''Dru Hill'' is the debut studio album from American boy band

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, released November 19, 1996 on Island Records. The album featured four singles "Tell Me", "In My Bed", "Never Make A Promise" and "5 Steps". All of the singles had music videos released. The album also features the So So Def remix of "In My Bed", which features

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and

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, as a bonus track, which also had a music video released. The album peaked at number twenty-three on the ''Billboard'' 200 chart. By June 1997 it was certified platinum in sales by the RIAA, after sales exceeding 1,000,000 copies in the United States.

Overview

All of the songs on the album are performed by Sisqó, Nokio, Jazz and Woody. Sisqó sings solo on the tracks "In My Bed", "Love's Train" and "Share My World", Jazz sings solo on "Never Make A Promise" and Woody sings solo on "April Showers". Nokio has no solos and is featured on "Satisfied" & "All Alone" which all of the members perform on both.

Release and reception

The album peaked at twenty-three on the U.S. ''Billboard'' 200 and reached the fifth spot on the

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chart. The album was certified gold in February 1997 and platinum by June of the same year. Rob Theakston of

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called the album "an impressive debut and a razor-sharp clue of the great things to come."

Track listing

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

Personnel

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. *assistant engineering – Jim Carliana, Chris Habeck, Kevin Lively, Steven Rhodes, Brian Thomas, Bernasky Wall, Won B., Luke Yeager *assistant mixing – Steve Jones, Mike Rew, Gordon Rice, Paul Smith *associate production – A. Islam Haqq, Ralph Stacy *bass – Ronnie Garrett, Lance Hiesman, Zachary Scott, Nate Clemons *drum programming – Michael Aharon, Big Mike Clemons, Daryl Simmons, Allen "Grip" Smith *drums – Nathaniel Townsley *engineering – Won Allen, Mike Anzel, Brian Frye, Larry Gold, Karl Heilbron, David Kennedy, Thom "TK" Kidd, Chris Lighty, Alex Nesmith, Jon Smeltz, Mike Tarsia *executive production – Hiriam Hicks, Haqq Islam, Kevin Peck *grooming – William Marshall *guitar – Fred Campbell *keyboard programming – Bobby Crawford, Allen "Grip" Smith *keyboards – Stanley Brown, Kim Jordan, Benjamin Love, Daryl Simmons, Allen "Grip" Smith *mastering – Chris Gehringer *mixing – John Anthony, Chris Barnett, Russell Elevado, Jon Gass, Gerhard Joost, Darryl Pearson, Mike Tarsia *multi-instruments – Nate "Phenomenal" Clemons, Ralph Stacy *overdubs – Anthony Duino,

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*percussion – Spike *photography – Guzman (Constance Hansen & Russell Peacock) *production – Andre Bell, Stanley Brown, Terence Dudley, A. Islam Haqq, Benjamin Love, Nokio the N-Tity, Tim Dawg, Darryl Pearson, Daryl Simmons, Allen "Grip" Smith, Keith Sweat, Janice Upchurch *production coordination – Ivy Skoff *programming – Tom Salta *rapping – Triip *string arranging – Michael Aharon *stylist – Nadia Bartos *vocal arranging – Darryl Pearson, Sisqó *vocals (background) – James "Woody" Green

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