''Sexy Versus'' is the third studio album by

Al B. Sure! Albert Joseph Brown III (born June 4, 1968), known professionally as Al B. Sure!, is an American singer, songwriter, record producer, radio host and former record executive. He was born in Boston and raised in Mount Vernon, New York. During the ...

It was his first album released exclusively by Warner Bros. Records, his first two having been released under

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with Warner Bros. Records handling distribution. It was not as successful as his previous two albums but still managed to find success on the charts, making it to #41 on the ''Billboard'' 200 and #2 on the

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. Three singles made it to the ''Billboard'' charts: "Natalie," "Right Now," and "I Don't Wanna Cry." The track "See The Lady" is a remix of the song "Channel J" from his previous album '' Private Times...and the Whole 9!''. The album's second single "Natalie" was written about actress

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after he saw her in the 1991 film '' Strictly Business''. In 2014, Sure! referred to the success of the album as well as Berry's inspiration for "Natalie" on

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. It was recently revealed that one of the photos inside the booklet of this album in CD format is of Al B Sure! and his ex,

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, who died on November 16, 2018.

Track listing

*All Songs Co-Written By Al B. Sure! #"Right Now" – 5:54 (Kyle West) #"U & I" – 5:43 (Kiyamma Griffin) #"Playing Games" – 6:04 (DeVante Swing) #"Natalie" – 5:54 (West) #"Ooh 4 You Girl (ft.

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)" – 5:54 (Griffin) #"Kick in the Head" (ft.

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) – 4:58 (Kevin Deane) #"Turn You Out" (ft.

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) – 5:56 (Swing) #"See the Lady (ft. Chubb Rock)" – 5:20 (West) #"Thanks 4 a Great Time Last Nite" – 6:35 (Deane) #"I Don't Wanna Cry" – 5:14 (West) #"Die for You (ft. Brione Lathrop)" – 5:31 (West) #"I'll Never Hurt You Again" – 5:53 (West) #"Papes in the End (ft. Greg "To The Head" and

)" – 4:11 (Marc Choice, Howie Tee)

Personnel

- vocals *Ike Lee III - drum programming *Al B. Sure!, Kevin Deane, Kiyamma Griffin,

DeVanté Swing Donald Earle DeGrate Jr. (born September 29, 1969), better known by his stage name DeVanté Swing, is an American record producer, singer, rapper and songwriter. He is the older brother of fellow Jodeci member Dalvin DeGrate. Career In his ear ...

, Kyle West - keyboards *Brione Lathrop,

, Gregg "To The Head", Kyle West,

- additional vocals

Production

*Executive Producer:

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*Produced By Al B. Sure!, Kevin Deane, Kiyamma Griffin, Vincent Herbert, DeVanté Swing, Howie Tee & Kyle West *Engineers: Steven Ett, Michael Gilbert, Paul Logus *Assistant Engineers: Louis Alfred III *Mixing: Al B. Sure!, Steven Ett, Michael Gilbert, Mick Guzauski *Mix Assistants: Andrew Godsberg, Gil Morales *Editing: Al B. Sure!, Michael Gilbert *Mastering: Herb Powers

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

References

External links

* ''Sexy Versus'' at allmusic {{Authority control Al B. Sure! albums 1992 albums Warner Records albums Albums produced by DeVante Swing Albums produced by Howie Tee Albums produced by Vincent Herbert