''Father's Day'' is the debut studio album by American rapper

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. It released in October 1990 through

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. The album was produced by

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, Fresh Gordon, and

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, with

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and

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serving as executive producers. It features

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from Lady Kazan and contributions from

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, Cory Rooney,

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, and

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. The album peaked at number 62 on the ''Billboard'' 200 and number 23 on the

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in the United States, and number 24 in New Zealand. It was supported with four singles: " Treat Them Like They Want to Be Treated", " I'll Do 4 U", " Lisa Baby" and " I've Been Watching You".

Critical reception

While

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's Rob Theakston felt some of the material on the album could be considered formulaic, he acknowledged the importance of the work, stating that "the impact of ''Father's Day's'' tone and textures would be felt for years to come". Chris Wilder of ''

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'' criticized Father MC for using a

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, and was also dissatisfied with his vocal performance, saying that on the first half of the album his rhyming felt worse than background vocals.

Track listing

Personnel

*Timothy "

" Brown – vocals *

– background vocals (track 1) *

– background vocals (track 1) *Cedric "

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" Hailey – background vocals (tracks: 2, 10) *Joel "Jo Jo" Hailey – background vocals (tracks: 2, 10) * Mark Cory Rooney – background vocals & background arrangements (track 2), keyboards & producer (tracks: 1-3, 5, 7, 10), drum programming (track 1) *Lady Kazan – vocals (track 6) *Mark "

" Morales – drum programming & producer (tracks: 1-3, 5, 7, 10), background arrangements (track 2) *Gordon "Fresh Gordon" Pickett – recording, mixing & producer (tracks: 4, 6) *Howard "

" Thompson – programming, producer, recording & mixing (tracks: 8, 9) *John Pace – recording (tracks: 1, 3, 7), mixing (tracks: 3, 7) *Steven Ett – recording (track 2), mixing (tracks: 1, 2, 5, 10) *Chuck Valle – recording (track 2) *Franklyn Grant – recording (tracks: 5, 10) *José Rodriguez – mastering *

– executive producer *Sean "

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" Combs – executive producer *Carol Friedman – art direction, photography *Patrick Roques – design *Eloise Bryan – production coordinator

Chart history

Album

Singles

References

External links

* {{Authority control Father MC albums 1990 debut albums MCA Records albums Uptown Records albums Albums produced by Howie Tee Albums produced by Cory Rooney