''Prime Time'' is the debut album by

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Deion Sanders Deion Luwynn Sanders Sr. (born August 9, 1967) is an American football coach and former player who is the head coach at the University of Colorado Boulder. Nicknamed "Prime Time", he played in the National Football League (NFL) for 14 seasons ...

, released in December 1994, on

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's Bust It Records. The album peaked at No. 70 on the

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and No. 14 on the

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Album history

The album was released on December 26, 1994, by

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, via

's Bust It Records label. Despite universally negative reviews, the album reached No. 70 on the

and No. 14 on the

. "Must Be the Money", a take on Secret Weapon's 80s hit "Must Be the Music", was the only single released, but failed to make it on the charts. Sanders performed a medley of songs from the album (including "Must Be the Money" and "It's On"), while hosting during the twentieth season of ''

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'' on February 18, 1995. ''The Encore Remix'' (2005) is a remix album by Sanders on

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. It featured a remix for every song ''Prime Time''. The album featured the song "Straight To My Feet", and two versions of Sanders' song, "Must Be the Money".

Reception

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panned the album, lamenting that the "...dual-sport superstar Deion Sanders didn't bring the same game to the recording studio as he did to the playing field ...it's not just for sports fans -- it's not for anyone.

Track listing

#"Time for Prime" – :30 #"Prime Time Keeps On Ticking" – 4:09 #"Y U NV ME?" – 4:15 #"Must Be The Money" – 4:17 #"It's All Real" – 4:24 #"2 B Me" – 3:52 #"Say Hi to the Bad Guy" – 4:17 #"We Can Roll" – 4:10 #"House of Prime" – 4:06 #"It Ain't Ovr Yet" – 3:31 #"Movin'" – 3:51 #"Heidy Heidy Hey" – 4:02 #"Papa San" – 5:16 #"Sum'n About That Woman" – 4:48 #"It's On" – 3:54 #"Time for Prime (Reprise)" – :30

References

{{Authority control Deion Sanders albums 1995 debut albums Capitol Records albums Albums produced by Dallas Austin G-funk albums