Colouz Uv Sound
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Colouz Uv Sound was the first and only album by Simple E
Simple E
Erica Williams, better known as Simple E, is a former R&B singer whose 1994 single "Play My Funk", made the Billboard charts.Simple E was signed to Fox Records, who then released her only album, Colouz Uv Sound on October 11, 1994. Two singles were released, "Blue Jeans" and "Play My Funk" which...

, released on October 11, 1994 through Fox Records
20th Century Records
20th Century Fox Records, also known as 20th Fox Records and 20th Century Records, was a subsidiary of film studio 20th Century Fox.-History:It began in 1958 as 20th Fox Records. In 1963, 20th Fox Records became 20th Century-Fox Records...

.

The album was mainly produced by Tony! Toni! Toné!
Tony! Toni! Toné!
Tony! Toni! Toné! is an American Soul/R&B group from Oakland, California, popular during the late 1980s and early to mid 1990s. During the band's heyday, it was composed of D'wayne Wiggins on lead vocals and guitar, his brother Raphael Saadiq on lead vocals and bass, and their cousin Timothy...

 member D'wayne Wiggins, but Ali Shaheed Muhammad
Ali Shaheed Muhammad
Ali Shaheed Muhammad is an American hip hop DJ, rapper, producer who enjoyed a great deal of fame as a member of A Tribe Called Quest. With Q-Tip and Phife Dawg, the group released five studio albums from 1990 to 1998....

 of A Tribe Called Quest
A Tribe Called Quest
A Tribe Called Quest is an American hip hop group, formed in 1985, and is composed of rapper/producer Q-Tip , rapper Phife Dawg , and DJ/producer Ali Shaheed Muhammad. A fourth member, rapper Jarobi White, left the group after their first album but rejoined in 2006...

 and Mista Lawnge of Black Sheep
Black Sheep (hip hop group)
Black Sheep is an alternative hip hop duo from Queens, New York, composed of Andres "Dres" Titus and William "Mista Lawnge" McLean. The duo is from New York but met as teenagers in North Carolina, where both of their families relocated. The group was an affiliate of the Native Tongues, which...

 also produced a song each on the album. Colouz Uv Sound spawned a semi-successful single entitled "Play My Funk", which was her only entry on the Billboard Hot 100
Billboard Hot 100
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 where it peaked at 72. The album itself, however, was a commercial failure, only making it to 88 on the Billboard's R&B charts. She was soon released from the label due to the poor record sales.

Track listing

  1. "Kum Follow Me"- 4:44
  2. "Day Ain't Readē"- 4:57
  3. "dē Abyss"- 5:22
  4. "East Coast / West Coast"- 5:41 (featuring Spice 1
    Spice 1
    Robert L. Green, Jr., better known by his stage name Spice 1, is an American rapper from Hayward, California. He has consistently been releasing solo and group albums since 1992. Spice 1 was ranked number 56 in The Source magazine's Top 115 Hip-Hop Artists from 1988–2003...

    )
  5. "Rant & Rave"- 4:39
  6. "Soul Serchin'"- 2:00
  7. "Kinkē Reggae"- 4:10
  8. "Neck Work"- 4:10
  9. "Paradigmz"- 4:49
  10. "Blue Jeans"- 5:37
  11. "An Innocent Rage"- 4:25
  12. "Realitē"- 3:57
  13. "Play My Funk"- 5:21

Charts

Chart (1994) Peak
position
Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums 88
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