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- Artist: Black Sheep
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- Release Date: October 22, 1991
- Total Time: 70:40
- Type: Contains explicit content
- Genre: Rap
Review
Playfully satirical, witty, and incredibly imaginative, A Wolf in Sheep's Clothing introduced one of the freshest talents in early-'90s rap, a self-produced duo who caught the tail end of the Native Tongues family. Though Dres and Mista Lawnge didn't match the brilliant wordplay of A Tribe Called Quest or De La Soul, their topics were well-chosen, they were presented in a hilarious context, and every song was backed up by strong productions and great rapping. A Wolf in Sheep's Clothing wasn't a comedy record, but it was difficult to tell when the duo were half-serious or half-joking, especially since they were often the objects of their jokes. They poked fun at many aspects of black music and culture of the early '90s, everything from the persuasive gangster mentality ("U Mean I'm Not"), obsessions over the Afrocentric viewpoint ("Are You Mad?"), and lewd sex raps ("La Menage"), as well as an amusingly incorrect response to feminism ("L.A.S.M."). They also dropped a few of the best hip-hop club tracks of the era, the insanely catchy items "The Choice Is Yours (Revisited)," "Try Counting Sheep," and "Flavor of the Month." (Another smooth dance tune, "Strobelite Honey," was dreadfully honest about girls who look better under the lights than upon closer inspection.) Polar opposites to the ranks of somber political rappers, and deftly counteracting the indulgence and self-seriousness of many alternative groups, Black Sheep hit a height with their debut that few hip-hop acts would ever reach. ~ John Bush, All Music GuideTracks
| Track Title | Composers | Performers | Time |
| Intro | Black Sheep | (:49) | |
| U Mean I'm Not | Black Sheep | (1:25) | |
| Butt in the Meantime (Lyrics) | Black Sheep | (4:13) | |
| Have U.N.E. Pull (Lyrics) | Black Sheep | (3:48) | |
| Strobelite Honey (Lyrics) | Black Sheep | (3:05) | |
| Are You Mad? (Lyrics) | Black Sheep | (:43) | |
| The Choice Is Yours | Black Sheep | (3:23) | |
| To Whom It May Concern (Lyrics) | Black Sheep | (4:04) | |
| Similak Child (Lyrics) | Black Sheep | (4:27) | |
| Try Counting Sheep | Eddie Holland, Norman Whitfield, |
Black Sheep | (4:24) |
| Flavor of the Month (Lyrics) | Black Sheep | (4:17) | |
| La Menage | Q-Tips, |
Black Sheep | (3:23) |
| L.A.S.M. | Black Sheep | (2:12) | |
| Gimme the Finga (Lyrics) | Black Sheep | (4:25) | |
| Hoes We Knows | Black Sheep | (4:20) | |
| Go to Hail (Lyrics) | Black Sheep | (1:02) | |
| Black With N.V. (No Vision) | Black Sheep | (3:56) | |
| Pass the 40 (Lyrics) | Chi-Ali, |
Black Sheep | (4:46) |
| Blunted 10 | Black Sheep | (1:56) | |
| For Doz That Slept (Lyrics) | Millie Jackson, Randy Klein, |
Black Sheep | (2:39) |
| The Choice Is Yours (Revisited) [*] | Black Sheep | (4:03) | |
| Yes [*] | Black Sheep | (3:20) |
