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. The album produced three charted singles: " Throw Your Hands Up", "I Am L.V.", and a reworking of his chart-topping collaboration with

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Track listing

Notes * Track 14 is a

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Isaac Hayes Isaac Lee Hayes Jr. (August 20, 1942 – August 10, 2008) was an American singer, songwriter, composer, and actor. He was one of the creative forces behind the Southern soul music label Stax Records in the 1960s, serving as an in-house songwr ...

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Pastime Paradise "Pastime Paradise" is a song by American musician Stevie Wonder, recorded for his 1976 album ''Songs in the Key of Life''. The song was one of the first to use a synthesizer (the Yamaha GX-1) to sound like a full string section. Built initially f ...

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The Gap Band The Gap Band was an American Contemporary R&B, R&B and funk band that rose to fame during the 1970s and 1980s. The band consisted of three brothers: Charlie Wilson (musician), Charlie, Ronnie, and Robert Wilson, along with other members; it wa ...

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Personnel

* Larry Sanders – vocals, executive producer, co-producer (tracks: 6–7, 9) * Austin Patterson – producer (tracks: 3, 6–7, 9, 13, 16) *Jasiri Armon Williams – producer (tracks: 1–2, 4–5, 14) *Maurice Thompson – producer (tracks: 1–2, 4–5, 14) *Doug Rasheed – producer (tracks: 8, 10) *Travon Potts – producer (tracks: 12, 15) *

Anthony Crawford Anthony Crawford may refer to: *Anthony Crawford (bass musician), American musician, producer and songwriter *Anthony Crawford (musician), American musician *Anthony Crawford (lynching victim), African American man who was killed by a lynch mob in ...

– producer (track 11) * Montell Du'Sean Barnett – producer (track 11) *Robert "Fonksta" Bacon – co-producer (tracks: 3, 6–7, 9) *Tomie Mundy – co-producer (tracks: 3, 6–7, 9) * Thomas Coyne – mastering *Paul Stewart – executive producer *Albee – executive producer

Charts

References

External links

* {{Authority control 1996 debut albums L.V. (singer) albums Tommy Boy Records albums Albums produced by Prodeje