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One of the early feathers in the cap of the Bad Boy Entertainment empire, the female trio Total got their start backing the Notorious B.I.G. before releasing their self-titled debut in 1996. Unlike the sleek urban contemporary sound of acts like Destiny's Child, Total was driven by classic funk grooves and sassy attitude.
The singers, Kima, Keisha, and Pam, each have their own distinctive style, and that variety adds a pleasing twist to TOTAL. While the album isn't consistent throughout, it does have highlights, with "No One Else" and "Can't You See" (which features Biggie), among them. Funky, slinky, and sensual, TOTAL is a solid R&B album that deserves more attention than it's received since its release.
Recorded at The Hit Factory, Sound On Sound and Daddy's House Recording Studios, New York, New York; Jam Shack II Recording, Los Angeles and Pookie Labs, Sacramento, California; 3 Boyz From Newark Studios, Newark, New Jersey.
Producers: Chad "Dr. Seuss" Elliot, Sean "Puffy" Combs, Rashad Smith, Jean-Claude "Poke" Olivier, Steve Jordan.
Personnel: Total (background vocals); Da Brat (rap vocals); Chucky Thompson (guitar, keyboards); Eddie Alford (guitar); Charles "Prince Charles" Alexander (flute); Julian Jackson (keyboards, drums, percussion, programming); Herb Middleton (keyboards); Raphael Saadiq (bass guitar, background vocals); D. Jones, Keith M., Terri Robinson (background vocals).
Audio Mixers: Gerry Brown ; Charles "Prince Charles" Alexander ; Paul Logus; Axel Niehaus; Tony Maserati; Bob Brockman.
Audio Remixers: Rodney Jerkins; Sean "Puffy" Combs.
Recording information: 3 Boyz, Newark Studios, NJ; Daddy's House Recording Studios, New York, NY; Hit Factory, Broadway, New York, NY; Pookie Labs, Sacramento, CA; Sound On Sound Recording Studios, New York, NY.
Photographer: Guzman/Rotterdam Conservatory Orquesta Tipica.
Unknown Contributor Roles: Stevie J.; Tammy Lucas.
Total: Keisha Spivey, Pam Long, Kima.
Additional personnel: Da Brat, The Notorious B.I.G., Foxy Brown, Lil' Kim (rap vocals); Sean "Puffy" Combs (spoken vocals); Chucky Thompson (guitar, keyboards); Eddie "Spanky" Alford (guitar); Charles Alexander (flute); Julian Jackson (keyboards, drums, percussion, programming); Herb Middleton (keyboards); Raphael Saadiq (bass, background vocals); Stevie J (programming); Terri Robinson, 112 (background vocals).
Entertainment Weekly (3/15/96, p.65) - "...Brimming with irresistibly funky loops and gritty grooves, the album is a pleasure from start to finish..."
- Rating: A-
Vibe (5/96, p.122) - "...Total's self-titled disc overcomes the questionable vocal talents of Kima, Keisha and Pam with super-slick production and catchy hooks..." Total Music | List Price | $18.98 (You save $4.23) | | Category | Rock/Pop Albums, R&B CDs, Rap, Urban Soundtrack, Soul/R&B, Contemporary R&B | | Label | Bad Boy | | Orig Year | 1996 | | All Time Sales Rank |  9204  | | CD Universe Part number | 1126385 | | Catalog number | 73006 | | Discs | 1 | | Release Date | Feb 13, 1996 | | Studio/Live | Studio | | Mono/Stereo | Stereo | | Engineer | Doug Wilson; Stephen Dent; Kevin Thomas; Julian Jackson; Lane Craven; Nashiem Myrick; Paul Logus; Rick Travali; Axel Niehaus; Tony Maserati | | Recording Time | 56 minutes | | Personnel | Foxy Brown
Sean "Puffy" Combs - spoken vocals
Chucky Thompson - guitar, keyboards
112 - background vocals
Herb Middleton - keyboards
Keisha
Pam
Eddie "Spanky" Alford - guitar
Julian Jackson - keyboards, drums, percussion, programming
Charles Alexander - flute
Also: Notorious B.I.G., Lil' Kim, Raphael Saadiq, Da Brat, Terri Robinson, New York, Sacramento, Rashad Smith, Jean-Claude "Poke" Olivier, Newark, Chad "Dr. Seuss" Elliot, D. Jones, Jam Shack II Recording, Keith M., Los Angeles and Pookie Labs, New Jersey.
