Heavy D discography

Last updated

Heavy D discography
Studio albums7
Compilation albums2
Singles14

The discography of Heavy D consists of eight studio albums, two compilation albums and 14 singles.

Contents

Studio albums

List of albums, with selected chart positions
TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positions Certifications
US
[1]
US R&B
[1]
NL
[2]
UK
[3]
Living Large
  • Released: October 25, 1987
  • Label: Uptown
  • Format: CD, CS
9210
Big Tyme
  • Released: June 12, 1989
  • Label: Uptown, MCA
  • Format: CD, CS, LP
191
Peaceful Journey
  • Released: July 2, 1991
  • Label: Uptown, MCA
  • Format: CD, CS, LP
2154740
  • RIAA: Platinum [4]
Blue Funk
  • Released: December 22, 1992
  • Label: Uptown
  • Format: CD
40790
  • RIAA: Gold [4]
Nuttin' But Love
  • Released: May 25, 1994
  • Label: Uptown
  • Format: CD, CS, LP
111
  • RIAA: Platinum [4]
Waterbed Hev
  • Released: April 22, 1997
  • Label: Uptown, Universal
  • Format: CD, CS, LP
93
  • RIAA: Gold [4]
Heavy
  • Released: July 15, 1999
  • Label: Uptown, Universal
  • Format: CD
6010
Vibes [5]
Love Opus [6]
  • Released: September 27, 2011
  • Label: Stride
  • Format: Music download
75
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Compilations

List of compilation albums
TitleAlbum details
Heavy Hitz
  • Released: September 12, 2000
  • Label: MCA
20th Century Masters – The Millennium Collection: The Best of Heavy D & The Boyz
  • Released: September 10, 2002
  • Label: MCA

Singles

List of singles, with selected chart positions
TitleYearPeak chart positions Certifications Album
US

R&B [7]

US
[8]
AU [9] AT BE
(FLA)
FR DE IE
[10]
NL
[2]
NO NZ SE CH UK
[3]
"Mr. Big Stuff"19866061Living Large
"We Got Our Own Thang"198910371569Big Tyme
"Somebody for Me"8
"Gyrlz, They Love Me"199012
"Big Tyme"
"Is It Good to You"199113327626322346Peaceful Journey
"Now That We Found Love"51168539462610242
"Don't Curse"1992
"The Lover's Got What U Need"53
"Truthful"199357Blue Funk
"Who's the Man"
"Got Me Waiting"1994320Nuttin' But Love
"Nuttin' but Love"1840
"Black Coffee"1557
"This Is Your Night"24141730
"Big Daddy"199751845
  • RIAA: Gold [4]
Waterbed Hev
"I'll Do Anything"
"Don't Stop"1999Heavy
"On Point"
"Long Distance Girlfriend"2008Vibes
"No Matter What"2009
"Put It All On Me"2011Love Opus
List of singles, with selected chart positions
TitleYearPeak chart positionsAlbum
US AUS AUT FRE NL NZ SWE SWI UK
"Self-Destruction" (Stop the Violence Movement)1989 Self Destruction 12"
"Alright (Remix)"
(Janet Jackson featuring Heavy D.)
199041002820 Alright 12"
Do Me Right (Guy featuring Heavy D) The Future
"Jam"
(Michael Jackson featuring Heavy D.)
19922611228122302213 Dangerous
"Dem No Worry We" (Super Cat featuring Heavy D) Don Dada
"Roll wit the Flava" (Flavor Unit MCs)1993Roll wit the Flava
"Candy Rain" (Remix)
(Soul for Real featuring Heavy D.)
19942 Candy Rain 12"
"I Miss You (Come Back Home)"

(Monifah featuring Heavy D)

1995New York Undercover (soundtrack) / Moods...Moments
"Criminal Mind"
(Tyrese featuring Heavy D)
199913 Blue Streak (soundtrack)

Guest Shots

TitleYearAlbumWith
We Write the Songs1988 In Control, Volume 1 Marley Marl, Biz Markie
Just Coolin' Just Coolin' LeVert
Ram Dance Hall Session1989 The Desolate One Just-Ice
Let the People Sing1991 Strictly Business (soundtrack)
Fools in Love In Control Volume II (For Your Steering Pleasure) Marley Marl, Eclipse
"Big and Ready"1992 Don Dada Super Cat
The Basement Mecca and the Soul Brother Pete Rock & CL Smooth, Grap Luva, Rob-O
Ready for Dem1993 19 Naughty III Naughty by Nature
Hotness Who's the Man? (soundtrack) Buju Banton
Rough... Black Reign Queen Latifah, KRS-One, Treach, Tony Dofat
My Love What's the 411? Remix Mary J. Blige
Jam Session1994NBA Jam Session The Notorious B.I.G., Troo-Kula
Let's Get It OnLet's Get It On! Eddie F, Tupac Shakur, The Notorious B.I.G., Grand Puba, Spunk
Check It Out1995 New Jersey Drive, Vol. 1
Rock with You Q's Jook Joint Quincy Jones, Brandy
You Just Don't Know1996 For Life Soul for Real
Need Your Love1997Timeless Big Bub, Queen Latifah
Keep It Coming Deuces Wild B. B. King
Take a Ride1998 Woo (soundtrack) Herb McGruff
Massive (Hold Tight) Soul Survivor Pete Rock, Beenie Man

