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Released | April 22, 1997 | |||
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Waterbed Hev is the first solo album by the American rapper Heavy D. The album was released on April 22, 1997, for Uptown Records and was produced by Heavy D, DJ Battle Cat and Tony Dofat. It marked Heavy D's first album without "The Boyz", DJ Eddie F and G-Wiz. Waterbed Hev made it to Np. 9 on the Billboard 200 and No. 3 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart, going gold in the process. Four singles were released, "Waterbed Hev", "I'll Do Anything", "Keep It Coming" (US No. 23) and "Big Daddy" (US No. 18). Guests on the album include Lost Boyz, Soul for Real and Tha Dogg Pound.
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AllMusic | [1] |
Los Angeles Times | [2] |
The Source | [3] |
The Los Angeles Times wrote that "the New York rapper discovers new ways of being the sensuous, sometimes erotic romantic without ever being vulgar." [2] Elliott Wilson, in his review for The Source , commended the album, calling it a "catchy, worthwhile listen that will stifle the non-believers". [3]
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United States (RIAA) [4] | Gold | 500,000^ |
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. |
Dwight Arrington Myers, known professionally as Heavy D, was a Jamaican-born American rapper, record producer, and actor. Myers was the leader of Heavy D & the Boyz, a group that included dancers/hype men G-Whiz and "Trouble" T. Roy, as well as DJ and producer Eddie F. The group maintained a sizeable audience in the United States through most of the 1990s. The five albums the group released included production mainly by Teddy Riley, Marley Marl, DJ Premier, Myers's cousin Pete Rock, and "in-house" beatmaker Eddie F. Myers also released four solo albums and discovered Soul for Real and Monifah.
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