Too Hot for T.V.

by Da Band

Overview

It goes without saying that Bad Boy's Da Band, the second group to be put together through the reality series Making the Band, blows the original series' O-Town down the hallway, out of the window, and down the road. Unfortunately, that's not saying a whole lot, and it's not much of a selling point for them to get by on. Those who didn't miss an episode of the television series will at least be fascinated to hear the end result, but nothing can prevent Too Hot for T.V. from being a middle-of-the-road and forgettable debut. The whole process wasn't for naught, however. "Bad Boy This Bad Boy That" was a smart choice for the first single, and not just because the title demonstrates that P. Diddy has fully embraced his hand-picked crew as full-fledged members of the Bad Boy family. Despite the fact that R&B-oriented vocalist Sara is nowhere to be heard (she did take provocative stroll through the baseball field in the video, however), the song is easily the best track on the album, boasting some of Tony Dofat and P. Diddy's most infectious production work and just enough room for the remaining members to trade off rapid-fire lines. This is the one track where the "get as many members in on the action" gambit works. On most other songs, just when you're starting to get into someone's flow, someone else grabs the mic and disrupts a good thing. Puzzlingly enough, Mr. Bentley gets the uninterrupted spotlight to himself on "Cheers to Me Mr. Bentley," a track where da Band is MIA. The lacking lines ("We're the hottest thing since microwave popcorn, dog") and derivative flows are all par for the course as far as debuts are considered; as a saving grace, at least half of the members prove to have a future well beyond this disc, including Freddrick, whose ravaged rasp is probably gruff enough to make the D.O.C. wince. ~ Andy Kellman

Product Details

Release Date:	09/30/2003
Label:	Bad Boy Entertainment
UPC:	0602498607701
Rank:	182143

Tracks

1. We Here (Intro)
2. My Life
3. Living Legends
4. Tonight
5. How U Like Me Now
6. I Like Your Style
7. What We Gonna Do
8. Why
9. Stick Up
10. Whatchu Be Doin (Interlude)
11. Chopped Up
12. Bad Boy This Bad Boy That
13. Do You Know
14. Hold Me Down
15. Cheers to Me Mr. Bentley (Interlude)
16. They Know
17. Go Steady
18. Holla (Outro)

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Da Band   Primary Artist,Vocals
Wyclef Jean   Primary Artist,Guest Artist,Featured Artist,Vocals
Mad Rapper   Primary Artist
The Madd Rapper   Primary Artist,Vocals
Madd rapper interlude   Featured Artist
Madd Rapper Interlude   Featured Artist
Mary Brown   Vocals (Background),Vocals
D Nat   Keyboards
Nisan   Multi Instruments
Emery Dobyns   Vocals,Vocals (Background)
Tony Dofat   Keyboards,Multi Instruments
Stevie J   Multi Instruments
Harve Pierre   Strings,Multi Instruments

Technical Credits

Tony Dofat   Mixing,Composer,Engineer,Musician,Producer,Recording,Vocal Producer,Associate Executive Producer
Paul Logus   Mixing
Steven Jordan   Composer,Musician,Producer
Mary Brown   Vocal Producer,Vocal Arrangement,Composer
Rob Paustian   Mixing
Jonathan Mannion   Photography
Serge Tsai   Mixing,Recording
Texanna Watts   Stylist
Mike Bogard   Stylist
Phil Robinson   Associate Executive Producer
Mariel Haenn   Stylist
D Nat   Producer,Programming
R. Davies   Composer
Christopher Stern   Creative Director
Rick Keller   Mixing
Rob Paustain   Mixing
Alexis Seton   Engineer,Recording
Deedy Wales   Hair Stylist
Ashunta Sheriff   Make-Up
Gwendolyn Niles   Project Manager
Miylah Morales   Make-Up
Freddrick Watson   Composer
John Dylan   Composer
Rodney Hill, Jr.   Composer
Alexander Mosely   Composer
Dimitri Christo   Composer
Lloyd Mathis   Composer
Lynese Nicole Wiley   Composer
Richard Davies   Composer
Chris Athens   Mastering
Craig Brockman   Composer,Producer
Spanador   Producer
James Mtume   Composer
Emery Dobyns   Engineer,Recording
Da Band   Performer
Jean-Claude Olivier   Composer
Nisan Stewart   Composer,Musician,Producer
Samuel Barnes   Composer
Deric "D-Dot" Angelettie   Composer,Producer,Recording,Vocal Producer,Executive Producer
Rich Keller   Mixing,Engineer
Sean Combs   Mixing,Composer,Producer
Jerry "Wonda" Duplessis   Composer,Producer
Poke   Producer
Sarah Stokes   Composer
Diddy   Mixing,Producer,Executive Producer
Michael Masser   Composer
Mike Patterson   Mixing
Stevie J   Producer
Wyclef Jean   Composer,Producer
Reggie Lucas   Composer
Gerry Goffin   Composer
Harve Pierre   Composer,Musician,Producer,Vocal Producer,Executive Producer