Dru Hill (album)

Dru Hill (album)
Dru Hill
Studio album by Dru Hill
Released November 19, 1996
Genre R&B, Hip hop soul
Length 59:29
Label Island
Producer Hiriam Hicks (exec.), Andre Bell, Stanley Brown, Terence Dudley, A. Islam Haqq, Hitman, Benjamin Love, Nokio the N-Tity, Darryl Pearson, Daryl Simmons, Allen "Grip" Smith, Keith Sweat, Tim Dawg, Janice Upchurch
Dru Hill chronology
Dru Hill
(1996)
Enter the Dru
(1998)
Singles from Dru Hill
  1. "Tell Me"
    Released: August 20, 1996
  2. "In My Bed"
    Released: December 12, 1996
  3. "Never Make a Promise"
    Released: July 28, 1997
  4. "5 Steps"
    Released: November 25, 1997

Dru Hill is the self-titled debut studio album from American R&B group Dru Hill, released November 19, 1996 on Island Records. The album featured four singles "Tell Me", "In My Bed", "Never Make a Promise" and "5 Steps". The album also features the So So Def remix of "In My Bed", which features Jermaine Dupri and Da Brat, as a bonus track.

The album peaked at number twenty-three on the Billboard 200 chart. By June 1997 it was certified platinum in sales by the RIAA, after sales exceeding 1,000,000 copies in the United States.

Contents

Release and reception

The album peaked at twenty-three on the U.S. Billboard 200 and reached the fifth spot on the R&B Albums chart.[1] The album was certified gold in February 1997 and platinum by June of the same year.[2]

Rob Theakston of Allmusic called the album "an impressive debut and a razor-sharp clue of the great things to come."[3]

Track listing

No. Title Writer(s) Length
1. "Anthem"   Bell, Upchurch 1:00
2. "Nothing to Prove"   Dudley, Ellis, Patterson, Rovira 4:06
3. "Tell Me"   Brown, Cantrall, Myron 4:13
4. "Do U Believe?"   Dudley, Patterson 4:12
5. "Whatever U Want"   Andrews, Anthony, Brown, Hall, Myron 3:58
6. "Satisfied"   Clemmons, Green, Ruffin 4:44
7. "April Showers"   Anthony, Green, Ruffin 3:34
8. "All Alone"   Andrews, Anthony, Green, Jones, Ruffin 3:35
9. "Never Make a Promise"   Simmons 5:27
10. "So Special"   Andrews, Anthony, Pearson, Ruffin 5:24
11. "In My Bed"   Brown, Simmons, Stacy 4:45
12. "Love's Train"   Cooper, Pilate 4:20
13. "Share My World"   Crawford, Lane, Sweat 4:28
14. "5 Steps"   Green, Miller, Ruffin 5:43
15. "In My Bed (So So Def Mix)" (featuring Jermaine Dupri & Da Brat) Dupri 4:03

Chart history

Album

Chart (1996)[1] Peak
position
U.S. Billboard 200 23
U.S. Heatseekers 2
U.S. R&B Albums 5

Singles

Year Single Peak chart positions[4]
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 U.S. Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales U.S. Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks U.S. Rhythmic Top 40
1996 "Tell Me" 18 5 20
1996 "In My Bed" 4 1 4
1997 "Never Make a Promise" 7 3 1 23
"5 Steps" 7 - - 22

"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Personnel

Information taken from Allmusic.[5]

  • assistant engineering – Jim Carliana, Chris Habeck, Kevin Lively, Steven Rhodes, Brian Thomas, Bernasky Wall, Won B., Luke Yeager
  • assistant mixing – Steve Jones, Mike Rew, Gordon Rice, Paul Smith
  • associate production – A. Islam Haqq, Ralph Stacy
  • bass – Ronnie Garrett, Lance Hiesman, Zachary Scott
  • drum programming – Michael Aharon, Big Mike, Daryl Simmons, Allen "Grip" Smith
  • drums – Nathaniel Townsley
  • engineering – Won Allen, Mike Anzel, Brian Frye, Larry Gold, Karl Heilbron, David Kennedy, Thom "TK" Kidd, Chris Lighty, Alex Nesmith, Jon Smeltz, Mike Tarsia
  • executive production – Hiriam Hicks
  • grooming – William Marshall
  • guitar – Frank Camdel
  • keyboard programming – Bobby Crawford, Allen "Grip" Smith
  • keyboards – Stanley Brown, Kim Jordan, Benjamin Love, Daryl Simmons, Allen "Grip" Smith
  • mastering – Chris Gehringer
  • mixing – John Anthony, Chris Barnett, Russell Elevado, Jon Gass, Gerhard Joost, Darryl Pearson, Mike Tarsia
  • multi-instruments – Nate Love, Ralph Stacy
  • overdubs – Anthony Duino, Russell Elevado
  • percussion – Spike
  • photography – Guzman/Rotterdam Conservatory Orquesta Tipica
  • production – Andre Bell, Stanley Brown, Terence Dudley, Hitman, A. Islam Haqq, Benjamin Love, Nokio the N-Tity, Tim Dawg, Darryl Pearson, Daryl Simmons, Allen "Grip" Smith, Keith Sweat, Janice Upchurch
  • production coordination – Ivy Skoff
  • programming – Tom Salta
  • rapping – Triip
  • string arranging – Michael Aharon
  • stylist – Nadia Bartos
  • vocal arranging – Darryl Pearson, Sisqó
  • vocals (background) – James "Woody" Green

Notes

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