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Paradise (Billy Lawrence album)

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Released
  
June 24, 1997

Paradise (1997)
  
Too Many Times (1999)

Release date
  
24 June 1997

Length
  
51:10

Artist
  
Billy Lawrence

Label
  
East West Records

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Producer
  
Merlin Bobb (exec.), Billy Lawrence (exec.), Poke & Tone (exec.), Darrell "Delite" Allamby, Dave Atkinson, Organized Noize, Rashad Smith

Genres
  
Contemporary R&B, Hip hop soul

Billy lawrence paradise 1997


Paradise is the second studio album from American R&B artist Billy Lawrence, released June 24, 1997 on East West Records. The album features an appearance from rapper MC Lyte on the first single "Come On". Also appearing on the album was the then-unknown Van Hunt who played the Wurlitzer on the album's title track. Paradise also marked the debut of the controversial rap group dead prez who were credited as sticman & M-1 on the song "Footsteps".

Contents

Release and reception

The album reached the fifty-seventh spot on the R&B Albums chart.

Personnel

Information taken from Allmusic.

  • art direction – Kiku
  • assistant engineering – Rawle Gittens, Storm Jefferson, Kenny Stallworth, Mike Wilson
  • assistant mixing – Ricco Lumpkins
  • bass – Preston Crump
  • design – Kiku
  • drum programming – Organized Noize, Poke & Tone, Rashad Smith
  • engineering – Darrell "Delite" Allamby, Blake Eiseman, Brian Miller, Lou Ortiz, Chris Theis, Bernasky Wall, John Wydrycs
  • executive production – Merlin Bobb, Billy Lawrence, Poke & Tone
  • guitar – Tomi Martin
  • keyboard programming – Darrell "Delite" Allamby
  • keyboards – Darrell "Delite" Allamby, Dave Atkinson, Timothy Christian Riley
  • mixing – Darrell "Delite" Allamby, Carl Nappa, Lou Ortiz, Neil Pogue, Richard Travali
  • multi-instruments – Darrell "Delite" Allamby
  • production – Darrell "Delite" Allamby, Dave Atkinson, Billy Lawrence, Organized Noize
  • programming – Darrell "Delite" Allamby
  • sampling – Rawle Gittens
  • vocal production – Darrell "Delite" Allamby, Billy Lawrence
  • wurlitzer – Van Hunt

    • Songs

    1Intro0:51
    2Come On4:08
    3Hooked On You3:48

    References

    Paradise (Billy Lawrence album) Wikipedia
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