Brown & Proud is the debut studio album by Latin hip hop group A Lighter Shade of Brown from Riverside, California . It was released in 1990 through Pump Records with distribution via Quality Records . Recording sessions took place at Paramount Recording Studios, Trax Recording Studio and Image Recorders in Hollywood , and at Beach Recording Studios in Redondo Beach . Production was handled by Fabe Love, Jammin' James Carter, D.J. Romeo, D.J. Battlecat and Tony G. It features guest appearances from Chulo, Huggy Boy , Teardrop, King Ed and Shiro.
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The album peaked at #184 on the Billboard 200 and #8 on the Heatseekers Albums in the United States. It spawned three singles: "T.J. Nights", "Latin Active " and "On a Sunday Afternoon ". The latter two made it to the Billboard charts , peaking at #59 and #39 respectively on the Hot 100 .
Track listing
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Title Writer(s) Producer(s) 1. "Brown and Proud" (featuring Chulo) Fabe Love Jammin' James Carter DJ Romeo 3:46 2. "El Varrio" R. Gutierrez B. Ramirez D. Aldridge F. Alfaro A. Pearson 4:13 3. "Spill the Wine" 3:06 4. "Pancho Villa" Jammin' James Carter 3:54 5. "Paquito Soul" R. Gutierrez B. Ramirez F. Alfaro K. Gilliam D. Lynem M. Noble M. McClain R. Sause DJ Battlecat 4:01 6. "La Cucaracha" Fabe Love Jammin' James Carter 0:18 7. "T.J. Nights" (featuring King Ed) R. Gutierrez B. Ramirez J. Carter F. Alfaro Fabe Love Jammin' James Carter Tony G. (add. ) 3:29 8. "On a Sunday Afternoon " (featuring Huggy Boy) Jammin' James Carter 3:47 9. "Bouncin'" R. Gutierrez B. Ramirez D. Aldridge F. Alfaro D. Lynem 3:17 10. "Latin Active " (featuring Teardrop & Shiro) R. Gutierrez J. Carter F. Alfaro Chulo L. Ortiz D. Cash Fabe Love Jammin' James Carter 3:31 11. "T.J. Nights (Club Oh Version)" R. Gutierrez B. Ramirez J. Carter F. Alfaro 4:50 Total length: 37:57
"Bouncin'"
"On a Sunday Afternoon"
"Paquito Soul"
"Spill the Wine"
"T.J. Nights"
"Latin Active"
"I Like What You're Doing to Me" by Young and Company
"Radio Activity" by Royal Cash
Personnel
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Robert "ODM" Gutierrez – main artist, sleeve notes
Bobby "DTTX" Ramirez – main artist, sleeve notes
Chulo – featured artist (track 1)
King Ed – featured artist (track 7)
Huggy Boy – featured artist (track 8)
Teardrop – featured artist (track 10)
Shiro – featured artist (track 10)
The Hou Dog Houston – keyboards, guitar & bass (tracks: 1-6, 8-11) , recording
Stan "The Guitar" Man – guitar & bass (track 7)
Fabian Alfaro – producer (tracks: 1-3, 6-7, 9-10)
James Calvin Carter – producer (tracks: 1, 4, 6-8, 10) , executive producer
Dominic Aldridge – producer (tracks: 1-3, 9-10) , executive producer
Kevin Gilliam – producer (track 5)
Antonio Gonzalez – additional producer (track 7) , mixing (track 11)
Danny Clay Williams – recording
Geza Gedeon – recording
Brian Carey – recording
Jason Roberts – recording
Cliff Richey Jr. – executive producer, management
Gino Daniels – design
Ithaka Darin Pappas – photography*
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