5"| Chart positions |
|---|
| Billboard Hot 100 |
| rowspan="2"|1993
| "How U Get a Record Deal?" | style="text-align:center;"| - | style="text-align:center;"|86 | style="text-align:center;"|7 | style="text-align:center;"|22 | style="text-align:center;"| - |
| "Very Special"
| style="text-align:center;"|31 | style="text-align:center;"|23 | style="text-align:center;"|9 | style="text-align:center;"|24 | style="text-align:center;"|6 |
References
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