''Hi-Five'' is the debut album by the American R&B vocal group

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. Released on September 25, 1990, The album peaked at number thirty eight on the ''Billboard'' 200 albums chart. Driven by the hit

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"I Just Can't Handle It" (R&B #10), "

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" (#1 R&B/Pop), "

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" (R&B #1, Pop #8) and "Just Another Girlfriend" (R&B #41), the album received an

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certification. Also, ''Hi-Five'' is the only album to feature original Hi-Five member Toriano Easley, who was arrested for

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and

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after the album was recorded but just before it was released. Easley is heard sharing lead vocals on "The Way You Said Goodbye", "Rag Doll", "I Can't Wait Another Minute", and "I Know Love". In the video for "I Can't Wait Another Minute", Easley's replacement Treston Irby lip-syncs Easley's part.

Background

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to the 1991

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.'' It is the first recorded appearance of

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who was 15 when this song was released, which he revealed in his book ''My Infamous Life: The Autobiography of Mobb Deep's Prodigy''.

Track listing

Personnel

Hi-Five

*Tony Thompson – harmony and backing vocals *Roderick Clark – harmony and backing vocals *Marcus Sanders – harmony and backing vocals *Toriano Easley – harmony and backing vocals *Russell Neal – harmony and backing vocals Additional singers *Bernard Bell – backing vocals *Tim Cashion – backing vocals *Roiz Davis – backing vocals *Gordon Dukes – backing vocals *LaGaylia Frazier – backing vocals *Frederick Gordon – backing vocals *

Dave Hollister David Le Chaine Hollister (born August 17, 1968) is an American R&B singer who found fame during the 1990s as one quarter of the R&B quartet Blackstreet, before going on to have a solo career. Hollister is best known for his 2000 gold-certifie ...

– backing vocals *John James – backing vocals *Alvin Moody – backing vocals *Teddy Riley – backing vocals *Sean LaBreeze – backing vocals

Musicians

*Carl Bourelly – keyboards, drum programming *William Walton – keyboards, drum programming *Jean-Paul Bourelly – guitars, keyboards *Fritz Cadet – guitar *Josh Grau – guitar *Frankie Smith – guitar *Vincent Henry – harmonica, saxophone *Kevin Johnson – keyboards, drums, percussion *Sean Richards – drum programming *

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– keyboards, drum programming, trombone *

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– mixing

Charts

References

External links

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Production information at discogs
{{Hi-Five 1990 debut albums Hi-Five albums Jive Records albums Albums produced by Teddy Riley