Piece of Mind (Tela album) explained
| Piece of Mind |
| Type: | Studio |
| Artist: | Tela |
| Cover: | Piece of Mind Tela.jpg |
| Recorded: | 1996 |
| Next Title: | Now or Never |
| Next Year: | 1998 |
Piece of Mind is the debut studio album by American rapper Tela. It was released on November 5, 1996 through Suave House/Relativity Records. Production was handled by Tela himself with DJ Slice T, Jazze Pha, T-Mix and Insane Wayne. It features guest appearances from 8Ball & MJG, Crime Boss, South Circle and NOLA. The album peaked at number 70 on the Billboard 200 and number 17 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums. Its lead single, "Sho Nuff", peaked at No. 58 on the Billboard Hot 100.
Personnel
- Winston "Tela" Rogers – main artist, producer, mixing
- Mr. Mike Walls – featured artist (track 3)
- Thurston "Crime Boss" Slaughter – featured artist (track 3)
- Premro "8Ball" Smith – featured artist (track 7)
- Marlon "MJG" Goodwin – featured artist (track 7)
- Toni Hickman – featured artist (track 10)
- Tylene Mercadel – featured artist (track 10)
- Suns Of Soul – additional vocals (tracks: 1, 15)
- Tyree Robinson – additional vocals (track 2)
- Phalon "Jazze Pha" Alexander – additional vocals (tracks: 3, 5, 7, 10, 12, 13), keyboards (tracks: 3, 7), drum programming (track 3), producer (tracks: 3, 7, 13)
- Thomas "Low Key" McCollum – additional vocals (track 4)
- Marcus McRee – additional vocals (tracks: 5, 9, 13, 14)
- Mac Rodd – additional vocals (tracks: 6, 12)
- Mista Rodd – additional vocals (tracks: 6, 12)
- Nathaniel Malone – additional vocals (track 6)
- The Care Bear – additional vocals (track 9)
- B. McRay – additional vocals (track 13)
- Baby Dre – additional vocals (tracks: 13, 14)
- Gee-Kay – additional vocals (track 13)
- L. McRay – additional vocals (track 13)
- Mr. Rob – additional vocals (track 13)
- Sheldon "Slice T" Arrington – keyboards, drum programming, producer (tracks: 1, 2, 5, 8-15), mixing
- Niko Lyras – guitar (track 1), acoustic guitar (track 12)
- Neal Jones – guitar (track 2), bass (tracks: 1, 7, 9), engineering (tracks: 1-3, 5-14), mixing
- Lawrence Long – guitar (track 4)
- Tristan "T-Mix" Jones – keyboards & producer (track 4)
- Adam Warren – guitar (track 9)
- Derrel Harris – Rhodes piano & drums (track 9)
- Ferrell "Ensayne Wayne" Miles – producer (track 13)
- Roger Tausz – mixing
- Clay "Jus Fresh" James – engineering
- Tony Dawsey – mastering
- James Endsley – executive producer
- Tony Draper – executive producer
- Pen & Pixel – artwork, design
Samples
Twisted
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