Dru Hill (album)

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Dru Hill
Dru Hill cover
Studio album by Dru Hill
Released November 19, 1996
Recorded 1996
Genre R&B
Length 59:29
Label Island Black
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Producer Hiram Hicks (executive)
A. Haqq Islam
Daryl Simmons
Andre Bell
Nokio the N-Tity
Keith Sweat
Stanley Brown
"Buttnaked" Tim Dawg
Ralph Stacy (assistant)
Terence Dudley
Hitman
Janice Upchurch
Benjamin Love
Darryl Pearson
Allen "Grip" Smith
Professional reviews
Dru Hill chronology
Dru Hill
(1996)		 Enter the Dru
(1998)

Dru Hill is the 1996 debut album by American R&B vocal group Dru Hill. The album was released through a production deal with University Music by Island Black Records in November 1996. Dru Hill includes the hit singles "Tell Me", "Never Make a Promise", "5 Steps", and "In My Bed", as well as a cover of Con Funk Shun's 1983 hit "Love's Train".

All four of Dru Hill's singles were Top 10 hits on the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks, with "In My Bed" and "Never Make a Promise" charting at number-one. "Tell Me", "In My Bed", and "Never Make a Promise" were also Top 20 hits on the Billboard Hot 100, peaking at #18, #4, and #7, respectively.

Contents

[edit] Track listing

  1. "Anthem" (Bell, Upchurch)
  2. "Nothing to Prove" (Dudley, Ellis, Patterson, Rovira)
  3. "Tell Me" (Brown, Davis, Cantrall)
  4. "Do U Believe?" (Dudley, Patterson)
  5. "Whatever U Want" (Andrews, Anthony, Brown, Hall, Davis)
  6. "Satisfied" (Clemmons, Green, Ruffin)
  7. "April Showers" (Anthony, Green, Ruffin)
  8. "All Alone" (Andrews, Anthony, Green, Jones, Ruffin)
  9. "Never Make a Promise" (Simmons)
  10. "So Special" (Andrews, Anthony, Pearson, Ruffin)
  11. "In My Bed" (Brown, Stacey, Simmons)
  12. "Love's Train" (Cooper, Pilate)
  13. "Share My World" (Crawford, Lane, Sweat)
  14. "5 Steps" (Ruffin, Green, Miller)

[edit] Personnel

  • Lead and background vocals: Sisqó (Mark Andrews), Jazz (Larry Anthony), Nokio (Tamir Ruffin), and Woody (James Green)
  • Rap on "Whatever U Want": Triip
  • Production coordination: Ivy Skoff
  • Keyboards: Stanley Brown, Kim Jordan, Benjamin Love, Allen "Grip" Smith
  • Drums: Nathaniel Townsley
  • Drum programming and sequencing: Michael Aharon, Big Mike, Bobby Crawford, Tom Salta, Allen "Grip" Smith
  • Percussion: Spike
  • Guitar: Frank Camdel
  • Bass guitar: Ronnie Garrett, Lance Hiesman, Zachary Scott
  • Multiple instruments: Ralph Stacy, Nate Love
  • Arrangers: Michael Aharon (strings), Darryl Pearson (vocals), Sisqó (vocals)

[edit] Chart and singles history

Title Information
"Tell Me"
  • Island Black single 854660, August 20, 1996
  • Music video directed by Terry Heller and Chuck Ozeas
"In My Bed"
"In My Bed" [Remix]
  • Non-album, featuring Jermaine Dupri and Da Brat
  • All vocals by Sisqó
  • Produced by Jermaine Dupri
  • Island Black single 854854, radio debut May 1997
  • Music video directed by Darren Grant
"Never Make a Promise"
  • Island Black single 572082, July 22, 1997
  • Music video directed by Frank Sacramento
"5 Steps"
  • Island Black single, November 1997
  • Music video directed by Frank Sacramento
Name Chart (1996-1998) Peak
position
Dru Hill U.S. Billboard 200 23
Dru Hill U.S. Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums 5
"Tell Me" U.S. Billboard Hot 100 18
"Tell Me" U.S. Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks 5
"In My Bed" U.S. Billboard Hot 100 4
"In My Bed" U.S. Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks 1
"Never Make a Promise" U.S. Billboard Hot 100 7
"Never Make a Promise" U.S. Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks 1
"5 Steps" U.S. Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks 7

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