Cheers 2 U

Cheers 2 U
Cheers 2 U
Studio album by Playa
Released March 24, 1998
Genre R&B, Hip hop soul, Soul music
Length 65:42
Label Def Jam
Producer Barry Hankerson (exec.), Jomo Hankerson (exec.), James Earl Jones III, Derick "D Man" McElveen, Smokey, Timbaland
Playa chronology
Cheers 2 U
(1998)
Singles from Cheers 2 U
  1. "Don't Stop the Music"
    Released: September 9, 1997
  2. "Cheers 2 U"
    Released: March 10, 1998
  3. "I Gotta Know"
    Released: January 1, 1999

Cheers 2 U is the debut studio album from American R&B group Playa, released March 24, 1998 on Def Jam Recordings.

The album peaked at number eighty-six on the Billboard 200 chart.

Contents

Release and reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 4/5 stars[1]

The album peaked at eighty-six on the U.S. Billboard 200 and reached nineteen on the R&B Albums chart.[2]

Leo Stanley at Allmusic called the album "a promising debut" and also referred to the work as "a debut of enormous potential."[1]

Track listing

No. Title Music Sample(s)[3] Length
1. "Intro (Interlude)" (feat. Magoo) Barcliff, Bush, Carlos, Garrett, Ninicius, Norman, Peacock   1:39
2. "Don't Stop the Music"   Peoples, Playa, Yarbrough 4:45
3. "All the Way"   Bush, Garrett, Mosley   4:56
4. "Everybody Wanna Luv Somebody"   Black, Bush, Garrett, Mosley, Peacock, Static   5:18
5. "Together"   Blag Dahlia, Bush, Garrett, Huff, Static   3:55
6. "Derby City (Interlude)" (feat. Magoo) Barcliff, Bush, Garrett, Peacock   2:24
7. "I-65"   Black, Bush, Garrett, Peacock, Smokey, Static   4:36
8. "Cheers 2 U"   Garrett, Mosley, Static   5:11
9. "Ms. Parker" (feat. Missy Elliott) Elliott, Mosley   5:02
10. "Top of the World"   Garrett, Mosley, Peacock, Smokey, Static   4:58
11. "One Man Woman" (feat. Aaliyah) Garrett, Peacock, Static   4:30
12. "I'll B 2 C U"   Black, Bush, Crouch, Garrett, Jones, Mosley, Patterson, Peacock, Smokey, Static   4:25
13. "Push"   Black, Bush, Garrett, Peacock, Static   4:01
14. "Buggin' Over You"   Black, Bush, Garrett, Peacock, Static   3:51
15. "Gospel Interlude"   Bush, Garrett, Peacock   2:12
16. "I Gotta Know" (feat. Foxy Brown) Bush, Jones, Marchand, McElveen, Patterson, Young   3:59

Chart history

Album

Chart (1998)[2] Peak
position
U.S. Billboard 200 86
U.S. R&B Albums 19

Singles

Year Single Peak chart positions[4]
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 U.S. Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks
1997 "Don't Stop the Music" 73 26
1998 "Cheers 2 U" 38 10

"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Personnel

Information taken from Allmusic.[5]

  • arranging – Playa
  • assistant engineering – Wayne Allison, Victor Bruno, James Rosenthal
  • assistant mixing – James Rosenthal, Todd Wachsmuth
  • engineering – Wayne Allison, Jimmy Douglass, Rob Paustian, Steve Sola, Timbaland
  • executive production – Barry Hankerson, Jomo Hankerson
  • guitar – Bill Pettaway
  • keyboards – Kerie Cooper
  • mixing – Conley Abrams, Jimmy Douglass, Timbaland
  • performer(s) – Aaliyah, Magoo, Missy Elliott, Foxy Brown
  • photography – Jonathan Mannion
  • production – James Earl Jones III, Derick "D Man" McElveen, Smokey, Timbaland
  • programming – Derick "D Man" McElveen
  • vocal arrangement – James Earl Jones III, Playa, Static
  • vocals – Playa
  • vocals (background) – Playa

Notes

  1. ^ a b Stanley, Leo. "allmusic ((( Cheers 2 U > Review )))". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r342560. Retrieved 2010-07-04. 
  2. ^ a b "allmusic ((( Cheers 2 U > Charts & Awards > Billboard Albums )))". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r342560. Retrieved 2010-07-04. 
  3. ^ "Rap Sample FAQ - Quick FAQ Search: Playa". The-Breaks.com. http://the-breaks.com/search.php?term=Playa&type=6. Retrieved 07-26-2010. 
  4. ^ "allmusic ((( Cheers 2 U > Charts & Awards > Billboard Singles )))". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r342560. Retrieved 2010-07-26. 
  5. ^ "allmusic ((( Cheers 2 U > Credits )))". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r342560. Retrieved 2010-07-26. 

External links

v · Playa
Static Major · Smokey · Black
Albums
Cheers 2 U
Singles
"Don't Stop the Music" · "Cheers 2 U" · "I Gotta Know" · "Your Dress" · "Woozy" · "Incense Burning" · "Never Too Late"
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