Close to You Father MC . It was released on May 19, 1992, via Uptown Records . Recording sessions took place at Greene St. Recording , Chung King House Of Metal and Soundtrack Studios in New York and The Playground Studios in Closter . Production was handled by Cory Rooney , Prince Markie Dee , DJ Eddie F. , Dave "Jam" Hall , Howie Tee and Nevelle Hodge. The album peaked at number 185 on the Billboard 200Top R&B Albums charts in the United States.
Close to You Released May 19, 1992 (1992-05-19 ) Recorded 1991–1992 Studio Genre Hip hop Length 52 :14 Label Uptown Producer
"One Nite Stand" "Everything's Gonna Be Alright"
Professional ratings Review scores Source Rating AllMusic [ 1]
It was supported with two singles: "One Nite Stand" and "Everything's Gonna Be Alright". Its lead single, "One Nite Stand", reached number 16 on the Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales and number 22 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs . The second single off of the album, "Everything's Gonna Be Alright", made it to number 37 on the Billboard Hot 100Hot Rap Songs and number 28 on the Rhythmic Top 40 charts. An accompaying music video for the song was directed by Drew Carolan.
AllMusic 's Alex Henderson gave the album a favourable review, noting that the "release demonstrates that pop-rap can have integrity," and calling the work "a solid, enjoyable follow-up for the Queens native".[ 1]
Title Writer(s) Producer(s) 1. "All I Want" Dave "Jam" Hall 4:34 2. "One Nite Stand" DJ Eddie F . 5:28 3. "Close to You" 5:23 4. "Everything's Gonna Be Alright" Brown Johnson Rooney Morales 3:44 5. "Do the One, Two" DJ Eddie F. 4:45 6. "Red Lace Lingerie" Cory Rooney Prince Markie Dee 5:12 7. "My Body" Cory Rooney Prince Markie Dee 4:38 8. "Ladies, I Luv 'Em" Cory Rooney Prince Markie Dee 5:25 9. "Baby We Can Do It" Brown Johnson Rooney Morales Harold Clayton Sigidi Abdullah Cory Rooney Prince Markie Dee 6:06 10. "Go Natalie" Howie Tee 3:24 11. "On the Road Again" Cory Rooney Prince Markie Dee 4:00 Total length: 52:14
Sample credits
Timothy "Father MC " Brown – vocals, executive producer
Melissa Pierre – background vocals (track 1)
Terri Robinson – background vocals (track 1)
Mary J. Blige – background vocals (tracks: 2, 5) Clinton Wike – background vocals (track 3)
Kenneth G. Greene – background vocals (tracks: 3, 5) Jeff Sanders – background vocals (track 3)
Cedric "K-Ci " Hailey – background vocals (track 4)
Joel "Jo Jo" Hailey – background vocals (track 4)
Brenda Reid – background vocals (track 6) Danyale Dixon – background vocals (tracks: 7, 9)
Mark Cory Rooney – background vocals (tracks: 7, 11) , keyboards, producer, vocal arrangement, recording & mixing (tracks: 4, 6-9, 11) Jeanette Herndon – background vocals (track 9)
Tiffany Wilson – background vocals (track 9)
Henry "Hanky" Grate – guitar (tracks: 4, 7, 10)
Mark "Prince Markie Dee " Morales – drum machine, producer, vocal arrangement, recording & mixing (tracks: 4, 6-9, 11)
Dave "Jam" Hall – producer, recording & mixing (track 1) Edward "DJ Eddie F ." Ferrell – producer, recording & mixing (tracks: 2, 3, 5)
Maurice "Nevelle" Hodge – producer (track 3)
Howard "Howie Tee " Thompson – producer (track 10)
Michael Fossenkemper – recording & mixing (track 10)
Rod Hui – engineering (track 1)
Kevin Reynolds – engineering (track 2)
David Dachinger – engineering (tracks: 3, 5)
Mike Fronda – engineering (tracks: 4, 6-9, 11)
Tony Maserati – engineering (tracks: 4, 6-9, 11) Jack Hersca – engineering (track 6) , engineering assistant (tracks: 3, 4, 7-9, 11)
Dgingi Brown – engineering assistant (track 1)
John Kogan – engineering assistant (tracks: 2, 5)
Dan Wojnar – engineering assistant (tracks: 4, 6-9, 11)
José L. Rodriguez – mastering
Andre Harrell – executive producerSteve Lucas – executive producer
Sean "Puff Daddy " Combs – executive producer (track 10)
Carol Friedman – art direction, photography
Primary – design
Crystal M. Johnson – production coordinator
Vartan Kurjian – creative director
Ellen Silverstein – stylist
Quietfire – stylist
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