One (Me Phi Me album)

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Released February 18, 1992 Length 53:28 Release date 18 February 1992 Genre Alternative hip hop		Recorded 1988 - 1991 Artist Me Phi Me Label BMG
Producer Christopher Cuben-Tatum aka Cee Cee Tee (CCT)

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ONE is the debut album by American alternative hip hop group Me Phi Me, released on February 18, 1992 (see 1992 in music) by RCA Records. Generally considered the first folk-rap album, ONE was a critics darling in the United States, United Kingdom, Europe and Scandinavia, though sales were limited. A fusion of acoustic guitars, spacey synthesizers, and live funk beats, the album established the Me Phi Me Fraternity as one of the more progressive hip-hop artists of all time.

The song "Keep It Goin'" was chosen as the opening and closing theme for Fox's short-lived anthology drama Tribeca.

Track listing

1. Intro: A Call to Arms (The Step) 1:54

2. The Credo 1:20

3. Sad New Day 5:28

4. Poetic Moment I: The Dream 3:74

5. Dream of You 3:56

6. Not My Brotha 4:17

7. Keep It Goin' 3:57

8. Poetic Moment II: The Streets :54

9. Black Sunshine 3:49

10. And I Believe (The Credo) 4:39

11. Pu' Sho Hands 2Getha 3:52

12. Poetic Moment III: The Light :31

13. Road to Life 4:24

14. It Ain't the Way It Was 4:59

15. (Think) Where Are You Going? 4:33

16. Return to Arms: In Closing :41

Personnel

Me Phi Me – Vocals

Christopher Cuben-Tatum – Producer, Vocals, Bass, Keyboards, Drums

John Michael Falasz III – 12-String Acoustic Guitars, Vocals

Michael Franks – Background Vocals

Rags Murtaugh – Harmonica

Ladysmith Black Mambazo – Accent Vocals

Djivan Gasparyan – Armenian Dudek

Count Bass D – Frat Stepping, Vocals

Chart positions

Billboard Music Charts (North America) – singles:

1992 Sad New Day Hot 100 Singles No. 60

1992 Pu' Sho Hands 2Getha R&B Singles No. 71

Songs

1Intro: A Call to Arms (The Step)1:55
2The CREDO1:20
3Sad New Day5:28

References

One (Me Phi Me album) Wikipedia

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