''Piece of Mind'' is the debut studio album by American rapper Tela. It was released on November 5, 1996 through Suave House/ Relativity Records. Production was handled by Tela himself with DJ Slice T, Jazze Pha,

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and Insane Wayne. It features guest appearances from 8Ball & MJG,

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, South Circle and NOLA. The album peaked at number 70 on the ''Billboard'' 200 and number 17 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums. Its lead single, " Sho Nuff", peaked at No. 58 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100.

Track listing

Personnel

*Winston " Tela" Rogers – main artist, producer, mixing *

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Walls – featured artist (track 3) *Thurston "

" Slaughter – featured artist (track 3) *Premro " 8Ball" Smith – featured artist (track 7) *Marlon "

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" Goodwin – featured artist (track 7) *Toni Hickman – featured artist (track 10) *Tylene Mercadel – featured artist (track 10) *Suns Of Soul – additional vocals (tracks: 1, 15) *Tyree Robinson – additional vocals (track 2) *Phalon " Jazze Pha" Alexander – additional vocals (tracks: 3, 5, 7, 10, 12, 13), keyboards (tracks: 3, 7), drum programming (track 3), producer (tracks: 3, 7, 13) *Thomas "Low Key" McCollum – additional vocals (track 4) *Marcus McRee – additional vocals (tracks: 5, 9, 13, 14) *Mac Rodd – additional vocals (tracks: 6, 12) *Mista Rodd – additional vocals (tracks: 6, 12) *Nathaniel Malone – additional vocals (track 6) *The Care Bear – additional vocals (track 9) *B. McRay – additional vocals (track 13) *Baby Dre – additional vocals (tracks: 13, 14) *Gee-Kay – additional vocals (track 13) *L. McRay – additional vocals (track 13) *Mr. Rob – additional vocals (track 13) *Sheldon "Slice T" Arrington – keyboards, drum programming, producer (tracks: 1, 2, 5, 8-15), mixing *Niko Lyras – guitar (track 1), acoustic guitar (track 12) *Neal Jones – guitar (track 2), bass (tracks: 1, 7, 9), engineering (tracks: 1-3, 5-14), mixing *Lawrence Long – guitar (track 4) *Tristan "

" Jones – keyboards & producer (track 4) *Adam Warren – guitar (track 9) *Derrel Harris – Rhodes piano & drums (track 9) *Ferrell "Ensayne Wayne" Miles – producer (track 13) *Roger Tausz – mixing *Clay "Jus Fresh" James – engineering *

Tony Dawsey Tony Dawsey is an American mastering engineer at Masterdisk in New York City. He has been active since 1980.Pen & Pixel – artwork, design

Charts

References

External links

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Tela - Piece Of Mind - Goldhiphop
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