Serious is the second studio album by American musical duo the Whitehead Bros. It was released on August 23, 1994, through Motown. Production was handled by member Kenny Whitehead, Roy Pennon, Bert Price, Brian Williams, Eric Cody, McKinley Horton and Michael Angelo Saulsberry with co-producer Larry Gold. In the United States, the album reached Top 40 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums and number 13 on the Heatseekers charts. It also made it to number 100 on the UK Albums Chart and number 18 on the Official Hip Hop and R&B Albums Chart in the United Kingdom.
The album was supported with three singles: "Your Love Is a 187", "Forget I Was a G" and "Sex on the Beach". Its lead single, "Your Love Is a 187", become the Whitehead Bros.'s biggest hit, reaching number 76 on the Billboard Hot 100 and number 15 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs in the US and number 32 on the UK singles chart and number 4 on the Official Hip Hop and R&B Singles Chart in the UK. The album's second single, "Forget I Was a G", peaked at number 32 on the US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, number 40 on the UK singles chart and number 6 on the Official Hip Hop and R&B Singles Chart, and was featured in Doug McHenry's film Jason's Lyric as well as on its soundtrack. The third single off of the album, "Sex on the Beach", went briefly charted on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs at the 102nd spot.
Track listing
Sample credits Track 1 contains a replayed sample from "Jungle Boogie" written by Robert "Kool" Bell, Ronald Bell, George Melvin Brown, Claydes Charles Smith, Robert "Spike" Mickens, Donald Boyce, Ricky Westfield and Dennis "Dee Tee" Thomas. Track 2 contains a sample from "Deep Cover" written and performed by Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg.
Personnel Kenny Whitehead – lead vocals (tracks: 1–12, 14, 15), backing vocals (tracks: 1, 2, 6), keyboards (tracks: 1–13, 15), guitar (tracks: 1, 2, 6), acoustic guitar (track 15), producer (tracks: 1, 2, 5, 6, 8–12, 14, 15), programming, arrangement, vocal arranger (tracks: 3, 7, 14, 15), strings arranger (track 10), mixing Johnny Whitehead – lead vocals (tracks: 1–9, 11, 13, 14), backing vocals (tracks: 1, 2, 6), arrangement, vocal arranger (track 7), mixing
Errol Johnson – backing vocals (tracks: 1, 2) Suamana "Swoop" Brown – additional backing vocals (track 3) Vivian Davis – additional backing vocals (track 3) Nicole Renée Harris – backing vocals (track 6), voice (track 11) Shani Bayete – backing vocals (track 6) Michael Angelo Saulsberry – backing vocals, producer & vocal arranger (track 7) Eric Kirkland – backing vocals (track 7) Joyce Tolbert – backing vocals (track 7) Crystal Alford – voice (track 2) Larry Gold – cello (tracks: 10, 15), co-producer (tracks: 1, 2, 6, 8–11, 15), programming, strings arranger (track 10), mixing, engineering Roy "Dog" Pennon – keyboards (track 12), producer (tracks: 3, 12), vocal arrangement (track 3) Brian Williams – keyboards & producer (track 14), mixing Bert Price – producer (track 4), engineering Eric Cody – producer (track 4), engineering McKinley Horton – producer (track 13) Roy "Dog" Pennon – vocal arranger (track 3) Eric Kirkland – vocal arranger (track 7) Mitch Goldfarb – engineering, mixing Jon Smeltz – engineering, mixing Jeff Chestek – engineering John Harpowich – engineering Michael Prince – engineering Nazeeh Islam – engineering Tom DiMarino – engineering Booker T. Jones III – mixing Conley Abrams – mixing Kevin Reynolds – mixing Don Fabana – engineering assistant Sheila Matterson – engineering assistant Herb Powers Jr. – mastering Darrale Jones – executive producer, A&R direction Steve McKeever – executive producer Jonathan Clark – art direction Shauna Woods – graphic design Michael Miller – photography Lisa Smith-Craig – production coordinator A&R
Charts Chart (1995) Peak position
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