II D Extreme (album) explained

II D Extreme
Type:album
Artist:II D Extreme
Cover:II D Extreme.jpg
Released:November 9, 1993
Genre:New jack swing, hip hop, R&B
Length:47:25
Label:MCA
Producer:D'Extra Wiley (tracks 1, 2, 4, 7, 9, 10, 12 and 13)
Hami (track 2)
Erik White (tracks 3, 5, 8)
Kevin Jackson (tracks 3, 5 and 8)
Jeff Carruthers (track 6)
Paul Brown (tracks 6 and 9)
Brian Wayy (track 9)
Boogaloo and Camille (track 10)
Bobby Arrington (track 11), Randy Gill (track 9)
Somethin' for the People (track 11)
Gerald Thompson (track 12)
Ray Wiley (track 12)
Tim Carmon (track 13)
Next Title:From I Extreme II Another
Next Year:1996

II D Extreme is the debut studio album by the group, II D Extreme. The album was released on November 9, 1993 for MCA Records and was produced by D'Extra Wiley and Randy Gill, with eleven of the thirteen songs on the album written mainly by D'Extra Wiley (although co-writers helped on several songs). The album peaked at No. 115 on the Billboard 200 albums chart and No. 22 on the Top R&B Albums chart. Three singles also made it to the Billboard charts, "Cry No More", "Up on the Roof", and "Let Me Love You".

Track listing

  1. "Prelude: Falling in Love" - 1:18 (D'Extra Wiley)
  2. "Let Me Love You" - 5:46 (Wiley, Hami)
  3. "Tell Me" - 4:40 (Wiley, Erik White, Kevin Jackson)
  4. "Outstanding" - 3:17 (Raymond Calhoun)
  5. "Thinkin' Bout Cha'" - 4:40 (Wiley, White, Jackson)
  6. "Up on the Roof" - 4:07 (Gerry Goffin, Carole King)
  7. "Interlude: Thinkin'" - 0:52 (Wiley, White, Jackson, Randy Gill)
  8. "Cry No More" - 4:43 (Wiley, Gill, White, Jackson)
  9. "To Love Someone" - 6:18 (Wiley, Gill, Brian Wayy)
  10. "No Way" - 4:27 (Wiley, Chris "Boogaloo" Harris, Lenny "Camille" Williford)
  11. "I Need Your Lovin'" - 4:18 (Wiley, Bobby Arrington, Jeffrey "Fuzzy" Young, Rochad Holiday, Curtis "Sauce" Wilson)
  12. "Yummy" - 3:59 (Wiley, Gerald Thompson, Ray Wiley)
  13. "Postlude: Finally" - 1:38 (Wiley, Tim Carmon)