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I Wish (Skee Lo album)

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Released
  
June 27, 1995

Label
  
Sunshine Records

Artist
  
Skee-Lo

Producer
  
Skee-Lo

Recorded
  
1994-95

I Wish (1995)
  
I Can't Stop (2000)

Release date
  
27 June 1995

Genre
  
Hip hop music

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Nominations
  
Grammy Award for Best Rap Album

Similar
  
Fresh Ideas, Breakin' Away, Tender Lover

Skee lo i wish official video


I Wish is the debut album by Skee-Lo, released on June 27, 1995 on Sunshine Records. It was originally distributed through Scotti Bros. Records BMG in the US, Polydor in the UK, MCA in France, Edel Records in Germany, Mega Records in Scandinavia and Jive Records in Holland.

Contents

The album was produced by Walter 'Kandor' Kahn and Skee-lo at Sunshine Studios in Hollywood CA assisted by Todd Tracey. It was mixed at Santa Monica Sound Recorders assisted by Colin Sauers. Mastering was performed by Arnie Acosta at A&M Studios in Hollywood CA.

Three months prior to the album's release, Skee-Lo's debut single, also titled "I Wish", was released independently on Sunshine Records. The song quickly became a hit, peaking at No. 13 on the Billboard Hot 100. While the album only managed to reach 53 on the Billboard 200, the popularity of the single eventually led the album to achieve gold status on November 16, 1995 for sales of 500,000 copies.

The album was nominated for a Grammy in the Best Rap Album category. Several of the songs from the album were featured in major motion pictures including; Top of the Stairs in Money Train (Columbia Pictures) and Come Back To Me in Big Bully (Morgan Creek).

Skee lo top of the stairs official video


Track listing

  1. "Superman"- 4:11
  2. "I Wish"- 4:10
  3. "Never Crossed My Mind"- 4:02
  4. "Top of the Stairs"- 4:31
  5. "Come Back to Me"- 3:27
  6. "Waitin' for You"- 3:27
  7. "Holdin' On"- 3:14
  8. "You Ain't Down"- 3:49
  9. "Crenshaw ft. Funke"- 3:54
  10. "This Is How It Sounds"- 3:24
  11. "The Burger Song"- 3:35
  12. "I Wish" (Street Mix)- 4:42

Samples

Come Back to Me

  • "Impeach the President" by The Honey Drippers
  • Holdin' On

  • "Holding Back the Years" by Simply Red
  • I Wish

  • "For What It's Worth" by Buffalo Springfield (Re-Sung Lyrics)
  • "Spinnin'" by Bernard Wright
  • "Buffalo Gals" by Malcolm McLaren (Vocal/Shouting Voices)
  • "Effects & Scratches - Radio Tuning" by Simon Harris
  • "Jam" by Michael Jackson
  • "Love's Taken Over" by Chanté Moore
  • "She Drives Me Wild" by Michael Jackson
  • I Wish (Street Mix)

  • "Sing a Simple Song" by Sly & the Family Stone
  • "All This Love" by DeBarge
  • Superman

  • "Between the Sheets" by The Isley Brothers
  • This Is How It Sounds

  • "For the Love of You" by The Isley Brothers
  • Top of the Stairs

  • "Remind Me" by Patrice Rushen
  • Waitin' for You

  • "More Peas" by Fred Wesley and The J.B.'s
  • You Ain't Down

  • "Summer Madness" by Kool & the Gang
  • Never Crossed My Mind

  • "The Lady in My Life" by Michael Jackson
  • The Burger Song

  • "Change the Beat (Female Version)" by Fab 5 Freddy
  • "La Di Da Di" by Doug E. Fresh and Slick Rick
  • Songs

    1Superman4:11
    2I Wish4:10
    3Never Crossed My Mind4:04

    References

    I Wish (Skee-Lo album) Wikipedia