| Hi-Five | |
| Type: | Studio |
| Artist: | Hi-Five |
| Cover: | Hifivealbum.jpg |
| Released: | September 25, 1990 |
| Recorded: | November 1989–May 1990 |
| Genre: | Teen pop, new jack swing, hip hop, R&B |
| 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 |
| Next Title: | Keep It Goin' On |
| Next Year: | 1992 |
Hi-Five is the debut album by the American vocal group Hi-Five.[1] [2] 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". In the video for "I Can't Wait Another Minute", Easley's replacement Treston Irby lip-syncs Easley's part.
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]
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| Chart (1990-1991) | Peak position | |
|---|---|---|
| Australian Albums (ARIA)[4] | 102 | |
| United States (Billboard 200) | 30 |