''Brother Arab'' is the debut studio album by American hip hop recording artist

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. It was released on November 28, 1989 through

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with distribution via EMI USA, a division of

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. Recording sessions took place at Trax Recording Studios in

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was handled entirely by Tim "That Guy" Reid II and Kim "Arabian Prince" Nazel, the latter also served as

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. The album spawned three singles: "She's Got a Big Posse", "Situation Critical" and "Gettin' Down"/"Dope Thang". Its

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, "She's Got a Big Posse", peaked at number 9 on the

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. The album made it to number 193 on the ''Billboard'' 200 and at number 55 on the

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chart in the United States.

Track listing

Personnel

* Kim Nazel – main artist,

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, scratches, producer, mixing,

*Tim Reid II – scratches, producer, mixing *Disco D – scratches *Elwood "The Rock" Carrington –

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(track 2) *Brian "The Punch" Carney –

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*Chris Bellman – mastering *Henry Marquez – art direction *Mike Miller – photography

Charts

References

External links

* {{Authority control 1989 debut albums Arabian Prince albums