Kima, Keisha, and Pam
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Kima, Keisha, and Pam is the second and final studio album
Studio album
A studio album is an album made up of tracks recorded in the controlled environment of a recording studio. A studio album contains newly written and recorded or previously unreleased or remixed material, distinguishing itself from a compilation or reissue album of previously recorded material, or...

 from American R&B girl group trio Total. The record reached Gold status in the U.S, surpassing sales of over 500,000 copies. Among many producers and guest artists, it also features writing from 112
112 (band)
112 is an American R&B quartet from Atlanta, Georgia. Formerly artists on Diddy's Bad Boy Records, the group signed to the Def Soul roster in 2002. They had great success in the late 1990s and early 2000s with hits such as "Only You", "Anywhere" and "Peaches & Cream"...

, Kelly Price
Kelly Price
Kelly Price is an American R&B and soul singer, formerly on the Def Soul label.-Life and music career:Kelly Cherelle Price was born in Queens, New York. She was first discovered by Mariah Carey in February 1992 and subsequently introduced to Sony Columbia's then CEO Tommy Mottola...

 and Keli Nicole Price, Jack Knight, R. Kelly
R. Kelly
Robert Sylvester Kelly , better known by his stage name R. Kelly, is an American singer-songwriter and record producer. A native of Chicago, Kelly began performing during the late 1980s and debuted in 1992 with the group Public Announcement. In 1993, Kelly went solo with the album 12 Play...

 & Diane Warren
Diane Warren
Diane Eve Warren , is a US songwriter. Her songs have received six Academy Award nominations, five Golden Globe nominations, including one win and seven Grammy Award nominations, including one win. She was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2001...

. Their final album debuted at Number 9 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums
Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums
Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums is a chart published by Billboard magazine that ranks R&B and hip hop albums based on sales compiled by Nielsen SoundScan. The name of the chart was changed from Top R&B Albums in 1999...

 chart, while entering the US Billboard 200
Billboard 200
The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists...

at Number 39.
Rolling Stone
Rolling Stone
Rolling Stone is a US-based magazine devoted to music, liberal politics, and popular culture that is published every two weeks. Rolling Stone was founded in San Francisco in 1967 by Jann Wenner and music critic Ralph J...

 (2/4/99, p.63) - "...the "bad girls of Bad Boy" slip out from under Puff Daddy's shadow. Silky as lingerie, the ladie's voices rasp and sidle in erotic counterpoint...girls and boys are welcome in this pleasure dome..."
Entertainment Weekly
Entertainment Weekly
Entertainment Weekly is an American magazine, published by the Time division of Time Warner, that covers film, television, music, broadway theatre, books and popular culture...

 (12/18/98, pp.86-87) - "...Despite all the heavy breathing, the diva trio's pillow talk peters out. However, bed-board-bangin' beats from Missy Elliott, Timbaland, Heavy D., and the Puff master himself turn this into a partial, if not total, bump-and-grind masterpiece."
- Rating: B

Track listing

  1. "Trippin' (featuring Missy Elliott
    Missy Elliott
    Melissa Arnette "Missy" Elliott , is an American rapper, singer-songwriter, record producer, and actressA five-time Grammy Award winner, Elliott, with record sales of over seven million in the United States, is the only female rapper to have five albums certified platinum by the RIAA, including one...

    )"
    - 4:26
  2. "I Tried" - 4:34
  3. "Rock Track" - 3:39
  4. "Masturbation (Interlude)" - 1:42
  5. "If You Want Me" (featuring Mase
    Mase
    Mason Durell Betha , better known by stage name Mase who was previously known as Murda Ma$e, is an American rapper, songwriter, actor and inspirational speaker...

    )
    - 4:37
  6. "Press Rewind" (featuring Carl Thomas) - 4:26
  7. "Sitting Home" - 4:15
  8. "Truth Or Dare (Interlude)" - 1:22
  9. "What About Us (Bad Boy Remix) (featuring Black Rob
    Black Rob
    Black Rob is a rapper who was formerly signed to Bad Boy Records.-Music career:Black Rob began associating with the label as early as 1996, appearing on the Bad Boy remix to 112's "Come See Me"...

    )
    - 4:03
  10. "There Will Be No Fuck Tonight (Interlude)" aka "There Will Be No #!*@ Tonight" - 2:37
  11. "Do Something" (featuring Missy Elliott
    Missy Elliott
    Melissa Arnette "Missy" Elliott , is an American rapper, singer-songwriter, record producer, and actressA five-time Grammy Award winner, Elliott, with record sales of over seven million in the United States, is the only female rapper to have five albums certified platinum by the RIAA, including one...

     & Mocha)
    - 4:30
  12. "Rain" - 4:01
  13. "I Tried (Interlude)" - 2:04
  14. "The Most Beautiful..." - 4:19
  15. "I Don't Wanna" - 5:04
  16. "Move Too Fast" - 3:44
  17. "Bet She Can't" - 4:07
  18. "I Don't Wanna Smile" - 4:43

Samples=
"If You Want Me" sampled "Put Your Hands Where My Eyes Can See" by Busta Rhymes
Busta Rhymes
Trevor Tahiem Smith, Jr., better known by his stage name Busta Rhymes ,Smith is an American rapper, producer and actor. Chuck D of Public Enemy gave him the alias Busta Rhymes after NFL wide receiver George "Buster" Rhymes...


"Press Rewind" sampled "Little Child Runnin Wild" by Curtis Mayfield
Curtis Mayfield
Curtis Lee Mayfield was an American soul, R&B, and funk singer, songwriter, and record producer.He is best known for his anthemic music with The Impressions during the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960's and for composing the soundtrack to the blaxploitation film Super Fly, Mayfield is highly...


