Defiant, angry, confrontational, and bemused raps from King Tee on this late '80s rap release. While there's some blustering and macho/sexual posturing, there are also many moments where Tee's comments deserve close scrutiny. The production isn't as relentless in the number of fragments, samples, and snippets, or as intricately edited as many other recent hip-hop releases. ~ Ron Wynn, All Music Guide
Act a Fool is the debut album by West Coast hip hop artist King Tee. It is considered to be one of his better albums.[citation needed] Its success can be attributed to its production which is handled by DJ Pooh and King Tee himself, or the lack of guest appearances.[citation needed] King Tee is the only vocalist on the entire album—aside from Breeze and Mixmaster Spade on "Just Clowning--and his rhymes are described as "[d]efiant, angry, confrontational, and bemused" by Ron Wynn of Allmusic.[1]Act a Fool reached Billboard 200 chart position (#125). Its title track reached #29 on the Hot Rap Singles chart, and "Bass", which is remixed on this album, reached #19 on the same chart. Despite its low peak, the album managed to go Gold.
