What More Can I Say?

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What More Can I Say?
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Studio album by
Audio Two
ReleasedJune 7, 1988
Recorded1986–1988
Studio
Genre Hip hop
Length37:55
Label
Producer
  • DJ Gizmo
  • Milk Dee
  • Daddy-O
  • The King of Chill
Audio Two chronology
Flip-Flop Mini-Album
(1986)		What More Can I Say?
(1988)		 I Don't Care: The Album
(1990)
Singles from What More Can I Say?
  1. "Make It Funky/Top Billin'"
    Released: October 15, 1987
  2. "Hickeys Around My Neck"
    Released: 1988
  3. "Many Styles / The Questions"
    Released: 1988
  4. "I Don't Care"
    Released: 1988

What More Can I Say? is the debut studio album by American hip hop duo Audio Two. [1] [2] It was released in 1988 through First Priority Records with distribution by Atlantic Records. The recording sessions took place at I.N.S. Studios, Such-A-Sound Studio and First Priority Lab, in New York City. The album was produced by members Milk Dee and DJ Gizmo with Daddy-O and the King of Chill. It peaked at No. 185 on the Billboard 200 and No. 45 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart in the United States. What More Can I Say? spawned four singles: "Make It Funky"/"Top Billin'", "Hickeys Around My Neck", "Many Styles"/"The Questions", and "I Don't Care". The song "I Like Cherries" was previously released on Flip-Flop Mini-Album, a 1986 split mini-LP dropped with the Alliance (King of Chill, Kool C and D.J. Dice).

Contents

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [3]
The Philadelphia Inquirer Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [4]

The Philadelphia Inquirer stated that the album, "while uneven, confirms [Audio Two's] uncommonly articulate approach to rap." [4]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Top Billin'" (featuring Daddy-O)
2:52
2."What More Can I Say?" Glenn Bolton Audio Two4:39
3."When the 2 Is on the Mic"
  • Nat Robinson
  • Kirk Robinson
Audio Two3:19
4."I Like Cherries"
  • Nat Robinson
  • Kirk Robinson
Audio Two3:51
5."I Don't Care"
  • Nat Robinson
  • Kirk Robinson
Audio Two4:04
6."Giz Starts Buggin'"
  • Nat Robinson
  • Kirk Robinson
Audio Two3:08
7."Make It Funky" (featuring Daddy-O)
  • Nat Robinson
  • Kirk Robinson
  • Audio Two
  • Daddy-O
5:02
8."Hickeys Around My Neck"
  • Nat Robinson
  • Kirk Robinson
Audio Two3:49
9."Put It 2 Music"
  • Nat Robinson
  • Kirk Robinson
Audio Two1:10
10."Top Billin'" (Instrumental)
  • Nat Robinson
  • Kirk Robinson
  • Audio Two
  • Daddy-O
3:00
11."The Questions" (featuring the King of Chill)
  • Nat Robinson
  • Kirk Robinson
  • Freddie Byrd
  • Audio Two
  • The King of Chill
3:01
Total length:37:55

Personnel

Chart history

Chart (1988)Peak
position
US Billboard 200 [5] 185
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard) [6] 45

References

  1. ↑ Williams, Justin A., ed. (2015). The Cambridge Companion to Hip-Hop. Cambridge University Press. p. 311.
  2. ↑ Stancell, Steven (1996). Rap Whoz Who: The World of Rap Music. Schirmer Books. p. 15.
  3. ↑ Kellman, Andy. "What More Can I Say? Audio Two". AllMusic . Retrieved October 4, 2018.
  4. 1 2 Tucker, Ken (June 5, 1988). "Audio Two What More Can I Say?". The Philadelphia Inquirer. p. E10.
  5. ↑ "Audio Two Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved October 4, 2018.
  6. ↑ "Audio Two Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved October 4, 2018.
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