"Rain" sampled "A Garden of Peace" by Lonnie Liston Smith
Lonnie Liston Smith
Lonnie Liston Smith, Jr. is an American jazz, soul, and funk musician who played with important free jazz artists such as Pharoah Sanders and Miles Davis before forming Lonnie Liston Smith And The Cosmic Echoes, recording a number of albums widely regarded as classics in the fusion / Quiet Storm /...

 and "Dead Presidents" by Jay-Z
Jay-Z
Shawn Corey Carter , better known by his stage name Jay-Z, is an American rapper, record producer, entrepreneur, and occasional actor. He is one of the most financially successful hip hop artists and entrepreneurs in America, having a net worth of over $450 million as of 2010...


"Sitting Home" sampled "Forget I Was a "G" by Whitehead Bros.
"What About About Us" (Remix) sampled "Hobo Scratch" by Malcolm McLaren and World's Famous Supreme Team
Credits=
Charles "Prince Charles" Alexander- Engineer

Billy B. -Make-Up

Ariel Borujow- Assistant Engineer

Ali Boudris -Engineer, Guitar

Warryn Campbell -Producer

Drew Coleman- Engineer

Sean "Puffy" Combs -Executive Producer, Producer

Johnny Dangerous -Programming

C.J. DeVillar- Engineer

Tony Dofat -Engineer

Jimmy Douglass -Mixing

Missy Elliott -Associate Executive Producer, Performer, Producer, Vocal Arrangement, Vocals

Rasheed Goodlowe- Assistant Engineer

Mick Guzauski- Mixing

Andy Haller- Assistant Engineer

Heavy D -Producer

Steve Jordan -Producer

Kris Kello- Arranger, Keyboards, Producer, Programming, Vocals (Background)

Jess Klein- Composer

Jack Knight -Vocal Arrangement

Shannon "Slam" Lawrence Engineer

Paul Logus- Engineer, Mixing

Mario Lucy- Engineer

Mase- Performer

Tony Maserati -Engineer, Mixing

Michael McCoy -Engineer

Mocha -Performer

Lynn Montrose -Engineer

Rob Murphy -Assistant Engineer

Michael Patterson- Mixing

Rob Paustian- Engineer

Joe "Smilin' Joe" Perrera- Engineer, Mixing

Harve Pierre
Harve Pierre
Harve Pierre, also known by the stage-name Joe Hooker, is a writer, singer and producer. Pierre is also the President of Sean "Diddy" Combs' Bad Boy record company. As a singer, he uses almost "out-of-tune", loud, rap-style singing vocals...

- A&R, Associate Executive Producer, Producer, Vocal Producer

Herb Powers -Mastering

Ed Raso- Engineer

Norman Jean Roy -Photography

Tony Smalios- Engineer

Erica Spivey- Vocals

Aaron Sprague- Assistant Engineer

Toni Swan -Hair Stylist

Carl Thomas -Performer

Gerard Thomas- Multi Instruments, Producer

Carl Thompson -Producer

Timbaland -Multi Instruments, Producer

Total -Vocals, Vocals (Background)

Diane Warren
Diane Warren
Diane Eve Warren , is a US songwriter. Her songs have received six Academy Award nominations, five Golden Globe nominations, including one win and seven Grammy Award nominations, including one win. She was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2001...

 -Executive Producer

Mario Winans- Producer

Chad Wolfinabarger- Engineer

Singles

  • Trippin' (released: September 23, 1998)
  • Sittin' Home (released: January 8, 1999)
  • I Tried (released: March 17, 1999)

Trivia

  • Original producer of "Truth Or Dare (Interlude)" Mario Winans
    Mario Winans
    Mario Winans is an American R&B singer, songwriter, music producer, and multi-instrumentalist. Born Mario Brown, he is the son of gospel recording artist Vickie Winans and her first husband, Bishop Ronald Brown. He is also the stepson of his mother's second husband, gospel singer, Pastor Marvin...

     re-produced it as a full length track "Dolly Baby" for rapper Lil' Cease
    Lil' Cease
    James Lloyd, is an American rapper and member of hip hop group Junior M.A.F.I.A..Cease's first album release was Conspiracy with the Junior M.A.F.I.A in 1995....

    's 1999 album "The Wonderful World Of Cease-a-Leo", also using a sample of Pam's vocals from the Interlude as its chorus. Despite it being a sample, she is also listed under vocals in the album's credits.The remix version of "Trippin" sampled from "4, 3, 2, 1" by LL Cool J
    LL Cool J
    James Todd Smith , better known as LL Cool J , is an American rapper, entrepreneur, and actor...

     and Canibus
    Canibus
    Germaine Williams , better known by his stage name Canibus, is a Jamaican-born American rapper. He is a part of supergroup The HRSMN. Canibus rose to fame in the mid-nineties...

     feat. Method Man
    Method Man
    Clifford Smith , better known by his stage name Method Man is an American hip hop artist, record producer, actor and member of the hip hop collective Wu-Tang Clan. He took his stage name from the 1979 film The Fearless Young Boxer, also known as Method Man. He is one half of the rap duo Method Man...

    , Redman and DMX
    DMX (rapper)
    Earl Simmons , better known by his stage name DMX, is a multiplatinum American rapper and actor who rose to fame in the late 1990s. His stage name pays tribute to the Oberheim DMX drum machine, an instrument he used when he made his own rap beats in the 80's...

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