| The Whole Scenario | |
| Type: | studio |
| Artist: | LeVert |
| Cover: | The Whole Scenario.jpg |
| Released: | 1997 |
| Genre: | R&B |
| Label: | Atlantic[1] |
| Producer: | Gerald Levert, Marc Gordon, Edwin "Tony" Nicholas |
| Prev Title: | For Real Tho' |
| Prev Year: | 1993 |
| Next Title: | The Best of LeVert |
| Next Year: | 2001 |
The Whole Scenario is the final studio album by the American R&B group LeVert, released in 1997.[2] [3]
The album peaked at No. 49 on the Billboard 200.[4]
Yo-Yo and Queen Pen appear on the song "Tru Dat", the album's first single; Missy Elliot contributed to "Keys to My House".[5] The album was produced by Gerald Levert, Marc Gordon, and Edwin "Tony" Nicholas.[6] Gerald Levert blamed the album's relatively poor chart performance on its troubled production and his disagreements with Gordon.[7] Mad Lion raps on "You Keep Me Comin'".
The Austin American-Statesman thought that "the old LeVert who attracted so many romance-starved women has now been replaced by three men who are trying a little too hard to keep up with the new R&B artists."[8] The Miami Herald wrote that, "while the trio smoothly harmonizes when the tempo calls for it, the music is too slick, too processed and lacks distinction."[9] The Akron Beacon Journal opined that "the entire album is worth a listen, but quickly skip to the lush, practically perfect 'Like Water' ... the beautiful song uses violins, violas, a harp, an English horn, a flute, and other instruments not usually found on Levert's productions."[10]
AllMusic wrote that "although the album has some clear contemporary hip-hop influences, it works because LeVert hasn't lost sight of their primary strengths as a soulful vocal group."