Personnel: Gene Rice (vocals), Chuckii Booker (various instruments, background vocals), Navelle Rufus (various instruments), Charles J. Fearing (guitar), Wayne Linsey (acoustic piano), Jimmy Varner (keyboards, background vocals), Edwin Nicholas, Marc Gordon (keyboards, drums, keyboard programming, sequencing), Ricky Lawson (drums), Roy Galloway, Sean Levert, Dennis...
Personnel: Gene Rice (vocals), Chuckii Booker (various instruments, background vocals), Navelle Rufus (various instruments), Charles J. Fearing (guitar), Wayne Linsey (acoustic piano), Jimmy Varner (keyboards, background vocals), Edwin Nicholas, Marc Gordon (keyboards, drums, keyboard programming, sequencing), Ricky Lawson (drums), Roy Galloway, Sean Levert, Dennis Williams, Mark Anthony, Joe Little III, Melvin Sephus (background vocals).Producers: Chuckii Booker, Stan Sheppard, Gerald Levert, Edwin Nicholas, Marc Gordon, Sean Levert, Jimmy Varner, Joe Little III.Engineers: Rob Chiarelli, Anthony Jeffries, Pete Tokar, Barney Perkins, Gary Dobbins.Personnel: Gene Rice (keyboards, background vocals); Chuckii Booker (vocals, background vocals); Charles Fearing (guitar); Wayne Linsey (piano); Edwin Nicholas, Marc Gordon (keyboards, drums, programming); Jimmy Varner (keyboards, background vocals); Ricky Lawson (drums); Dennis Paul Williams, Gerald Levert, Mark Anthony, Dennis Williams, Melvin Sephus, Joe Little III, Roy Galloway, Sean Levert (background vocals).Audio Mixers: Pete Tokar; Anthony Jeffries; Rob Chiarelli; Barney Perkins.Recording information: Aire L.A. Recording Studios, Glendale, CA; Encore Recording Studios, Burbank, CA; Entourage Studios, North Hollywood, CA; Midtown Recording Studios, Cleveland, OH; Pacifique Recording Studios, North Hollywood, CA.Photographer: Charles Bush.Arrangers: Edwin Nicholas; Gerald Levert; Jimmy Varner; Marc Gordon ; Sean Levert.The third of five albums that RCA Records released by multi-talented Gene Rice. This time, Gerald Levert, Marc Gordon, Chuckii Booker, the Rude Boys, and others help produce and write the nine songs on the set. The consortium didn't help Rice's luck, as none of the songs -- save for a remake of Barry White's "I'm Gonna Love You a Little More" -- really captivates. Rice's voice, a rich tenor-baritone, overpowers some of the tracks and seems out of place on the hip-hop selections. The grandiose ballad "Come a Little Closer" and the up-tempo "Who's Pleasin' You" are not time capsule material but are less mundane than the others. Rice also contributes some keyboards, and Mark Anthony (the Elements) adds some backing vocals. ~ Andrew Hamilton
