C.M.B.

For other uses, see CMB (disambiguation).

C.M.B.
Studio album by Color Me Badd
Released	July 23, 1991
Recorded	1990–1991
Studio	Unique Recording Studios, New York City[1]
Length	44:11
Label	Giant Reprise
Producer	Royal Bayyan Tarik Bayyan Dr. Freeze Hamza Lee Nick Mundy Spyderman Howie Tee
Color Me Badd chronology
C.M.B. (1991) Time and Chance (1993)
Singles from C.M.B.
"I Wanna Sex You Up" Released: March 2, 1991 "I Adore Mi Amor" Released: July 17, 1991 "All 4 Love" Released: November 7, 1991 "Color Me Badd" Released: 1991 "Thinkin' Back" Released: 1992 "Heartbreaker" Released: 1992 "Slow Motion" Released: 1992

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music	[3]
Entertainment Weekly	C+[4]
Los Angeles Times	[5]
The Village Voice	[6]

C.M.B. is the debut album by American recording act Color Me Badd, released July 23, 1991, on Giant Records. It was produced by several record producers, including Dr. Freeze, Nick Mundy, and Howie Tee.

The album received mixed reviews from critics who found the production and lyrics generic despite some decent vocal work. C.M.B. peaked at number 3 on the US Billboard 200 and spawned seven singles: "I Wanna Sex You Up", "I Adore Mi Amor", "All 4 Love", "Color Me Badd", "Thinkin' Back", "Heartbreaker" and "Slow Motion". The album was certified triple platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), denoting shipments of three million copies in the country.

Commercial performance

The album reached number three on the US Billboard 200, spending 77 weeks on the chart,^[7] and shipped one million copies within its first two months of release in the United States.^[8] It also charted at number three in the United Kingdom,^[9] and it was certified gold by the British Phonographic Industry on September 1, 1991, having shipped 100,000 copies in the UK.^[10] It produced five US hit singles, "I Wanna Sex You Up" (US #2), "I Adore Mi Amor" (US #1), "All 4 Love" (US #1), "Thinkin' Back" (US #16), and "Slow Motion" (US #18). On July 15, 1992, C.M.B was certified triple platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), for shipments of three million copies in the US.^[8]

Critical reception

Arion Berger of Entertainment Weekly gave the album a "C+" and criticized its content: "However decent C.M.B.'s intentions of turning street-corner harmonies into dance-floor grooves, nothing on their debut — not their four fine voices, glossy production, or titillating youthful smut — sounds honest".^[4] In his consumer guide for The Village Voice, critic Robert Christgau gave it a one-star honorable mention (),^[6] indicating "a worthy effort consumers attuned to its overriding aesthetic or individual vision may well like".^[11] In a retrospective review of the album, AllMusic editor Alex Henderson gave C.M.B. four out of five stars and said that "most of the songs are pedestrian and generic", but wrote that it "does have its moments, including the hit slow jams 'I Adore Mi Amor' and 'I Wanna Sex You Up' (which samples rapper Slick Rick in a rather clever fashion)".^[12]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer	Length
1.	"I Wanna Sex You Up"	Elliot Straite	Dr. Freeze	4:06
2.	"All 4 Love"	Color Me Badd Howard Thompson	Howie Tee	3:30
3.	"Heartbreaker"	Color Me Badd Thompson Tarik Bayyan	Tee	3:58
4.	"I Adore Mi Amor"	Color Me Badd Hamza Lee	Royal Bayyan Hamza Lee	4:49
5.	"Groove My Mind"	Royal Bayyan	Royal Bayyan	5:06
6.	"I Wanna Sex You Up (Reprise)"	Straite		1:09
7.	"Roll the Dice"	Nick Mundy Gina Gomez	Nick Mundy	4:47
8.	"Slow Motion"	Color Me Badd Thompson	Tee	4:24
9.	"Thinkin' Back"	Color Me Badd Troy Taylor Lee	Royal Bayyan Lee	5:21
10.	"I Adore Mi Amor (Interlude)"	Color Me Badd Lee		0:48
11.	"Color Me Badd"	Straite	Dr. Freeze Spydermann^[a]	4:05
12.	"Your da One I Onena Love"	Color Me Badd Thompson	Tee	4:08

Notes

• ^{^[a]} signifies a co-producer

Personnel

Credits for C.M.B. adapted from AllMusic.^[13]

Bryan Abrams – vocals Royal Bayyan – producer, mixing Tarik Bayyan – producer, writer Mark Calderon – vocals Steve Casper – assistant engineer Pavel DeJesus – assistant engineer Buck Dewit – assistant engineer D'La Vance – keyboards Dr. Freeze – producer, mixing Michael Fossenkemper – engineer Michael Lavine – photography Hamza Lee – keyboards, producer, mixing Josh Melville – engineer Cassandra Mills – executive producer

Nick Mundy – arranger, programming, producer, engineer Angela Piva – engineer James Pollock – engineer, mixing Johnny Potoker – mixing Donna Roth – assistant engineer Doug Schwartz – engineer Donnell Spencer – drum programming Spyderman – producer, mixing Howie Tee – producer, engineer, mixing Kevin Thornton – vocals Dirk Walter – design Sam Watters – vocals Warren Woods – engineer, mixing

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (1991) Peak position Australian Albums (ARIA)[14] 17 Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[15] 32 Canadian Albums (RPM)[16] 6 Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[17] 9 European Albums Chart[18] 8 German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[19] 23 New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[20] 15 Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[21] 30 Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[22] 27 UK Albums (OCC)[23] 3 US Billboard 200[24] 3 US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[25] 3 Zimbabwean Albums (ZIMA)[26] 4

Year-end charts Chart (1991) Position Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[27] 33 UK Albums (OCC)[28] 62 US Billboard 200[29] 58 US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[30] 80 Chart (1992) Position US Billboard 200[31] 19 US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[32] 90

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[33]	Gold	35,000^^
Canada (Music Canada)[34]	2× Platinum	200,000^^
United Kingdom (BPI)[35]	Gold	100,000^^
United States (RIAA)[36]	3× Platinum	3,000,000^^
^^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

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28. "Gallup Year End Charts 1992: Albums". Record Mirror. London, England: Spotlight Publications: 37. January 23, 1988.
29. http://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/1991/the-billboard-200 Archived 2013-04-06 at the Wayback Machine?
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36. "American album certifications – Color Me Badd – C.M.B." Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved July 15, 2012.

External links

• C.M.B. at Discogs (list of releases)