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Reel to Reel is the debut album by Grand Puba

Grand Puba

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. It was Puba's first solo venture, following group projects with the likes of the short lived group Masters of Ceremony and Brand Nubian

Brand Nubian

Brand Nubian is an American hip hop group from New Rochelle, New York, consisting of three MC's: Grand Puba , Sadat X and Lord Jamar , and two DJs: DJ Alamo and DJ Sincere...

. Both of the group’s albums were critically acclaimed but failed to duplicate that success in terms of album sales. The album was largely produced by Puba himself, with help from the Stimulated Dummies, Kid Capri

Kid Capri

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 and others. Reel to Reel includes the number one Rap hit "360 Degrees (What Goes Around)", as well as the singles "Check it Out" (featuring a young Mary J. Blige

Mary J. Blige

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), and "Ya Know How it Goes."

Track listing

#	Title	Producer(s)	Performer (s)
1	"Check Tha Resume"	Grand Puba	Grand Puba
2	"360 Degrees (What Goes Around)"	Grand Puba	Grand Puba
3	"That's How We Move It"	DJ Shabazz	Grand Puba
4	"Check it Out"	Grand Puba	Grand Puba, Mary J. Blige Mary J. Blige Mary Jane Blige is an American singer-songwriter, record producer and occasional actress. She is a recipient of nine Grammy Awards and four American Music Awards, and has recorded eight multi-platinum albums. She is the only artist with Grammy Award wins in Pop, Rap, Gospel, and R&B. Blige has...
5	"Big Kids Don't Play"	Grand Puba	Grand Puba
6	"Honey Don't Front"	Grand Puba, SD50's	Grand Puba
7	"Lickshot"	Grand Puba, SD50's	Grand Puba
8	"Ya Know How it Goes"	Grand Puba	Grand Puba
9	"Reel to Reel"	Grand Puba	Grand Puba
10	"Soul Controller"	Anthony Latief King	Grand Puba
11	"Proper Education"	Grand Puba	Grand Puba
12	"Back it Up"	Grand Puba, Kid Capri Kid Capri David Anthony Love, Jr , also known by his stage name Kid Capri, is an American musician.He was born in the Bronx, New York City, New York, USA....	Grand Puba, Kid Capri
13	"Baby What's Your Name?"	Grand Puba	Grand Puba
14	"360 Degrees (What Goes Around) (SD50's Remix)" *	SD50	Grand Puba
15	"Who Makes the Loot?" *	The Brand New Heavies, Orlando Aguillen	Grand Puba

tracks 14 and 15 are listed as bonus tracks; "Who Makes The Loot" only available on the CD-release of the album.

Chart positions

Chart (1992)	Peak position
US Billboard 200 Billboard 200 The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists...	28
US Top R&B/Hip Hop Albums	14

Singles chart positions

Year	Song	Chart positions
		US Hot 100 Billboard Hot 100 The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday...	US R&B Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, is a chart released weekly by Billboard in the United States.The chart, initiated in 1942, is used to track the success of popular music songs in urban, or primarily African American, venues. Dominated over the years at various times by jazz, rhythm and blues, doo-wop, soul,...	US Rap Hot Rap Tracks Rap Songs is a chart released weekly by Billboard in the United States. It lists the 25 most popular hip-hop/rap songs, calculated weekly by airplay on rhythmic and urban radio stations and sales in hip hop-focused or exclusive markets. From 1989 through 2001, it was based on how much the single...	Dance Sales
1992	"360 Degrees (What Goes Around)"	68	30	1	21
1993	"Check it Out"	—	85	13	—