Michel'le (album)


Michel'le is the self-titled debut studio album by American singer Michel'le. It was released on October 23, 1989 on Ruthless Records, Atco Records and Atlantic Records. The album was produced by Dr. Dre of N.W.A. The album was certified Gold by the Recording Industry Association of America five weeks after its release.

Commercial performance

Following its release the record reach number 35 on the Billboard 200 and number five on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart. Five singles were released, "No More Lies", "Nicety", "If?", "Something in My Heart" and "Keep Watchin'". The most successful being "No More Lies", which peak to number seven on the Billboard Hot 100 and number two on the Billboard Hot R&B Songs chart.
New York rapper Tim Dog sampled the song "No More Lies" in his track "Fuck Compton", a diss song towards West Coast hip hop, from his 1991 album Penicillin on Wax. In 2004, P-Dub sampled "Something in My Heart" in his song "4 Walls the After Effect". Song "If?" was sampled in Kehlani's 2014 song "As I Am".

Track listing

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Credits adapted from Discogs

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