Azz Izz
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- Skip Saylor Recording (Hollywood, CA)
- Kiva Recording (Encino, CA)
- Image Recording Studios (Hollywood, CA)
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| Released | July 4, 1995 |
| Recorded | 1994–1995 |
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| Genre | R&B |
| Length | 40:45 |
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Azz Izz is the only studio album by American R&B group MoKenStef. It was released on July 4, 1995, through Outburst Records/Def Jam Music Group Inc. Recording sessions took place at Skip Saylor Recording and Image Recording Studio in Hollywood and Kiva Recording in Encino. Production was handled by Hami, I-Roc, Jammin' James Carter, Vic C, Jiboh and Maddball Tony D. In the United States, the album peaked at number 117 on the Billboard 200, number 24 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums and atop the Heatseekers Albums charts. Its lead single, "He's Mine", made it to number 7 on the Billboard Hot 100 and number 2 on the Hot R&B Songs in the US, number 27 in New Zealand, number 70 on the UK singles chart, and was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America. The second single off of the album, "Sex in the Rain", generated much less success, reaching number 63 on the US Hot R&B Songs chart. The song "Baby Come Close" was released as a promotional single.
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AllMusic's Stephen Thomas Erlewine commended the trio's vocal performance but felt they lacked charisma, personality and content to make them come across more than a poor imitation of TLC's CrazySexyCool, concluding that "too much of Azz Izz is comprised of mediocre material".[1] Vibe contributor Kara Manning also felt the group failed to deliver the "vocal ingenuity" to match that album, concluding that "[W]hile Mokenstef fall short of a fresher, sassier sensuality, Azz Izz isn't a bad first outing, just an uninspired one".[2]
Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Sex in the Rain" |
| Big Ham | 4:50 |
| 2. | "Just Be Gentle" |
| Big Ham | 4:08 |
| 3. | "Azz Izz" |
| Vic C | 3:40 |
| 4. | "He's Mine" |
| Big Ham | 4:13 |
| 5. | "Don't Go There" |
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| 3:14 |
| 6. | "Baby Come Close" |
| Big Ham | 3:56 |
| 7. | "Stop Callin' Me" | Miles Gregory | DJ Madball "Tony Dee" | 1:04 |
| 8. | "It Happens" |
| Big Ham | 3:52 |
| 9. | "Laid Back" |
| Vic C | 3:38 |
| 10. | "Let Them Know" |
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| 3:36 |
| 11. | "It Goes On" |
| Jiboh | 4:34 |
| Total length: | 40:45 | |||
- Sample credits
- Track 4 contains an interpolation of "Be Alright" written by Roger Troutman and an interpolation of "Do Me, Baby" written by Prince.
- Track 7 contains an interpolation of "Love Don't Live Here Anymore" written by Miles Gregory.
Personnel
- Monifa Bethune – vocals
- Kenya Hadley – vocals
- Stefanie Sinclair – vocals
- Stanley "Stan the Guitar Man" Jones – guitar & bass (track 5)
- George "G-One" Archie – live drums (track 6)
- Robert "Fonksta" Bacon – guitar & bass (track 10)
- Marquis "Hami" Dair – producer (tracks: 1, 2, 4, 6, 8)
- Victor "Vic C." Concepcion – producer (tracks: 3, 9)
- Chris "I-Roc" Charles – producer (tracks: 5, 10)
- "Jammin'" James Carter – producer (tracks: 5, 10)
- DJ Maddball "Tony Dee" – producer (track 7)
- Malik "Jiboh" Miller – producer (track 11)
- Eric-Cee Carter – additional producer (track 5)
- Chris Puram – recording (tracks: 1, 3, 7, 9), mixing (tracks: 1–10)
- Howard Willing – recording (tracks: 2, 4, 7, 8)
- Ben Wallach – recording (tracks: 5, 10, 11)
- Wallace "Wally" Traugott – mastering
- Anthony "Anti" Lewis – executive producer
- Greedy Greg – executive producer
- Zulema Jacome – photography
