Product Overview
Al B. Sure! – Sexy Versus / Warner Bros. Records Audio CD 1992 / 7599-26973-2
UPC 075992697323
Sexy Versus is the third studio album by Al B. Sure! It was his first album released exclusively by Warner Bros. Records, his first two having been released under Uptown Records 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 Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums. 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 Halle Berry 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 Twitter.
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, Kim Porter, who died on November 16, 2018.
Label: Warner Bros. Records – 7599-26973-2
Format: CD, Album
Country: Europe
Released: 1992
Genre: Funk / Soul
Style: RnB/Swing
Tracklist:
| 1 | Right Now
Engineer [Assistant Engineer] – Louis Alfred III, Engineer [Assistant Mix Engineer] – Gil Morales, Mixed By – Mick "Mix Maestro" Guzauski, Producer, Keyboards, Written-By – Kyle West, Producer, Lead Vocals, Backing Vocals, Keyboards, Written-By – Al B. Sure!, Recorded By – Michael "M.J." Gilbert, Paul Logus |
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| 2 | U & I
Drum Programming – Ike Lee, Engineer [Assistant Engineer] – Derek M. Davis, Producer – Vincent Herbert, Producer, Keyboards, Written-By – Kiyamma Griffin, Producer, Lead Vocals, Backing Vocals, Mixed By, Written-By – Al B. Sure!, Recorded By, Mixed By – Michael "M.J." Gilbert |
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| 3 | Playing Games
Engineer [Assistant Enginer] – Louis Alfred III, Engineer [Assistant Mix Engineer] – Andrew Godsberg, Mixed By – Steve Ett, Producer, Keyboards, Written By – DeVanté Swing, Producer, Lead Vocals, Backing Vocals, Keyboards, Written-By – Al B. Sure!, Recorded By – Michael "M.J." Gilbert |
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| 4 | Natalie
Engineer [Assistant Engineer] – Louis Alfred III, Engineer [Assistant Mix Engineer] – Gil Morales, Mixed By – Mick "Mix Maestro" Guzauski, Producer, Keyboards, Written-By – Kyle West, Producer, Voice [Introduction], Lead Vocals, Backing Vocals, Keyboards, Written-By – Al B. Sure!, Recorded By – Michael "M.J." Gilbert, Paul Logus, Voice [Introduction] – Brioné Lathrop |
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| 5 | Ooh 4 You Girl
Drum Programming – Ike Lee, Engineer [Assistant Engineer] – Derek M. Davis, Producer – Vincent Herbert, Producer, Keyboards, Written-By – Kiyamma Griffin, Producer, Lead Vocals, Backing Vocals, Keyboards, Mixed By, Written-By – Al B. Sure!, Recorded By, Mixed By – Michael "M.J." Gilbert |
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| 6 | Kick In The Head
Engineer [Assistant Engineer] – Louis Alfred III, Engineer [Assistant Mix Engineer] – Andrew Godsberg, Mixed By – Steve Ett, Producer, Keyboards, Written-By – Kevin Deane, Producer, Lead Vocals, Backing Vocals, Keyboards, Written-By – Al B. Sure!, Recorded By – Michael "M.J." Gilbert* |
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| 7 | Turn You Out
Engineer [Assistant Engineer] – Louis Alfred III, Engineer [Assistant Mix Engineer] – Andrew Godsberg, Mixed By – Steve Ett Producer, Keyboards, Written-By – DeVanté Swing, Producer, Lead Vocals, Backing Vocals, Keyboards, Written-By – Al B. Sure!, Recorded By – Michael "M.J." Gilbert |
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| 8 | See The Lady
Engineer [Assistant Engineer] – Derek M. Davis, Producer – DeVanté Swing, Producer, Keyboards, Written-By – Kyle West, Producer, Lead Vocals, Backing Vocals, Keyboards, Mixed By, Written-By – Al B. Sure!, Recorded By – Paul Logus, Recorded By, Mixed By – Michael Gilbert |
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| 9 | Thanks 4 A Great Time Last Nite
Engineer [Assistant Engineer] – Louis Alfred III, Engineer [Assistant Mix Engineer] – Andrew Godsberg, Mixed By – Steve Ett, Producer, Keyboards, Written-By – Kevin Deane, Producer, Voice [Introduction], Lead Vocals, Backing Vocals, Keyboards, Written-By – Al B. Sure!, Recorded By – Michael "M.J." Gilbert |
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| 10 | I Don't Wanna Cry
Engineer [Assistant Engineer] – Derek M. Davis, Producer, Keyboards, Written-By – Kyle West, Producer, Lead Vocals, Backing Vocals, Keyboards, Mixed By, Written-By – Al B. Sure!, Recorded By – Paul Logus, Recorded By, Mixed By – Michael "M.J." Gilbert |
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| 11 |
Die For You
Engineer [Assistant Engineer] – Louis Alfred III, Engineer [Assistant Mix Engineer] – Gil Morales, Mixed By – Mick "Mix Maestro" Guzauski, Producer, Keyboards, Written-By – Kyle West, Producer, Lead Vocals, Backing Vocals, Keyboards, Written-By – Al B. Sure!, Recorded By – Michael "M.J." Gilbert, Paul Logus |
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| 12 | I'll Never Hurt You Again
Engineer [Assistant Engineer] – Derek M. Davis, Producer, Keyboards, Written-By – Kyle West, Producer, Lead Vocals, Backing Vocals, Keyboards, Written-By – Al B. Sure!, Recorded By – Michael "M.J." Gilbert*, Paul Logus |
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| 13 | Papes In The End
Lead Vocals – Gregg "To The Head", Lead Vocals, Written-By – Al B. Sure!, Producer, Keyboards, Written-By – Howie Tee, Written By – Marc Choice |
- Edited By – Al B. Sure!, Michael "M.J." Gilbert
- Executive Producer – Benny Medina
- Management [A&R Management] – Karen Jones (4)
- Mastered By – Herb "Pump" Powers
- Producer – DeVanté Swing, Howie Tee, Ike Lee, Jo-Jo and K-Ci Hailey, Kevin Deane, Kiyamma Griffin, Kyle West, Trackmasters, Vincent Herbert
