The World's Greatest Entertainer is the second album released by Doug E. Fresh

Doug E. Fresh

Douglas E. Davis , better known by the stage name Doug E. Fresh, is an American rapper, record producer, and beat boxer, also known as the Human Beat Box...

. It was released in 1988 on Reality Records, a short-lived subsidiary of the legendary Fantasy Records

Fantasy Records

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, and was produced by Doug E. Fresh, Eric "Vietnam" Sadler, Ollie Cotton and Carl Ryder. The album gained a fair amount of success, peaking at #88 on the Billboard 200

Billboard 200

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 and #7 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums

Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums

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, and featured the single "Keep Risin' to the Top," which peaked at #4 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks.

Track listing

1. "Guess? Who?"- 4:26
2. "Every Body Got 2 Get Some"- 3:45
3. "D.E.F. =Doug E. Fresh"- 4:12
4. "On the Strength"- 2:50
5. "Keep Risin' to the Top"- 3:50
6. "Greatest Entertainer"- 4:42
7. "I'm Gettin' Ready"- 4:52
8. "Cut That Zero"- 3:53
9. "The Plane (So High)"- 4:04
10. "Ev'rybody Loves a Star"- 4:00
11. "Crazy 'Bout Cars"- 4:30
12. "Africa (Goin' Back Home)"- 3:33

Samples list

• "On the Strength"
  • "Mother Popcorn" by James Brown
    James Brown
    James Joseph Brown was an American singer, songwriter, musician, and recording artist. He is the originator of Funk and is recognized as a major figure in the 20th century popular music for both his vocals and dancing. He has been referred to as "The Godfather of Soul," "Mr...
    
    

• "Keep Risin' To The Top"
  • "Keep Rising To The Top" by Keni Burke
    Keni Burke
    Kenneth M. Burke , better known as Keni Burke, is an American R&B, soul, funk, and jazz singer, songwriter, record producer, and multi-instrumentalist who began his career as a member of the 1970s soul outfit, the Five Stairsteps.-Five Stairsteps:As a member of the Five Stairsteps, Burke wrote the...
    
    
  • "Ain't No Half Steppin'" by Heatwave
    Heatwave (band)
    Heatwave was an international funk/disco musical band featuring Americans Johnnie Wilder, Jr. and Keith Wilder of Dayton, Ohio, Englishman Rod Temperton , Swiss Mario Mantese , Czechoslovak Ernest "Bilbo" Berger , Jamaican Eric Johns and Briton Roy Carter .They were known for their successful...