No Doubt (702 album)

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No Doubt
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Studio album by
702
ReleasedOctober 8, 1996
Length43:47
Label
Producer
702 chronology
No Doubt
(1996)
702
(1999)
Singles from No Doubt
  1. "Steelo"
    Released: August 20, 1996 [1]
  2. "Get It Together"
    Released: January 28, 1997
  3. "All I Want"
    Released: July 8, 1997 [2]
  4. "No Doubt"
    Released: November 17, 1997 [3]

No Doubt is the debut studio album from American R&B group 702. It was released by Biv 10 Records on October 8, 1996, while distribution was helmed by Motown. The album peaked at number 82 on the US Billboard 200. By November 1997, it was certified Gold in sales by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), after sales reached 500,000 copies in the United States.

Contents

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [4]

Stephen Thomas Erlewine of Allmusic gave No Doubt a mixed review, remarking that it "has a couple of fine moments," but that the group's "fusion of street-oriented rap and urban soul doesn't quite gel over the course of the album." [4]

Chart performance

The album peaked at eighty-two on the US Billboard 200 and reached the twenty-fourth spot on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart. [5] The album was certified gold in November 1997. [6]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Get Down Like Dat"
4:11
2."Steelo" (featuring Missy Elliott)
  • C. Elliott
  • Pearson
4:17
3."No Doubt"
  • Farrar
  • Taylor
The Characters Co/Produced by StarrStrukk ^b4:20
4."Show You My Love"
The Characters4:19
5."Not Gonna"
  • C. Elliott
  • Majesty
4:13
6."All I Want"
  • Farrar
  • Berry Gordy
  • Alphonso Mizell
  • Freddie Perren
  • Deke Richards
  • Taylor
The Characters3:59
7."Round & Round"
  • Al'Terik Wardrick
  • Chris Martin
  • Christopher Wallace
  • Dupré Kelly
  • Keith Elam
  • Kevin Hansford
  • Marlon Williams
  • M. Elliott
  • Osten Harvey
Terry "T-Rock" Williams4:21
8."Word Iz Bond" (featuring Shyheim)
  • Malik Pendleton
  • Matthew Wilder
  • Greg Prestopino
Pendleton4:19
9."Get It Together" Donell Jones Jones4:51
10."Finding My Way"
  • Nicole Johnson
  • Pendleton
Pendleton5:01
International bonus track
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
11."Steelo (Remix)" (featuring Missy Elliott)
  • M. Elliott
  • R. Smith
  • John Vastano
  • R. Smith
  • Armando Colon [a]
3:33

Notes

Personnel

Information taken from Allmusic. [7]

Charts

Chart (1996)Peak
position
UK R&B Albums (OCC) [8] 35
US Billboard 200 ( Billboard ) [9] 82
US Heatseekers Albums ( Billboard ) [10] 1
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums ( Billboard ) [11] 24

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA) [12] Gold500,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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