Personnel: Total, Sound On Sound and Daddy's House Recording Studios, Steve Jordan.
Recorded at The Hit Factory |
Total Music Review Average Rating: (4.8 out of 5 stars)   List All Reviews my favorite group.
Hey! Total one of your favorite fan members. My name is Deshun. Ive been listing to your album every since i was five or six yrs, old. im from baton rouge La, and i just like all the songs yall put out. Also yall make a beautifully group togather. Second i hope yall never brake up and i hope i can see yall one day. Third stay on top of everybody in being #1 in the country. Thanks! love yall.
Submitted by Deshun (Baton Rouge La)
Was This Review Helpful? Yes No 1 of 1 found this helpful. Gone, but not forgotten
I love Total. They are one of my favorite R&B groups. I was in 7th grade when they first came out, and til' this day I am still a fan of theirs. When ever I am in a bad mood, I listen to them and quickly I be in a good mood. I had this album before. Let's just say the person I let borrow it didn't take good care of it at all. I miss them. Too bad they have not came out with another album. Total is a group that is gone but not forgotten. On a personal note, I had a crush on all three of them. They are so sexy to me!
Submitted by superstarplaya2003 (Chicago, IL) 
Was This Review Helpful? Yes No  Total Reppin' East Coast...
Loved it, very sexy ladies... Best on the BadBoy Roster, and always will be. Without them BadBoy is nothing.
Laterz,
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Submitted by anthony72476 (Walnut Ridge, AR)
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Total
I remember this album when I was 9. This album has more hip-hop than R&B.
Total has the voices. The music is bump and grind. This CD has been certified Platinum.
Submitted by davidogletree (Glenwood, IL)
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Classic they need to com out with a another album.
Submitted by Chudson977 (Chattanooga,TN)
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On their second album, '90s soul sistas JaKima Raynor, Keisha Spivey, and Pam Long sex up their lives, and everything around them, quite a bit. Turning their fairly standard take on the hip-hop girl group into a late-night bath of delight, they invite a who's-who roster into the tub with them (producers here include Missy Elliott, Sean "Puffy" Combs, and Heavy D, among others). The best track, "Trippin'," is an Elliott-produced slice of robotic R&B that combines the gals' sweet harmonies with state-of-the-soul-art studio savvy. But the studio-powered Kima, Keisha & Pam ultimately loses its individuality while trying to be a part of the streets and scene, brimming with the sounds of the world around it. ~ Michael Gallucci
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Recorded between March 1962 and January 1968. Includes liner notes by David Nathan.
Barbara Lewis may not have been one of the toughest or funkiest singers to appear on the Atlantic Records roster, but her hits for the label define pop-soul at its best, especially the subtle but wonderfully sexy "Hello Stranger," one of the most seductive tunes to ever make its way to AM radio. "Baby, I'm Yours" and "Make Me Your Baby" were nearly as memorable, and if Lewis recorded numbers like "Puppy Love" and "My Heart Went Do Dat Da" a bit too often, she had the talent and the class to make something worthwhile of even the silliest material (and as it happens, she also wrote the latter two songs, as well as the sublime "Hello Stranger"). In 1994, Rhino Records released a definitive single-disc collection of Lewis' recordings for Atlantic, Hello Stranger: The Best of Barbara Lewis, and Rhino's British branch has recycled this compilation as part of their Platinum Collection series of soul hits packages. The packaging for The Platinum Collection isn't quite as attractive as Hello Stranger, and it lacks the earlier disc's fine liner notes and detailed information on the original recordings, but this does contain the same twenty songs in the same order, all sung with cool passion and an easygoing sensuality by the remarkable Lewis, and from a musical standpoint you can't do much better than this. Anyone who still makes make-out mixtapes in this day and age will want to have a copy of "Hello Stranger" on hand, and the rest of this collection won't spoil the mood, either. ~ Mark Deming
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