Paper Chasin'
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Paper Chasin' is the second studio album by Suga-T
Suga-T
Tenina Stevens, better known by her stage name Suga-T, is an American rapper from Vallejo, California. She is a founding member of The Click, a rap group that also includes her brothers E-40 and D-Shot and her cousin B-Legit....

, released on January 30, 1996 through Sick Wid It
Sick Wid It Records
Sick Wid It Records is a United States based hip hop record label owned and founded by rapper E-40.- Current artists :*B-Slimm*Big Omeezy*E-40*Laroo 'The Hard Hitta'*DB'z *Issue*Droop-E*Nump*Turf Talk*Cousin Fik- Former artists :...

 and Jive Records
Jive Records
Jive Records was a record label based in New York City, operating under RCA Music Group. Jive was primarily known for a string of successes with hip hop artists in the 1980s, and in teen pop and boy bands in the late 1990s. The word "jive" was inspired by Township Jive, a form of South African...

.

Background

After releasing It's All Good
It's All Good (Suga-T album)
It's All Good is the debut album by Suga-T, released on April 16, 1993 through Sick Wid It Records. Production was entirely handled by Studio Ton, with lyrics written by Suga-T and her brother and fellow Click member, E-40....

 independently, Paper Chasin was Suga-T's major label debut as Sick Wid It Records had signed a distribution deal with Jive Records the year before. The album found success on the Billboard 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...

 and Top Heatseekers
Top Heatseekers
Top Heatseekers refers to either of two separate "Breaking and Entering" music charts issued weekly by Billboard Magazine: the Heatseekers Albums chart or the Heatseekers Songs chart. They were introduced by Billboard in 1993 with the purpose of highlighting the sales by new and developing musical...

, peaking at 28 and 13 respectively, but did not make a huge impact on the 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...

, only making it to 193. Nonetheless, Paper Chasin remains Suga-T's most successful album and to date is her only one to reach the Billboard 200.

Reception

Allmusic – "...Paper Chasin, is an improvement over the somewhat unformed It's All Good. Paper Chasin remains unfocused, but the multitude of hip-hop and R&B styles, as well as the bevy of guest stars, makes the record interesting. Suga T never manages to tie all of her loose ends together, but taken individually many of the songs are quite good."

Track listing

  1. "Recognize"- 4:34
  2. "If U Don't Want None"- 4:34
  3. "Hustlas and Tendas"- 4:02 (featuring B-Legit
    B-Legit
    Brandt Jones, better known by his stage name B-Legit, is an American rapper from Vallejo, California.He is a member of The Click, a rap group formed by his cousin E-40. He was featured on the track "Aint Hard 2 Find" by 2Pac in All Eyez on Me. He has been on several independent labels such as...

     and Funk Mobb
    Funk Mobb
    Funk Mobb was a short lived rap group composed of Bay Area rappers, K-1, G-Note and Mac Shawn who were signed by Sick Wid It and Jive Records. They were only active from 1994 to 1998, first appearing on Little Bruce's debut album, XXXtra Mannish and then releasing their one and only album in 1996,...

    )
  4. "Fuckin' Around Wit' Suga"- 4:38 (featuring B-Legit)
  5. "The Playas"- 3:48
  6. "Wanna Get"- 3:03
  7. "U Don't See Wanna See Me"- 4:50 (featuring E-40
    E-40
    Earl Stevens , better known by his stage name E-40, is an American rapper, entrepreneur, and investor from Vallejo, California. He is also part of the rap group The Click and the founder of Sick Wid It Records. His solo debut album, Federal, was released in November 1992, after The Click's debut...

    )
  8. "Should I"- 3:45
  9. "Did That"- 3:57
  10. "Hustlin' 4 Life"- 3:36
  11. "Suga Daddy"- 3:17
  12. "What U Gone Do"- 4:35
  13. "Recognize"- 0:34

Charts

Chart (1996) Peak
position
Billboard 200 193
Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop 28
Billboard Top Heatseekers 13
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