| Pretty Ricky | ||||
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| Released | November 17, 2009 | |||
| Recorded | 2009 | |||
| Genre | R&B, Hip hop | |||
| Length | 55:11 | |||
| Label | Bluestar, Big Cat/Tommy Boy [1] | |||
| Producer | Diamond Blue Smith | |||
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Pretty Ricky is the third studio album by Pretty Ricky. [3] It was released on November 17, 2009, and featured new vocalist Lingerie replacing Pleasure P and 4Play. [4]
The performance of Pretty Ricky was poor in comparison to the group's previous gold-selling albums Bluestars and Late Night Special . It charted for one week on the Billboard 200, at #97.
Two singles, "Tipsy (In Dis Club)" and "Say a Command", were released from the album, but neither charted on the Billboard Hot 100.
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Marcus Ramone Cooper Sr, better known by his stage name Pleasure P, is an American R&B singer-songwriter, who experienced success as a member of the group Pretty Ricky before embarking on a solo career in 2007. His debut album The Introduction of Marcus Cooper was released in June 2009. In October 2014, Pleasure P and the rest of Pretty Ricky officialized on Instagram a reunion tour with a Bluestars 2 album for 2015. His first reunion single with Pretty Ricky is called "Puddles" and has been released during Valentine's Day 2015. It was the most requested song on South Florida's 99 Jamz radio station in the days following its release.
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