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Heavy D</span> Jamaican-American musician and actor (1967–2011)

Dwight Arrington Myers, known professionally as Heavy D, was a Jamaican-born American rapper, record producer, and actor. Myers was the leader of Heavy D & the Boyz, a group that included dancers/hype men G-Whiz and "Trouble" T. Roy, as well as DJ and producer Eddie F. The group maintained a sizeable audience in the United States through most of the 1990s. The five albums the group released included production mainly by Teddy Riley, Marley Marl, DJ Premier, Myers's cousin Pete Rock, and "in-house" beatmaker Eddie F. Myers also released four solo albums and discovered Soul for Real and Monifah.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Bad Meets Evil</span> American hip hop duo

Bad Meets Evil is an American hip hop super duo composed of Detroit-based rappers Royce da 5′9″ (bad) and Eminem (evil). Formed in 1998, the duo's name comes from the namesake song from Eminem's The Slim Shady LP (1999), which featured Royce da 5'9". They debuted the same year with the release of the double single, "Nuttin' to Do" and "Scary Movies", the latter of which for the soundtrack to the 2000 horror comedy parody film Scary Movie. A decade later, the duo reunited to release an extended play (EP) to critical and commercial success.

<i>Above the Rim</i> (soundtrack) 1994 soundtrack album by various artists

Above the Rim – The Soundtrack is the official soundtrack to the 1994 film of the same name. The soundtrack, released by Death Row and Interscope Records on March 22, 1994, was executive produced by Suge Knight. Dr. Dre acted as supervising producer on the project.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Method Man & Redman</span> American hip hop duo

Method Man & Redman are an American hip hop duo, composed of East Coast rappers Method Man and Redman. They are signed to Def Jam Recordings both as solo artists and as a duo. While they had been collaborating since 1994, it was not until 1999 that they released a full-length collaborative effort, Blackout!. The follow-up album, Blackout! 2, was released in 2009.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Jeezy discography</span>

The discography of Jeezy, an American rapper, consists of thirteen studio albums, 18 mixtapes, 70 singles and 28 music videos. Aside from his solo career, he has also released albums as a member of Boyz N Da Hood and U.S.D.A., respectively.

The complete discography of Big L, an American hip hop artist, consists of two studio albums, four posthumous albums, six compilation albums, two extended plays, three collaborative albums one live album, four music videos, and seven singles. His first album, Lifestylez ov da Poor & Dangerous, was released in 1995. In the US, it peaked at number 149 on the Billboard 200 and number 22 on R&B/Hip-Hop Albums.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Birdman discography</span>

The discography of American rapper Birdman consists of four studio albums, three collaborative albums, two mixtapes, 23 music videos, 48 singles, including 23 as a featured artist, and 7 promotional singles. In 2002, Birdman released his debut studio album Birdman under the stage name Baby. It peaked at number 24 on the US Billboard 200, spending 23 weeks on the chart. Three singles were released from the album; the first, "Do That...", reached number 33 on the US Billboard Hot 100, and the second, "What Happened to That Boy", reached number 45 on the same chart. The third single, "Baby You Can Do It", only charted on the US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles Sales chart. In 2003, Birdman collaborated with singer Ginuwine on the single "Hell Yeah" and rapper Bow Wow on the single "Let's Get Down", which reached numbers 17 and 14 respectively on the Hot 100.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Tony Yayo discography</span>

This is the discography of Tony Yayo, an American rapper.

<i>Big Tyme</i> 1989 studio album by Heavy D & the Boyz

Big Tyme is the second album by American hip hop group Heavy D & the Boyz. It was released on June 12, 1989 through Uptown Records. The production on album was handled by DJ Eddie F, Teddy Riley, Al B. Sure!, Marley Marl, Pete Rock and Heavy D himself. This is also the final album to feature bandmate Trouble T Roy, who died from a fall in 1990.

<i>Peaceful Journey</i> 1991 studio album by Heavy D & the Boyz

Peaceful Journey is the third album by American rap group Heavy D & the Boyz. It was released on July 2, 1991, for Uptown Records and was produced by Pete Rock, DJ Eddie F, Teddy Riley, Marley Marl and Howie Tee. This marked the group's first album since the death of member Trouble T Roy, who died almost a year before the album's release, and several songs on the album pay tribute to him. Though not as successful as the group's previous album, Big Tyme, the album was able to reach Platinum status and made it to number 21 on the Billboard 200 and number 5 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart.

<i>Nuttin but Love</i> 1994 studio album by Heavy D & the Boyz

Nuttin' but Love is the fifth and final studio album by American rap group Heavy D & the Boyz. It was released on May 24, 1994, by Uptown Records and was produced by DJ Eddie F, Teddy Riley, Marley Marl, Erick Sermon, Kid Capri, Easy Mo Bee, Poke of The Trackmasters, and Pete Rock. The first track on the album, "Friends & Respect", featured spoken intros by the likes of LL Cool J, Buju Banton, KRS-One, Kool G Rap, Little Shawn, MC Lyte, Martin Lawrence, Pete Rock, Positive K, Q-Tip, Queen Latifah, Spike Lee and Treach.

