Azz Izz is the only studio album by American R&B group MoKenStef. It was released on July 4, 1995 through Outburst Records/Def Jam Music Group Inc. Recording sessions took place at Skip Saylor Recording and Image Recording Studio in Hollywood and Kiva Recording in Encino. Production was handled by Hami, I-Roc, Jammin' James Carter, Vic C, Jiboh and Maddball Tony D. In the United States, the album peaked at number 117 on the Billboard 200, number 24 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums and atop the Heatseekers Albums charts. Its lead single, "He's Mine", made it to number 7 on the Billboard Hot 100 and number 2 on the Hot R&B Songs in the US, number 27 in New Zealand, number 70 on the UK singles chart, and was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America. The second single off of the album, "Sex in the Rain", generated much less success, reaching number 63 on the US Hot R&B Songs chart. The song "Baby Come Close" was released as a promotional single.
AllMusic's Stephen Thomas Erlewine commended the trio's vocal performance but felt they lacked charisma, personality and content to make them come across more than a poor imitation of TLC's CrazySexyCool, concluding that "too much of Azz Izz is comprised of mediocre material".[1]Vibe contributor Kara Manning also felt the group failed to deliver the "vocal ingenuity" to match that album, concluding that "[W]hile Mokenstef fall short of a fresher, sassier sensuality, Azz Izz isn't a bad first outing, just an uninspired one".[2]
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