Broken Silence

Broken Silence is the third studio album by American rapper Foxy Brown, released on July 17, 2001, by Violator and Ill Na Na Entertainment; distributed under Def Jam Recordings. The album debuted at number five on the Billboard 200 with first-week sales of 131,000 copies. It has been certified gold by the RIAA for shipments of 500,000 copies in the United States. This is Foxy's only album to be released in the 2000s, and remains her most recent release. Background Foxy Brown began recording a more street-oriented album, much different from her mainstream image with Chyna Doll. It was rumoured to have many features including, Nas, Ice Cube, AZ, Mary J. Blige, Toni Braxton, Haifa Wehbe and Amr Diab. The song "Na Na Be Like" was nominated for a Grammy in 2003, two years after its release. Legacy Rapper Nicki Minaj has stated that this album was a huge influence to her as a young girl.