About Ill Na Na by Foxy Brown Album
Ill Na Na is the debut studio album by American rapper Foxy Brown, released on November 19, 1996, by Def Jam Recordings. Brown began working on the album after being discovered by the production team Trackmasters and appearing on a number of singles by other artists, such as LL Cool J, Case and Jay-Z. The immediate success of the singles led to a bidding war at the beginning of 1996, and in March, Def Jam Recordings won and signed the then 17-year-old rapper to the label. Lyrically, the album mainly focuses on themes of fashion, sex and mafia. Ill Na Na debuted at number seven on the Billboard 200 with 128,000 copies sold in its first week. It has sold over a 1.4 million copies and was certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). The album also includes other certifications such as; Gold in Music Canada (MC) for selling over 40,000 and Silver in British Phonographic Industry (BPI) for selling over 60,000. The album pushed and broke boundaries for female rap. It became the first female rap album to debut in the top 10 of Billboard 200, First female rap album to have certified plaques outside of the United States, and highest selling and fastest female rap album of 1996 to go Platinum within 2.7 months.
