Music for the People (album)

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Music for the People
Music for the People cover
Studio album by Marky Mark & the Funky Bunch
Released 1991
Recorded 1990
Genre Hip hop, dance, pop rap
Length 48:22
Label Interscope Records
Atlantic Records
Producer Mark Wahlberg
Donnie Wahlberg
Danny Wood
Professional reviews
Marky Mark & the Funky Bunch chronology
Music for the People
(1991)
You Gotta Believe
(1992)

Music for the People is the debut album of American Hip Hop group, [Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch]. The album was a major success, reaching #1 on the independent albums chart, and #21 on the Billboard 200; thanks to the platinum selling hit single, Good Vibrations. Alongside "Good Vibrations", the album spawned an additional top-ten single, "Wildside" (#10 on the Billboard Hot 100), as well as the minor hits, "Peace" and "I Need Money". The major hit, Good Vibrations, was featured in the hit movie Blades of Glory. The album was certified platinum by the RIAA.

Good Vibrations was Marky Mark & the Funky Bunch's first single, and after it's release it skyrocketed to number one on the charts. The song, and most of the album, was produced by Mark Wahlberg's brother, Donnie Wahlberg who was part of the group New Kids On The Block. After hitting the charts at number one, Good Vibrations was included in the hit movie Blades of Glory.

[edit] Track listing

  1. "Music for the People"- 4:19
  2. "Good Vibrations" feat. Loleatta Holloway- 4:25
  3. "Wildside"- 5:07
  4. "Bout Time I Funk You"- 4:29
  5. "Peace"- 5:28
  6. "So What Chu Sayin"- 4:41
  7. "Marky Mark is Here"- 4:00
  8. "On the House Tip"- 3:42
  9. "Make Me Say Ooh!"- 3:43
  10. "I Need Money"- 4:29
  11. "The Last Song on Side B"- 3:59