''R U Tuff Enuff'' is the third album by

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R&B singer

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. This album was a different approach for Jackson, as it had a harder-edged street R&B sound that was very popular at the time—which was also exhibited on the '' La Toya'' album by Jackson's sister,

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. The single "

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" peaked at number eight on the ''Billboard'' R&B charts, Jackson's highest-charting single since 1984's "

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." The title track was also released as a single, but it was not as commercially successful.

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guested on "R U Tuff Enuff."

Critical reception

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'' wrote that the "album is such a blank-sounding snore that—if dopey spelling is going to be insisted on—it might have been called Noise R Us."

Track listing

#"Perfect Combination" (Everett Collins, David "Pic" Conley, David Townshend, Robbie Danzie) – 5:16 #"Read Between the Lines" (

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, David Conley, Vic Pepe, David Townshend) – 4:50 #"This Love is Forever" (Everett Collins, Rebbie Jackson, David Conley, David Townshend) – 4:40 #"R U Tuff Enuff" (Arthur McCallister, Rebbie Jackson, David Conley) – 4:10 #"

" (Joshua Thompson, Romeo Williams, Gene Lennon) – 4:56 #"Friendship Song" (Joshua Thompson, David Conley, Gene Lennon) – 4:32 #"Sweetest Dreams" (Joshua Thompson, Gene Lennon, Romeo Williams) – 4:08 #"Distant Conversation" (Everett Collins, Derrick Culler, David Conley) – 5:17

Charts

References

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