''Raw Sylk'' is the debut studio album by American rapper

Sylk-E. Fyne La'Mar Lorraine Johnson (born July 12, 1978), professionally known by her stage name Sylk-E. Fyne, is an American female rapper from South Central Los Angeles and former member of the unreleased group G.B.M. from Eazy-E's Ruthless Records. Sh ...

. It was released on March 24, 1998 through

RCA Records RCA Records is an American record label currently owned by Sony Music Entertainment, a subsidiary of Sony Corporation of America. It is one of Sony Music's four flagship labels, alongside RCA's former long-time rival Columbia Records; also ...

with Gerald 'Big Yam' Baillergeau and Victor 'Vino' Merritt producing the entire album. The album is best remembered for its lead single "

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", a duet with William "Chill" Warner. The song peaked at #6 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 and #1 on the

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and reached gold status two months after its release. The album, however, did not match "Romeo and Juliet's" success, only making it to 121 on the ''Billboard'' 200 and 47 on the

R&B charts The Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart ranks the most popular R&B and hip hop songs in the United States and is published weekly by ''Billboard''. Rankings are based on a measure of radio airplay, sales data, and streaming activity. The chart had 100 ...

. The album's failure eventually led to RCA dropping Sylk-E. Fyne from the label.

Track listing

Samples

*"Romeo And Juliet" **"Theme From Mahogany (Do You Know Where You're Going To) by

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**"You Don't Have to Cry" by Rene & Angela *"Grand Jury (Coming Through)" **"I'll Be Good" by Rene & Angela *"Material Girl" **"

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" by Zapp *"I Ain't Down With The System" **" Ready or Not Here I Come (Can't Hide from Love)" by

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*"Sylk-E.'s Romeo And Juliet (LA Groove)" **"Sun Is Here" by Sun

Personnel

*Gerald Baillergeau - producer, executive producer *Mike Concepcion - executive producer *Tony Dawsey - mastering *Kevin Evans - executive producer, A&R * La'Mar Lorraine Johnson - main artist, vocals *Freddie Lee - associate executive producer *Dorothy Low - photography *Victor Merritt - associate executive producer, producer, mixing *Craig Nobles - associate executive producer *

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- featured artist, vocals *William Warner Jr. - featured artist, vocals *

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- featured artist, vocals

Charts

References

1998 debut albums RCA Records albums Sylk-E. Fyne albums {{1990s-hiphop-album-stub