Released October 23, 1989 Length 45:28 | Recorded 1988-1989 Label Ruthless | |
Genre New jack swing
soul
R&B Producer Eazy-E (exec.)
Dr. Dre
L.A. Dre (co-.) | ||
Michel'le is the self-titled debut studio album by American recording artist Michel'le. It was released on October 23, 1989 on Ruthless Records and was produced by Dr. Dre of N.W.A. The album was certified Gold by the Recording Industry Association of America 5 weeks after its release. To date the album has sold 1.3 million copies in the United States.
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Commercial performance
Following its release the record reach #35 on the Billboard 200 and #5 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart. Five singles were released, "No More Lies", "Nicety", "If?", "Something in My Heart" and "Keep Watchin'". The most successful being "No More Lies", which peak to #7 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #2 on the Billboard Hot R&B Songs chart.
New York rapper Tim Dog sampled the song "No More Lies" in his track "Fuck Compton", a diss song towards West Coast hip hop, from his 1991 album Penicillin on Wax. In 2004, P-Dub samped "Something in My Heart" in his song "4 Walls the After Effect". Song "If?" was sampled in Kehlani's 2014 song "As I Am".
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Credits adapted from Discogs