''Realms 'n Reality'' is the debut album by rap group,

Cella Dwellas Cella Dwellas are an underground hip hop duo from Flatbush, Brooklyn, consisting of emcees UG and Phantasm. The group is largely known for their dark beats and lyricism. In 1997, the duo shortened their name simply to The Dwellas. Recording h ...

. It was released on March 26, 1996 through

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and was mostly produced by Nick Wiz. While it was a critical success, ''Realms 'n Reality'' was not much of a commercial success, only making it to 160 on the ''Billboard'' 200 and 21 on the

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. Two charting singles were released from the album, "Good Dwellas" and "Perfect Match", the latter of which made it to three different Billboard charts.

Track listing

#"Advance to Boardwalk" – 3:37 #"Mystic Freestyle" – 3:46 #"Perfect Match" – 4:21 #"Medina Style" – 3:33 #"Recognize 'N Realize" – 4:09 #"Cella Dwellas" – 4:27 #"Wussda Plan" – 4:21 #"Good Dwellas" – 4:22 #"Hold U Down" – 3:24 #"Realm 3" – 4:12 #"Line 4 Line" – 3:26 #"Worries" – 4:01 #"We Got It Hemmed" – 4:40 #"Good Dwellas (Pt. 2)" – 3:33 #"Outro" – 3:48 #"Land of the Lost" – 4:39

Samples

Good Dwellas *"Go on and Cry" by

Les McCann Leslie Coleman McCann (born September 23, 1935) is an American jazz pianist and vocalist.Feather, Leonard, and Ira Gitler (2007), ''The Biographical Encyclopedia of Jazz'', p. 448. Oxford University Press. Early life Les McCann was born in ...

Good Dwellas (Part 2) *"Remind Me" by

Patrice Rushen Patrice Louise Rushen (born September 30, 1954) is an American jazz pianist and R&B singer. She is also a composer, record producer, multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, and music director. Her 1982 single "Forget Me Nots" received a Grammy Awar ...

Mystic Freestyle *"Evening in Paris" by

Quincy Jones Quincy Delight Jones Jr. (born March 14, 1933) is an American record producer, musician, songwriter, composer, arranger, and film and television producer. His career spans 70 years in the entertainment industry with a record of 80 Grammy Award n ...

Perfect Match *"

Funky President Funk is a music genre that originated in African American communities in the mid-1960s when musicians created a rhythmic, danceable new form of music through a mixture of various music genres that were popular among African Americans in the mid ...

" by

James Brown James Joseph Brown (May 3, 1933 – December 25, 2006) was an American singer, dancer, musician, record producer and bandleader. The central progenitor of funk music and a major figure of 20th century music, he is often referred to by the honor ...

*"Winter Sadness" by

Kool & the Gang Kool & the Gang is an American R&B/soul/funk band formed in Jersey City, New Jersey, in 1964 by brothers Robert "Kool" Bell and Ronald Bell, with Dennis "Dee Tee" Thomas, Robert "Spike" Mickens, Charles Smith, George Brown, and Ricky West. T ...

Recognize N Realize *"In the Rain" by

The Dramatics The Dramatics are an American soul music vocal group, formed in Detroit, Michigan, in 1964. They are best known for their 1970s hit songs " In the Rain" and "Whatcha See Is Whatcha Get", both of which were Top 10 Pop hits, as well as their late ...

Worries *"Here's That Rainy Day" by

Stan Getz Stanley Getz (February 2, 1927 – June 6, 1991) was an American jazz saxophonist. Playing primarily the tenor saxophone, Getz was known as "The Sound" because of his warm, lyrical tone, with his prime influence being the wispy, mellow timbre of ...

Hold U Down *"El Space-O" by

Stanley Cowell Stanley Cowell (May 5, 1941 – December 17, 2020) was an American jazz pianist and co-founder of the Strata-East Records label. Early life Cowell was born in Toledo, Ohio. He began playing the piano around the age of four, and became interest ...

Land of the Lost *"Born to be Blue" by

Jack Bruce John Symon Asher Bruce (14 May 1943 – 25 October 2014) was a Scottish bassist, singer-songwriter, musician and composer. He gained popularity as the primary lead vocalist and ‍bassist ‍of British rock band Cream. After the group disbande ...

References

{{Authority control 1996 debut albums Cella Dwellas albums Loud Records albums RCA Records albums