R U Tuff Enuff Explained

R U Tuff Enuff
Type:studio
Artist:Rebbie Jackson
Cover:Rutuffenuff.jpg
Recorded:1987–1988
Studio:The Lab Recording Studios
Length:37:49
Prev Title:Reaction
Prev Year:1986
Next Title:The Rebbie Jackson Collection
Next Year:1996

R U Tuff Enuff is the third album by American R&B singer Rebbie Jackson.[1] This album was a different approach for Jackson, as it had a harder-edged street R&B sound that was very popular at the time—which was also exhibited on the La Toya album by Jackson's sister, La Toya Jackson.

The single "Plaything" peaked at number eight on the Billboard R&B charts, Jackson's highest-charting single since 1984's "Centipede." The title track was also released as a single, but it was not as commercially successful. Melle Mel guested on "R U Tuff Enuff."[2]

Critical reception

People wrote that the "album is such a blank-sounding snore that—if dopey spelling is going to be insisted on—it might have been called Noise R Us."

Track listing

  1. "Perfect Combination" (Everett Collins, David "Pic" Conley, David Townshend, Robbie Danzie) – 5:16
  2. "Read Between the Lines" (Jack Ponti, David Conley, Vic Pepe, David Townshend) – 4:50
  3. "This Love is Forever" (Everett Collins, Rebbie Jackson, David Conley, David Townshend) – 4:40
  4. "R U Tuff Enuff" (Arthur McCallister, Rebbie Jackson, David Conley) – 4:10
  5. "Plaything" (Joshua Thompson, Romeo Williams, Gene Lennon) – 4:56
  6. "Friendship Song" (Joshua Thompson, David Conley, Gene Lennon) – 4:32
  7. "Sweetest Dreams" (Joshua Thompson, Gene Lennon, Romeo Williams) – 4:08
  8. "Distant Conversation" (Everett Collins, Derrick Culler, David Conley) – 5:17

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Columnist Jerry Fink: 'Lost' Jackson sister sails at Windjammer - Las Vegas Sun Newspaper. July 27, 2001. lasvegassun.com.
  2. Web site: Rebbie Jackson And LaToya Jackson. https://web.archive.org/web/20201124153952/http://www.mtv.com/news/971415/rebbie-jackson-and-latoya-jackson/. dead. November 24, 2020. MTV News.
  3. Rebbie Jackson. Billboard.