| Bigger & Blacker | |
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| Genre | Stand-up comedy |
| Written by | Chris Rock |
| Directed by | Keith Truesdell |
| Starring | Chris Rock |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
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| Executive producers | Chris Rock Michael Rotenberg Sandy Chanley |
| Producer | Tom Bull |
| Editor | Grady Cooper |
| Running time | 65 minutes |
| Production companies | CR Enterprises Production Partners 3 Arts Entertainment |
| Original release | |
| Network | HBO |
| Release | July 10, 1999 (1999-07-10) |
Bigger & Blacker is atelevision special that premiered onHBO on July 10, 1999, starring comedianChris Rock. This is Rock's third special forHBO and was recorded at theApollo Theater inHarlem.
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| Released | July 13, 1999 (1999-07-13) | |||
| Recorded | May 1999 | |||
| Venue | Apollo Theater,Harlem | |||
| Genre | Comedy | |||
| Length | 67:53 | |||
| Label | DreamWorks | |||
| Producer | Prince Paul &Don Newkirk | |||
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The CD version was released on July 13, 1999, on theDreamWorks label. The album features the same livestand-up comedy material from theHBO special, but it also includes studio-recorded comic sketches, featuringOl' Dirty Bastard,Biz Markie,Gerald Levert,Ali LeRoi,Wanda Sykes, Kaz Silver,Horatio Sanz,Ice Cube, Robin Montague, Kali Londono, Don Newkirk, Kate Wright, and Nneka Kai Morton.
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Bigger & Blacker won the 2000Grammy Award for Best Spoken Comedy Album.
| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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| United States | — | 404,000[2] |