Nuttin' But Love is the fifth and final studio album by rap group, Heavy D & the Boyz

Heavy D & the Boyz

Dwight Arrington Myers , better known as Heavy D, was a Jamaican-born American actor, rapper, record producer, singer and former leader of Heavy D & the Boyz, a hip hop group which included G-Whiz , "Trouble" T. Roy , and Eddie F...

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Reception

The album was released on May 24, 1994 by Uptown Records

Uptown Records

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 and was produced by DJ Eddie F, Teddy Riley, Marley Marl

Marley Marl

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, Erick Sermon

Erick Sermon

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, Kid Capri

Kid Capri

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, Easy Mo Bee

Easy Mo Bee

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, The Trackmasters, and Pete Rock

Pete Rock

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. The first track on the album, "Friend & Respect", featured spoken intros by the likes of LL Cool J

LL Cool J

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, Buju Banton

Buju Banton

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, KRS-One

KRS-One

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, Kool G Rap

Kool G Rap

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, Little Shawn

Little Shawn

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, MC Lyte

MC Lyte

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, Martin Lawrence

Martin Lawrence

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, Pete Rock

Pete Rock

Peter Phillips , better known by his stage name Pete Rock, is an American record producer, DJ and rapper. He rose to prominence in the early 1990s as one half of the critically acclaimed group Pete Rock & CL Smooth...

, Positive K

Positive K

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, Q-Tip, Queen Latifah

Queen Latifah

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, Spike Lee

Spike Lee

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 and Treach

Treach

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Charts and singles

Nuttin' But Love proved to be the groups most successful release, reaching #11 on the Billboard 200

Billboard 200

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, #1 on Billboard

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's Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums

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 chart (for one week), and was certified Platinum. Four singles from the album made it on at least one Billboard singles chart: "Nuttin' But Love", "Got Me Waiting" (the highest charting single from the album, peaking at #20 on the Billboard Hot 100

Billboard Hot 100

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), "Black Coffee" and "Sex Wit You". The video for "Nuttin' But Love" also featured actress Rebecca Gayheart

Rebecca Gayheart

-Early life:Gayheart was born in Hazard, Kentucky and raised in Pine Top, Kentucky, the daughter of Floneva , who worked as a Mary Kay independent beauty consultant, and Curtis Gayheart, a miner and coal truck driver. She is of Irish, Italian, and German descent...

 who was then just known as "The Noxzema

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 Girl" for her commercials for the skin care product.

Track listing

1. Friends & Respect - 5:12
2. Sex Wit You - 4:04
3. Got Me Waiting - 4:31
4. Nuttin' But Love - 3:34
5. Something Goin' On - 3:28
6. This Is Your Night - 3:31
7. Got Me Waiting (Remix) - 6:11
8. Take Your Time - 4:07
9. Spend a Little Time on Top - 3:23
10. Keep It Goin' - 3:59
11. Black Coffee - 4:28
12. Move On - 4:28
13. The Lord's Prayer - :54

Charts

Chart (1994)	Peak position
Billboard Pop Albums 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...	11
Billboard Top Soul 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...	1

Singles

Year	Single	Chart positions
		US Pop Billboard Hot 100 The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday...	US R&B Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, is a chart released weekly by Billboard in the United States.The chart, initiated in 1942, is used to track the success of popular music songs in urban, or primarily African American, venues. Dominated over the years at various times by jazz, rhythm and blues, doo-wop, soul,...	US Rap Hot Rap Songs Rap Songs is a chart released weekly by Billboard in the United States. It lists the 25 most popular hip-hop/rap songs, calculated weekly by airplay on rhythmic and urban radio stations and sales in hip hop-focused or exclusive markets. From 1989 through 2001, it was based on how much the single...
1994	"Black Coffee"	60	14	4
	"Nuttin' But Love"	40	13	9
	"Got Me Waiting"	20	8	1
1994	"Sex Wit You"	-	-	44

External links

• Heavy D & the Boyz-Nuttin' But Love at Discogs