<i>Waterbed Hev</i> 1997 studio album by Heavy D

Waterbed Hev is the first solo album by the American rapper Heavy D. The album was released on April 22, 1997, for Uptown Records and was produced by Heavy D, DJ Battle Cat and Tony Dofat. It marked Heavy D's first album without "The Boyz", DJ Eddie F and G-Wiz. Waterbed Hev made it to Np. 9 on the Billboard 200 and No. 3 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart, going gold in the process. Four singles were released, "Waterbed Hev", "I'll Do Anything", "Keep It Coming" and "Big Daddy". Guests on the album include Lost Boyz, Soul for Real and Tha Dogg Pound.

This is the discography of American rapper Webbie.

"Now That We Found Love" is a song written by Kenneth Gamble and Leon Huff and originally recorded by American R&B/soul vocal group The O'Jays for their seventh album, Ship Ahoy (1973).

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Lara Fabian discography</span>

The discography of Belgian and Canadian singer Lara Fabian consists of fourteen studio albums, four live albums, one compilation album, eight box sets, eight video albums, fifty two singles and a range of other album appearances. Being multilingual, Fabian sings in French, Italian, English, Spanish, Portuguese, Russian, Hebrew, Greek and German.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Mystikal discography</span>

The discography of American rapper Mystikal consists of six studio albums, two compilation albums, twenty-five singles and fifteen music videos. In 1994, Mystikal released a self-titled album on the independent record label Big Boy Records. Following his signing to Jive Records in 1995, the album was re-released under the title Mind of Mystikal as his debut studio album. Mind of Mystikal peaked at number 103 on the US Billboard 200 and at number 13 on the US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart. The album featured the single "Y'all Ain't Ready Yet", which peaked at number 41 on the US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart. Mystikal's following two studio albums, Unpredictable and Ghetto Fabulous, were both released on the record label No Limit Records; Jive distributed the albums rather than No Limit's distributor, Priority Records. Both peaked in the top five of the Billboard 200 and were later certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). Each of the albums featured one single, "Ain't No Limit" and "That's the Nigga", respectively. Both songs peaked in the top 65 of the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart.

The discography of K-Ci & JoJo, an American R&B duo made up of Cedric and Joel Hailey, consists of five studio albums, five compilation albums, fifteen singles, and fifteen music videos. K-Ci & JoJo were originally the lead singers of the R&B group Jodeci before signing a record deal with MCA Records. In 1997, they released their debut album, Love Always. In the United States, Love Always peaked at number five on the Billboard 200, and number two on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart and was certified triple-platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). Internationally, the album reached the top 50 on the Swiss, Canadian, and Australian Charts, and appeared on the UK and Swedish Albums Chart. The album produced four singles, including the multi-national number-one song, "All My Life".

The discography of DJ Funkmaster Flex consists of six albums and twelve singles.

<i>Bachata Number 1s, Vol. 2</i> 2008 compilation album by Various Artist

Bachata #1's, Vol. 2 is a compilation album released by Machete Music. The recording features tracks performed by several artist from the bachata genre, such as Aventura, Xtreme, Toby Love, Óptimo, Monchy & Alexandra, Leny, Domenic Marte, Zacarías Ferreíra, Frank Reyes, Carlos & Alejandra, Joe Veras, Yoskar "El Prabu Sarante", and Alex Bueno. It also features a bachata performed by Latin pop singer Luis Fonsi exclusive to this release.

<i>Bachata Number 1s</i> 2007 compilation album by Various Artists

Bachata #1's is a compilation album released by Machete Music on July 3, 2007. The album features several artists from the bachata genre, such as Xtreme, Aventura, Monchy & Alexandra, Alex Bueno, Frank Reyes, and Los Toros Band with production being handled by Anthony Santos, Lenny Santos, Sergio George and Franklin Romero among others. Musically, the album features musical arrangements combining bachata and R&B.

References

  1. 1 2 For US album peaks:
  2. 1 2 "Discographie Heavy D". Dutchcharts.nl (in Dutch). Hung Medien / hitparade.ch. Retrieved November 24, 2011.
  3. 1 2 "Heavy D and the Boyz". Official Charts Company . Retrieved November 24, 2011.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "RIAA – Searchable Database: Heavy D". Recording Industry Association of America . Retrieved October 31, 2011.
  5. "Vibes – Heavy D > Overview". Allmusic . Rovi Corporation . Retrieved November 24, 2011.
  6. "Love Opus – Heavy D > Overview". Allmusic . Rovi Corporation . Retrieved November 24, 2011.
  7. "Heavy D - Chart history | Billboard". www.billboard.com. Retrieved 2017-02-02.
  8. For US singles peaks:
  9. Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 127.
  10. "The Irish Charts: all there is to know - Heavy D discography". www.irishcharts.com. Retrieved 2022-08-20.