Coolin' at the Playground Ya Know! | ||||
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Released | February 11, 1991 | |||
Recorded | 1990 | |||
Genre | Hip hop, R&B, new jack swing | |||
Length | 37:59 | |||
Label | Motown | |||
Producer | Rico Anderson, Dallas Austin, Dr. Freeze | |||
Another Bad Creation chronology | ||||
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Singles from Coolin' at the Playground Ya Know! | ||||
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Coolin' at the Playground Ya Know! is the debut studio album from American hip hop and R&B group Another Bad Creation, released on February 11, 1991 on Motown.
The album peaked at number seven on the Billboard 200 chart. By May 1991, it was certified platinum in sales by the RIAA, after sales exceeding 1,000,000 copies in the United States.
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Source | Rating |
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Entertainment Weekly | D [2] |
The album peaked at seven on the U.S. Billboard 200 and reached the second spot on the R&B Albums chart. [3] The album was certified gold in April 1991 and platinum the following month. [4]
Rob Theakston of Allmusic called the album "an enjoyable, infectious, bubblegum/R&B record," and noted that the work "unquestionably helped to re-position Motown's status as the dominant force in R&B." [1]
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Parents" | Dallas Austin | Austin | 2:53 |
2. | "Playground" | Austin, Michael Bivins, Kevin Wales | Austin | 4:15 |
3. | "Mental (So Pay Attention)" | Austin | Austin | 1:08 |
4. | "Little Soldiers" | Austin, Bivins, Wales | Austin | 4:13 |
5. | "My World" | Austin, Wales | Austin | 3:50 |
6. | "Iesha" | Austin, Bivins | Austin | 4:22 |
7. | "Spydermann" | Chris Sellers, David Shelton, Demetrius Pugh, Elliott Straite, Marliss Pugh, Rommell Chapman | Dr. Freeze, Howie Tee (co.) | 4:40 |
8. | "That's My Girl" | Austin, Wales, Nathan Morris | Austin | 3:08 |
9. | "Jealous Girl" | Maurice Starr, Michael Jonzun | Austin | 5:38 |
10. | "A.B.C." | Sellers, Shelton, Pugh, Straite, Pugh, Chapman, Rico Anderson | Rico Anderson, Dr. Freeze (co.) | 3:52 |
Chart (1991) [3] | Peak position |
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U.S. Billboard 200 | 7 |
U.S. R&B Albums | 2 |
Australia (ARIA Charts) [5] | 80 |
Year | Single | Peak chart positions [6] | |||
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U.S. Billboard Hot 100 | U.S. Dance Music/Club Play Singles | U.S. Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales | U.S. Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks | ||
1990 | "Iesha" | 9 | — | 9 | 6 |
1991 | "Playground" | 10 | 36 | 6 | 4 |
"Jealous Girl" | — | — | — | 25 | |
1992 | "My World" | — | — | — | 77 |
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.
Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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United States (RIAA) [7] | Platinum | 1,000,000^ |
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. |
Information taken from Allmusic. [8]
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