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Dru Hill

Dru Hill
1 disc

1. Anthem
2. Nothing to Prove
3. Tell Me
4. Do U Believe?
5. Whatever U Want
6. Satisfied
7. April Showers
8. All Alone
9. Never Make a Promise
10. So Special
11. In My Bed
12. Love's Train
13. Share My World
14. 5 Steps
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Additional Info

Manufacturer Part Number (MPN): 524306
Credits

Producer
Engineer
Dru Hill: Tamir "Nokio" Ruffin, Larry "Jazz" Anthony, Jr., Mark "Sisqo" Andrews, James "Woody" Green (vocals).
Additional personnel includes: Triip (rap vocals); Nate-Love, Ralph B. Stacy (various instruments); Frank Camdel (guitar); Kim Jordan, Stanley Brown, Benjamin Love (keyboards); Allen "Grip" Smith (keyboards, programming); Ronnie Garrett, Lance Hinesman, Zack Scott (bass); Nathaniel Townsley (drums); Spike (percussion); Bobby Crawford, Daryl Simmons, Michael Aharon, Big Mike, Tom Salta (programming).
Producers include: Nokio, Stanley Brown, Keith Sweat, Buttnaked Tim Dawg, Terence Dudley.
Engineers include: Chris Lighty, Russell Elevado, Mike Tarsia.
Personnel: Triip (rap vocals); Frank Camdel (guitar); Allen "Grip" Smith (keyboards, keyboard programming, drum programming); Daryl Simmons (keyboards, drum programming); Benjamin Love, Kim Jordan, Stanley Brown (keyboards); Nathaniel Townsley (drums); Spike (percussion); Tom Salta (programming); Bobby Crawford (keyboard programming); Michael Aharon, Big Mike (drum programming); James "Woody" Green (background vocals).
Audio Mixers: Darryl Pearson; Gerhard Joost; Chris Barnett; John Anthony; Jon Gass; Mike Tarsia; Russell Elevado.
Recording information: Battery Studios, New York, NY; Dajhelon Stuidios, Rochester, NY; Hit Factory, New York, NY; Marquetplace Recording, New York, NY; Quad Recording, New York, NY; Sigma Sound Studios, Philadelphia, PA; Silent Sound Studios, Atlanta, GA; Sony Music Studios, New York, NY; Studio, Philadelphia, PA; Sweat Shop, Atlanta, GA.
Photographer: Guzman/Rotterdam Conservatory Orquesta Tipica.
Dru Hill is a new-jack soul quartet that follows mentor Keith Sweat's lead on its debut album. Paeans to Herculean late-night exploits and calls of soul-cleaning devotion are interspersed over old-fashioned soul licks, delivered with modern R&B technology. At times, as on "Tell Me," the low and high roads to a heart co-mingle in a fashion that would make Prince envious. But Dru Hill seldom reaches the Minneapolitan's funky musical raunch. Instead, Sisqo, Woody, Nokio and Jazz choose to be smooth like butter: all rich harmonies, laid-back finger snaps and synthesized harps.
Critic Reviews

Muzik (2/97, p.114) - 8 out of 10 - "With swingbeat getting slender and slower, and the beats getting thinner and lower, one wonders whether you should get down on the dancefloor or get between the sheets and tell somebody you need some love & affection....pure bonking music."
Vibe (2/97, p.105) - "...Dru Hill promise devotion, emotion, the world, and then some for the love of the ladies....[T]his is strictly R&B..."