Hi-Five (album)
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Hi-Five | ||||
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Released | September 25, 1990[1] | |||
Recorded | November 1989–May 1990 | |||
Genre | Dance-pop, soul, R&B, new jack swing | |||
Length | 51:39 | |||
Label | Jive | |||
Producer | Teddy Riley, Bernard Belle, Eric Foster White, Dave Way, Alvin Moody, Vincent Bell, Carl Bourelly, Kevin Johnson, Frankie Smith, William Walton | |||
Hi-Five chronology | ||||
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Singles from Hi-Five | ||||
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Hi-Five is the debut album by the American R&B vocal group Hi-Five. Released on September 25, 1990, The album peaked at number thirty eight on the Billboard 200 albums chart. Driven by the hit singles "I Just Can't Handle It" (R&B #10), "I Like the Way (The Kissing Game)" (#1 R&B/Pop), "I Can't Wait Another Minute" (R&B #1, Pop #8) and "Just Another Girlfriend" (R&B #41), the album received an RIAA platinum certification. Also, Hi-Five is the only album to feature original Hi-Five member Toriano Easley, who was arrested for first-degree murder and manslaughter after the album was recorded but just before it was released. Easley is heard sharing lead vocals on "The Way You Said Goodbye", "Rag Doll", "I Can't Wait Another Minute", and "I Know Love".[2] In the video for "I Can't Wait Another Minute", Easley's replacement Treston Irby lip-syncs Easley's part.
Background
The song, "Too Young" (in a single edit version), also appeared on the soundtrack to the 1991 John Singleton film Boyz n the Hood. It is the first recorded appearance of Mobb Deep rapper Prodigy who was 15 when this song was released, which he revealed in his book My Infamous Life: The Autobiography of Mobb Deep's Prodigy.[3]
Track listing
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
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1. | "I Just Can't Handle It" | Bernard Bell, Teddy Riley | Bell, Riley | 4:32 |
2. | "Just Another Girlfriend" | Eric Foster White | White | 4:01 |
3. | "I Like the Way (The Kissing Game)" | Riley, Bell, Dave Way | Riley, Bell, Way | 5:49 |
4. | "Rag Doll" | Alvin Moody | Moody | 4:39 |
5. | "I Can't Wait Another Minute" | White | White | 5:03 |
6. | "Too Young" | Carl & Jean-Paul Bourelly, Roz Davis | Carl & Jean-Paul Bourelly | 5:13 |
7. | "Merry-Go-Round" | Carl Bourelly, Kevin Johnson, Sean Richards | C. Bourelly, Kevin Johnson | 5:11 |
8. | "The Way You Said Goodbye" | White | White | 4:41 |
9. | "Sweetheart" | Bourelly, Bourelly, Richards, Davis, | C. Bourelly | 4:09 |
10. | "I Know Love" | William Walton | Watson, Frankie Smith | 3:54 |
11. | "Just Another Girlfriend (Remix)" | White | White | 4:07 |
Personnel
Hi-Five
Additional singers
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Musicians
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Charts
Chart (1990-1991) | Peak position |
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Australian Albums (ARIA)[4] | 102 |
United States (Billboard 200) | 30 |
References
- ^ "Hi-Five". 25 September 1990 – via Amazon.
- ^ "Marcus Sanders revisits Hi-Five's debut album - Return To The Classics - SoulCulture".
- ^ Johnson, A.; Checkoway, L. (2012). My Infamous Life: The Autobiography of Mobb Deep's Prodigy. Touchstone. p. 36. ISBN 9781439103197. Retrieved 2015-06-24.
- ^ "Bubbling Down Under Week Commencing September 30, 1991". Retrieved September 30, 2022.
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