''Wrecks-n-Effect'' is the debut album released by

Wrecks-n-Effect ''Wrecks-n-Effect'' is the debut album released by Wrecks-n-Effect. It was released on September 12, 1989 for Motown Records and featured production from Markell Riley and Redhead Kingpin. The album cover bears a winged symbol like Guy, as it ...

. It was released on September 12, 1989 for

Motown Records Motown Records is an American record label owned by the Universal Music Group. It was founded by Berry Gordy, Berry Gordy Jr. as Tamla Records on June 7, 1958, and incorporated as Motown Record Corporation on April 14, 1960. Its name, a portmant ...

and featured production from Markell Riley and Redhead Kingpin. The album cover bears a winged symbol like Guy, as it bears the genre's anthem. It was released after the departure of Keith KC. The album achieved modest success on the ''Billboard'' charts, making it to #103 on the ''Billboard'' 200 and #16 on the

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chart. The two singles released found greater success; "

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", which features

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pioneer

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, reached No. 1 on the

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chart, while "Juicy" made it to No. 6 on the same chart. This was the only album by the group to include original founding member Brandon Mitchell, as Mitchell would later be shot and killed less than a year later on August 8, 1990.

Track listing

* All songs written by Aqil Davidson, Markell Riley and Brandon Mitchell. #"

" (featuring

) – (3:45) #"Leave the Mike Smokin'" – 4:00 #"Juicy" – 5:10 #"Club Head" – 3:56 #"Soul Man" – 4:40 #"Deep" – 1:50 #"Wipe Your Sweat" – 4:37 #"V-Man" – 4:50 #"Peanut Butter" – 3:40 #"Friends to the End" (featuring The Redhead Kingpin and Scoop Rock) – (4:55) #"Rock Steady" – 2:45

Personnel

* Wrecks-n-Effect – primary artist, instrumentation *

Dave Way Dave Way is an American producer, mixer and audio engineer based in Los Angeles, California, United States. He has worked with Fiona Apple, Sheryl Crow, Kesha, Pink, Christina Aguilera, Macy Gray, Ringo Starr, Shakira, Phoebe Bridgers, John Doe, Sa ...

, Dae Bennett – recording engineers *

– mixing * Herb Powers – mastering * Gene Griffin – executive producer

References

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