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Somethin' Serious

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Released
  
June 28, 1994

Length
  
52:38

Artist
  
Big Mike

Label
  
Rap-A-Lot Records

Recorded
  
1993–1994

Somethin' Serious (1994)
  
Still Serious (1997)

Release date
  
28 June 1994

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Producer
  
Michael Banks, Mike Barnett, John Bido, Troy Clark, Simon Cullins, Mike Dean, N.O. Joe, Pimp C, James H. Smith

Genres
  
Hip hop music, Gangsta rap

Similar
  
Big Mike albums, Hip hop music albums

Somethin' Serious is the 1994 debut album by rapper Big Mike. The album reached #40 on Billboard's Billboard 200 chart and #4 on Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums. It launched the charting single "World of Mind (Produced by N.O. Joe), which peaked at #45 on Hot Rap Tracks.

Contents

Track listing

  1. Comin' from the Swamp - 3:45
  2. World of Mind - 4:25
  3. Ghetto Love - 3:00
  4. Creepin’—Rollin’ - 4:21
  5. Smoke ’Em & Choke ’Em - 4:08
  6. Havin’ Thangs (featuring Pimp C) - 4:49
  7. On da Real - 3:37
  8. Playa, Playa (featuring N.O. Joe) - 4:48
  9. Southern Thang - 1:41
  10. Somethin’ Serious - 3:46
  11. Get over That - 4:33
  12. Fire - 4:05
  13. Daddy’s Gone (featuring Scarface) - 4:33
  14. On da 1 (featuring Bun B, Tre'mendous) - 3:07

Samples

Fire

  • "Fire" by Ohio Players

    • Havin' Thangs

  • "Good Old Music" by Funkadelic

    • Playa Playa

  • "What a Wonderful Thing Love Is" by Al Green

    • Smoke 'Em & Choke 'Em

  • "Goodbye, So Long" by Funk, Inc.

    • Somethin' Serious

  • "Outstanding" by The Gap Band

    • Get Over That

  • "Funkin' for Jamaica (N.Y.)" by Tom Browne

    • Southern Thang

  • "People Say" by The Meters

    • Personnel

  • Michael Banks – producer
  • Mike Barnett – producer, production coordination, mastering, assistant engineer, mixing
  • John Bido – producer, mixing
  • Big Mike – vocals
  • Troy Clark – producer, mixing
  • Billy Cook
  • Simon Cullins – producer
  • Mike Dean – producer, engineer, mastering, mixing
  • DJ Domination – scratching, cut
  • John Moran – mastering
  • N.O. Joe – producer, mixing
  • Patrick Nixon – art direction
  • Pimp C – producer
  • Sheila Pree – photography
  • R.A.W.
  • Scarface – rap
  • James H. Smith – executive producer
  • Lester Tone
  • Tre'mendous - rapper
  • UGK

    • Songs

    1Comin From the Swamp3:45
    2World of Mind4:26
    3Ghetto Love3:00

    References

    Somethin' Serious Wikipedia
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