''Brainstorm'' is the second album by the American rapper

Young MC Marvin Young (born May 10, 1967), better known by his stage name Young M.C., is an American rapper, singer and actor. He is best known for his 1989 hit " Bust a Move". His debut album '' Stone Cold Rhymin found international acclaim. Young h ...

. It was released on August 5, 1991 via

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. Production was handled by Young MC himself, except for one song, "The Right One", produced by G Love E. The album peaked at number 66 on the ''Billboard'' 200 and number 61 on the

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chart in the United States, and number 42 in New Zealand Albums Charts. It was certified Gold by the

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on October 9, 1991, for sales of over 500,000 copies. Its lead single "That's the Way Love Goes" peaked at No. 54 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, No. 32 on the

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, No. 23 in New Zealand and No. 65 in the UK Singles Chart. A follow-up single, "Keep It in Your Pants", made it to No. 67 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs and No. 18 in New Zealand.

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Personnel

*Marvin " Young M.C." Young –

vocals Singing is the art of creating music with the voice. It is the oldest form of musical expression, and the human voice can be considered the first musical instrument. The definition of singing varies across sources. Some sources define sing ...

arranger In music, an arrangement is a musical adaptation of an existing composition. Differences from the original composition may include reharmonization, melodic paraphrasing, orchestration, or formal development. Arranging differs from orchestrat ...

& producer (tracks: 1-4, 6-13) *Myra Cormier –

backing vocals A backing vocalist is a singer who provides vocal harmony with the lead vocalist or other backing vocalists. A backing vocalist may also sing alone as a lead-in to the main vocalist's entry or to sing a counter-melody. Backing vocalists are us ...

(track 1) * Paul Milton Jackson, Jr. –

guitar The guitar is a stringed musical instrument that is usually fretted (with Fretless guitar, some exceptions) and typically has six or Twelve-string guitar, twelve strings. It is usually held flat against the player's body and played by strumming ...

(tracks: 1, 3, 12) *Vail Johnson –

bass Bass or Basses may refer to: Fish * Bass (fish), various saltwater and freshwater species Wood * Bass or basswood, the wood of the tilia americana tree Music * Bass (sound), describing low-frequency sound or one of several instruments in th ...

(tracks: 1, 3) *Stephanie Pinkard – backing vocals (track 3) * Alphonse Mouzon –

drums The drum is a member of the percussion instrument, percussion group of musical instruments. In the Hornbostel–Sachs classification system, it is a membranophones, membranophone. Drums consist of at least one Acoustic membrane, membrane, c ...

(track 10) *

Mike Bordin Michael Andrew Bordin (born November 27, 1962) is an American musician, best known as the drummer for the rock band Faith No More. He has amicably been known as "Puffy", "Puffster" or "The Puff", in reference to the afro hair style he wore in ...

– drums (track 11) *Lawrence "G Love E" Edwards – producer (track 5) *Steve Dady – recording (track 1) *Paul McKenna – recording (tracks: 2-13), mixing *Herb Powers Jr. – mastering

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