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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

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. 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

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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

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. 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,

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, who died on November 16, 2018.

Track listing

*All Songs Co-Written By Al B. Sure! #"Right Now" – 5:54 (Kyle West) #"U & I" – 5:43 (Kiyamma Griffin) #"Playing Games" – 6:04 (DeVante Swing) #"Natalie" – 5:54 (West) #"Ooh 4 You Girl (ft.

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)" – 5:54 (Griffin) #"Kick in the Head" (ft.

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) – 4:58 (Kevin Deane) #"Turn You Out" (ft.

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) – 5:56 (Swing) #"See the Lady (ft. Chubb Rock)" – 5:20 (West) #"Thanks 4 a Great Time Last Nite" – 6:35 (Deane) #"I Don't Wanna Cry" – 5:14 (West) #"Die for You (ft. Brione Lathrop)" – 5:31 (West) #"I'll Never Hurt You Again" – 5:53 (West) #"Papes in the End (ft. Greg "To The Head" and

)" – 4:11 (Marc Choice, Howie Tee)

Personnel

* Al B. Sure! - vocals *Ike Lee III - drum programming *Al B. Sure!, Kevin Deane, Kiyamma Griffin,

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, Kyle West - keyboards *Brione Lathrop,

, Gregg "To The Head", Kyle West,

- additional vocals

Production

*Executive Producer:

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*Produced By Al B. Sure!, Kevin Deane, Kiyamma Griffin, Vincent Herbert, DeVanté Swing, Howie Tee & Kyle West *Engineers: Steven Ett, Michael Gilbert, Paul Logus *Assistant Engineers: Louis Alfred III *Mixing: Al B. Sure!, Steven Ett, Michael Gilbert,

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*Mix Assistants: Andrew Godsberg, Gil Morales *Editing: Al B. Sure!, Michael Gilbert *Mastering: Herb Powers

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

References

External links

* ''Sexy Versus'' at allmusic {{Authority control Al B. Sure! albums 1992 albums Warner Records albums Albums produced by DeVante Swing Albums produced by Howie Tee Albums produced by Vincent Herbert