Introducing IMx | ||||
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Released | October 26, 1999 | |||
Recorded | 1998–1999 | |||
Genre | R&B | |||
Label | MCA | |||
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Introducing IMx is the fifth album by IMx, formerly known as Immature, released on October 26, 1999, on MCA Records. It peaked at #101 on the Billboard 200 album chart and #31 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart. [2] The album featured the hit single, "Stay the Night", which peaked at No. 23 on the Billboard Hot 100. As IMx, it was also their last album on MCA Records.
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Stay The Night" | Tony "Touch" Isaac, Chris Stokes, Platinum Status, Albert James Vance, Don Davis, Harvey Scales, Kelton Kessee, Lawrence Stephan & Marques Houston | Tony "Touch" Isaac, Chris Stokes & Platinum Status | 3:41 |
2. | "Keep It On The Low (feat. RaRa)" | Jerome Jones, Ketrina "Taz" Askew, Platinum Status, Kelton Kessee, Lawrence Stephan & Marques Houston | Chris Stokes & Platinum Status | 3:45 |
3. | "In & Out Of Love" | Anthem(née Channette Higgens + Chanoah Higgens), Curtis Williams & Vincent Herbert | Curtis Williams & Vincent Herbert | 4:30 |
4. | "Temptations" | Platinum Status, Kelton Kessee, Marques Houston & Lawrence Stephens | Chris Stokes & Platinum Status | 4:37 |
5. | "Trick" | Greg Poree, Jerome Jones, Ketrina "Taz" Askew, Platinum Status, Kelton Kessee & Marques Houston | Chris Stokes & Platinum Status | 3:52 |
6. | "Love Me In A Special Way" | El DeBarge & Platinum Status | Chris Stokes & Platinum Status | 4:12 |
7. | "Old School Love (feat. Smooth)" | Juanita Stokes, Jerome Jones, Ketrina "Taz" Askew, Platinum Status, Kelton Kessee, Marques Houston, Charles Cochran, Mark True & Sam Hogin | Chris Stokes & Platinum Status | 4:12 |
8. | "What I Gotta Do (feat. Chris Buck}" | Jerome Jones, Ketrina "Taz" Askew, Lew Laing, Platinum Status, Kelton Kessee & Marques Houston | Lew Laing, Chris Stokes & Platinum Status | 3:45 |
9. | "Bubbling (feat. RaRa)" | Marc Gordon, "Big Chuck," "Envy 1," "RaRa" & Jerome Jones | Marc Gordon | 4:28 |
10. | "Everytime" | Jerome Jones, Platinum Status, Kelton Kessee, Marques Houston, George Poree & Platinum Status | Chris Stokes & Platinum Status | 4:09 |
11. | "One Last Chance" | Jerome Jones, Platinum Status, Kelton Kessee & Marques Houston | Chris Stokes & Platinum Status | 3:24 |
12. | "Beautiful" | Jerome Jones, Ketrina "Taz" Askew, Platinum Status, Kelton Kessee & Marques Houston | Chris Stokes & Platinum Status | 5:16 |
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