Carl Carlton, She’s A Bad Mama Jama | Throwback Vibez 🕶️🎶

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In the 31^st edition of Throwback Vibez (2023), we recollect and reflect on “She’s A Bad Mama Jama (She’s Built, She’s Stacked)” by Carl Carlton.

The vibes, the vibes, those Throwback Vibez ! Throwback Vibez is a column that celebrates awesome songs from the past. The records that grace this column are older, but that doesn’t necessarily mean that they’re ancient – no fossils ! All genres of music are welcome. In the 31^st edition of Throwback Vibez (2023), we recollect and reflect on “She’s A Bad Mama Jama (She’s Built, She’s Stacked)”, performed by Carl Carlton.

“She’s a bad mama jama / Just as fine as she can be.” Woo! Basically, what Carl Carlton saying is, this girl is FINE! She a 10! Sista got it going on! Honestly, the chorus of his no. 22 Billboard Hot 100 hit, “She’s A Bad Mama Jama (She’s Built, She’s Stacked)”, says it all. “She’s A Bad Mama Jama” graces Carlton’s self-titled, 1981 album, where he’s easy on the eyes on the cover art . Anyways, the record is one big load of 1980s female objectification, period.

classic “Her body measurements are perfect in every dimension / She’s got a figure,” Carlton asserts in the first verse. Da-yum! He adds, “I get so excited viewing her anatomy.” Hmm, I wonder just how excited Carl gets … It is a safe bet on this funky joint that the rocket is ready for takeoff: “She’s built, oh, she’s stacked / Got all the curves that men like / Look at her.” Yes indeed! Ultimately, this Leon Haywood-helmed joint describes male horniness in expert fashion. It is a fun song that is far less explicit than the female objectifying songs of the 2020s but still has the same effect. After all, on “She’s A Bad Mama Jama (She’s Built, She’s Stacked)”, Carl Carlton is thinking with his pants.