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Released | September 17, 1996 | |||
Recorded | 1996 | |||
Genre | Hip hop | |||
Length | 38:11 | |||
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Muzik | [2] |
Six is the sixth and final studio album by American hip hop group Whodini and their first and only record released via Jermaine Dupri's So So Def label. It was released in 1996 along with the single "Keep Running Back". Audio production was handled by Dave Atkinson, Red Spyda, Carl So-Lowe, and Jermaine Dupri, who also served as executive producer.
Unlike other albums, this is the first album of Whodini with extensive use of expletives in lyrics due to changes of the rap industry growing. Also, the album doesn't continue the trend of 80s esque synthesizer sounds and discarded with a hard-core edge style pioneered by LL Cool J Onyx & Run-DMC among others.
Chart performance
The album peaked at No. 55 on the Billboard Top R&B Albums chart.[3] The single, "Keep Running Back", peaked at No. 27 on the Hot Rap Songs chart[4] and No. 69 on the Hot R&B Singles chart.[5]
Track listing
No. | Title | Producer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Brooklyn" (Intro) | 0:05 | |
2. | "Runnin' Em" (featuring Lost Boyz) | Jermaine Dupri | 3:42 |
3. | "Be My Lady" (featuring R. Kelly) | Jermaine Dupri | 3:48 |
4. | "Here He Comes" (Interlude) | 0:38 | |
5. | "Can't Get Enough" (featuring Lord Tariq and Peter Gunz) |
| 5:15 |
6. | "Keep Running Back" (featuring Trey Lorenz) | Jermaine Dupri | 3:34 |
7. | "If You Want It" (featuring Trina Broussard) |
| 4:51 |
8. | "Turn The Whole World Around" (Interlude) | 0:18 | |
9. | "Let Me Get Some" (featuring Nicole Jackson) | Jermaine Dupri | 3:36 |
10. | "VIP" (featuring Mr. Black) |
| 3:30 |
11. | "Still Want More" |
| 4:47 |
12. | "NBA" (Interlude) | 0:09 | |
13. | "Keep Running Back" (Remix) |
| 3:52 |
Total length: | 38:10 |
Samples[6]
- Track 3 contains elements from "Your Body's Callin'" by R. Kelly (1993)
- Track 6 contains elements from "Everything I Miss at Home" by Cherrelle (1988)
- Track 7 contains elements from "Feels So Real (Won't Let Go)" by Patrice Rushen (1984) and "I Got My Mind Made Up" by Instant Funk (1978)
- Track 9 contains elements from "The Finer Things in Life" by Chuck Stanley (1987)
- Track 10 contains elements from "Kamurshol" by N.W.A (1990)
Personnel
- Jalil Hutchins - performer
- John "Ecstacy" Fletcher - performer
- Robert Sylvester Kelly - vocals (track 3)
- Lloyd Lorenz Smith - vocals (track 6)
- Trina Lanell Broussard - vocals (track 7)
- Nicole Jackson - vocals (track 9)
- LaMarquis Jefferson - bass (tracks: 3, 13), guitar (track 10)
- Jermaine Dupri - executive producer, producer & mixing (tracks: 2-3, 6-7, 9-10, 13)
- Dave Atkinson - producer & mixing (tracks: 5, 7, 11)
- Andy "Red Spyda" Thelusma - producer & mixing (tracks: 5, 7, 11)
- Carl So-Lowe - co-producer (tracks: 10, 13)
- Phil Tan - mixing (tracks: 2-3, 6-7, 9-10, 13), recording (tracks: 3, 10)
- Mike Wilson - recording (tracks: 5, 7)
- Dexter Simmons - recording (track 5)
- Mike Alvord - recording (track 11)
- Brian Lee - mastering
- Diane Makowski - A&R
- Frank Edwards - A&R coordination
- Danny Clinch - photography
- LaTanya Davis - art direction
References
- ↑ "Six –- Whodini". AllMusic. 2017-10-24.
- ↑ Ashon, Will (December 1996). "Whodini: Six" (PDF). Muzik. No. 19. p. 136. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 April 2022. Retrieved 16 July 2022.
- ↑ "Whodini Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved January 19, 2022.
- ↑ "Whodini Chart History (Hot Rap Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved January 19, 2022.
- ↑ "Whodini Chart History (Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs)". Retrieved January 19, 2022.
- ↑ "Six by Whodini: Album Samples, Covers and Remixes". WhoSampled. Retrieved 2017-10-24.
External links
- "Whodini - Six". at Discogs.