Six (Whodini album) explained
Six |
Type: | studio |
Artist: | Whodini |
Cover: | Whodini Six.jpg |
Released: | September 17, 1996 |
Recorded: | 1996 |
Genre: | Hip hop |
Length: | 38:11 |
Prev Title: | Bag-a-Trix |
Prev Year: | 1991 |
Six is the sixth and final studio album by American hip hop group Whodini. It was released on September 17, 1996 via So So Def/Columbia Records, making it the only album released for the label. Recording sessions took place at KrossWire Studio, Doppler Studios and Bosstown Recording Studios in Atlanta, at Record One and at Mystic Studios. Production was handled by Jermaine Dupri, who also served as executive producer, Dave Atkinson and Ross "Spyda" Sloan, with co-producer Carl So-Lowe. It features guest appearances from the Lost Boyz, Mr. Black, Nicole Jackson, R. Kelly, Trey Lorenz and Trina Broussard.
Unlike other albums, this is the first album of Whodini with extensive use of expletives in lyrics due to changes of the rap industry growing. Also, the album doesn't continue the trend of '80s-esque synthesizer sounds and discarded with a hard-core edge style pioneered by LL Cool J, Onyx and Run-DMC among others.
Chart performance
In the United States, the album debuted at number 55 on the Billboard Top R&B Albums chart. Its lead single, "Keep Running Back", peaked at 69 on the Hot R&B Singles[1] and No. 27 on the Hot Rap Songs charts.[2]
Track listing
- Sample credits
Personnel
- Jalil Hutchins — main artist, vocals
- John "Ecstacy" Fletcher — main artist, vocals
- Drew "Grandmaster D" Carter — main artist
- The Lost Boyz — additional vocals (track 2)
- Robert Kelly — additional vocals (track 3)
- Lloyd "Trey Lorenz" Smith — additional vocals (track 6)
- Trina Broussard — additional vocals (track 7)
- Nicole Jackson — additional vocals (track 9)
- Altorre "Mr. Black" Randolph — additional vocals (track 10)
- LaMarquis Jefferson — bass (tracks: 3, 13), guitar (track 10)
- Jermaine Dupri — producer (tracks: 2, 3, 6, 7, 9, 10), mixing (tracks: 2-3, 5-7, 9-11, 13), executive producer
- Ross "Spyda" Sloan — producer & mixing (tracks: 5, 7, 11)
- Dave Atkinson — producer & mixing (tracks: 5, 7, 11)
- Carl So-Lowe — producer (track 10), re-mixing (track 13)
- Phil Tan — mixing (tracks: 2, 3, 5-7, 9-11, 13), recording (tracks: 3, 10)
- Mike Wilson — recording (tracks: 5, 7)
- Dexter Simmons — recording (track 5)
- Mike Alvord — recording (track 11)
- Alex Lowe — engineering assistant (tracks: 2, 6, 13)
- Brian Frye — engineering assistant (tracks: 3, 5, 7, 10)
- Kevin Lively — engineering assistant (tracks: 9, 11)
- Brian Lee — mastering
- LaTanya Davis — art direction
- Danny Clinch — photography
- Frank Edwards — A&R
- Diane Makowski — A&R
- Shanique Hill — stylist
Notes and References
- August 31, 1996 . Hot R&B Singles . January 27, 2022 . . . 25 . 108 . 35 . 0006-2510.
- August 31, 1996 . Hot Rap Singles . January 27, 2022 . . . 26 . 108 . 35 . 0006-2510.
- October 5, 1996 . Top R&B Albums . https://web.archive.org/web/20211117231647/https://www.billboard.com/artist/whodini/chart-history/blp/ . November 17, 2021 . April 22, 2024 . . . 25 . 108 . 40 . 0006-2510.