Imajin (album)

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Imajin
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Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 26, 1999
Recorded19981999
Genre R&B
Length47:02
Label Jive Records
Producer Ron "Amen-Ra" Lawrence
Deric "D-Dot" Angelettie
DeVante Swing
Imajin chronology
ImajinImajin Unreleased
Singles from Imajin
  1. "Shorty (You Keep Playin With My Mind)"
    Released: 1998
  2. "No Doubt"
    Released: 1999
  3. "Flava"
    Released: 1999
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Imajin is the only album by American band of the same name. It was released on October 26, 1999 on Jive Records. It peaked at #44 on the Billboard Top Heatseekers Chart. [2]

Track listing

#TitleComposerLength
1Shorty (You Keep Playin' With My Mind) Deric "D-Dot" Angelettie; P. Brown; Jack Knight; Ron Lawrence; Keith Murray; Robert Rans; Norma Jean Wright 4:54
2Keep It to YourselfN. Clemons;M. Clemons;Manuel Seal, Jr.;L. Straight3:59
3FlavaGene Hughes;T. Martinez;J. Skinner3:42
4I'm Feelin' YouLionel Bussey; Bert Price4:32
5I Don't Wanna Play Basketball DeVante Swing 4:25
6Missing YouA. Cantrall;D. Christopher "Q-Pid" Jennings;Eric Donovan Johnson4:42
7You're the BombTimmy Allen; Larry Campbell;J. Skinner3:56
8No DoubtL. Bell;Allen Gordon Jr.;C. James;C. Loving3:38
9Love Letter
(also on "The Wood" soundtrack)
Gene Hughes;T. Martinez;J. Skinner4:05
10Fresh DeVante Swing 4:21
11Ever AgainLionel Bussey; Bert Price4:28

Outtakes

Always Been You (4:39)
Something About Love (4:21)
No Love (4:13)
Ain't Too Proud To Beg For Your Love (4:18)
Baby Girl (2:31) (Later sold the rights to R&B group B2K)
I Never Dreamed You'd Leave Me in Summer (3:25)
I Got What You Need (5:45)

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