Straight Outta Hell's Kitchen

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Straight Outta Hell's Kitchen
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Studio album by
ReleasedAugust 20, 1991
Genre Dance-pop
Label Columbia
CK-46035
Producer David Cole, Robert Clivillés, Full Force
Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam chronology
Straight to the Sky
(1989)
Straight Outta Hell's Kitchen
(1991)
LL77
(1994)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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Entertainment Weekly B+ [2]

Straight Outta Hell's Kitchen is a 1991 album by Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam, as well as their final studio album. It is best known for the lead track "Let the Beat Hit 'Em" which reached #1 on the Billboard R&B and Dance charts. The only other single released from the album was the ballad "Where Were You When I Needed You". The album's title is named for the Manhattan neighborhood in which lead vocalist Lisa Velez grew up and lived until the mid-2000s. The first half of the album was produced by C+C Music Factory's David Cole and Robert Clivillés, and the second half was produced, as with the previous Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam albums, by Full Force. [3] [4]

Contents

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Introduction (Interlude #1)/Something 'bout Love" Robert Clivillés / Duran Ramos 5:03
2."Let the Music Play"Robert Clivillés / David Cole 4:43
3."Let the Beat Hit 'Em"Robert Clivillés / David Cole / Alan Friedman / Duran Ramos4:38
4."You + Me = Love"Robert Clivillés / Duran Ramos4:53
5."Rainstorm Interlude/Don't Say Goodbye"Robert Clivillés / Duran Ramos6:32
6."Forever"Robert Clivillés / Duran Ramos4:14
7."Let It Go" Full Force 6:27
8."I Like It, I Like It"Full Force4:39
9."Love Will Get Us By"Full Force5:46
10."Where Were You When I Needed You"Full Force4:37
11."Do It Like That"Full Force4:51
12."Sensuality" Ernie Isley / O'Kelly Isley / Ronald Isley / Rudolph Isley / Chris Jasper 5:39

Personnel

Adapted from AllMusic [5]

Charts

Chart (1991)Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA) [6] 129
US Billboard 200 [7] 133

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