Piece of Mind is the debut album by American rapper Tela. It was released on November 5, 1996, through Suave House/Relativity Records. Production was handled by Tela himself with DJ Slice T, Jazze Pha, T-Mix and Insane Wayne. It features guest appearances from 8Ball & MJG, Crime Boss, South Circle and NOLA. The album peaked at number 70 on the Billboard 200 and number 17 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums. Its lead single, "Sho Nuff", peaked at No. 58 on the Billboard Hot 100.
Track listing
Personnel Winston "Tela" Rogers – main artist, producer, mixing Mr. Mike Walls – featured artist (track 3) Thurston "Crime Boss" Slaughter – featured artist (track 3) Premro "8Ball" Smith – featured artist (track 7) Marlon "MJG" Goodwin – featured artist (track 7) Toni Hickman – featured artist (track 10) Tylene Mercadel – featured artist (track 10) Suns Of Soul – additional vocals (tracks: 1, 15) Tyree Robinson – additional vocals (track 2) Phalon "Jazze Pha" Alexander – additional vocals (tracks: 3, 5, 7, 10, 12, 13), keyboards (tracks: 3, 7), drum programming (track 3), producer (tracks: 3, 7, 13) Thomas "Low Key" McCollum – additional vocals (track 4) Marcus McRee – additional vocals (tracks: 5, 9, 13, 14) Mac Rodd – additional vocals (tracks: 6, 12) Mista Rodd – additional vocals (tracks: 6, 12) Nathaniel Malone – additional vocals (track 6) The Care Bear – additional vocals (track 9) B. McRay – additional vocals (track 13) Baby Dre – additional vocals (tracks: 13, 14) Gee-Kay – additional vocals (track 13) L. McRay – additional vocals (track 13) Mr. Rob – additional vocals (track 13) Sheldon "Slice T" Arrington – keyboards, drum programming, producer (tracks: 1, 2, 5, 8–15), mixing Niko Lyras – guitar (track 1), acoustic guitar (track 12) Neal Jones – guitar (track 2), bass (tracks: 1, 7, 9), engineering (tracks: 1–3, 5–14), mixing Lawrence Long – guitar (track 4) Tristan "T-Mix" Jones – keyboards & producer (track 4) Adam Warren – guitar (track 9) Derrel Harris – Rhodes piano & drums (track 9) Ferrell "Ensayne Wayne" Miles – producer (track 13) Roger Tausz – mixing Clay "Jus Fresh" James – engineering Tony Dawsey – mastering James Endsley – executive producer Tony Draper – executive producer Pen & Pixel – artwork, design
Charts Chart (1996) Peakposition
Samples Twisted "Rock Box" by Run DMC and "Computer Love" by Zapp
References
External links
Tela - Piece Of Mind - Goldhiphop