You Gotta Believe is the second and final album by American hip hop group, Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch

Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch

Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch was a hip-hop group led by Mark Wahlberg. The Funky Bunch consisted of Wahlberg , Scott Ross , Hector Barros , Terry Yancey and Anthony Thomas...

 (Mark would go on to make 2 albums with reggae artist Prince Ital Joe

Prince Ital Joe

Joe Paquette , better known as Prince Ital Joe, was a Dominican-American reggae musician best known for his collaborations with Marky Mark...

 without the Funky Bunch before later going on to become an actor). Coming off the huge success of Music for the People, which reached #21 on the Billboard 200

Billboard 200

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 and was certified Platinum, the group rushed to the studio to record a follow up. However, "You Gotta Believe" wasn't as successful as the previous album, only making it as high as #67 on the 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...

. The album included the semi-successful single "You Gotta Believe". The track "Loungin'" was a collaboration between Mark and older brother Donnie Wahlberg

Donnie Wahlberg

Donald Edward "Donnie" Wahlberg, Jr. is an American singer, actor and film producer. He is a member of the popular 1980s and 1990s boy band New Kids on the Block. His work background includes music, feature films, and television...

 of New Kids on the Block

New Kids on the Block

New Kids on the Block are an American boy band from Boston, Massachusetts, assembled in 1984 by producer Maurice Starr. The band currently consists of brothers Jordan and Jonathan Knight, Joey McIntyre, Donnie Wahlberg, and Danny Wood.New Kids on the Block enjoyed success in the late 1980s and...

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The album was notably harder than Mark's previous, however the majority of profanities are censored, with no uncensored version available. This practice was used a lot in the 90's as a way to keep an artists edge, while trying to still keep a mass appeal.

Track listing

1. "The Crisis" – 1:02
2. "You Gotta Believe" – 4:32
3. "Gonna Have a Good Time" – 4:32
4. "Loungin'" – 4:26
5. "Don't Ya Sleep" – 2:53
6. "I Want You" – 6:09
7. "The American Dream" – 5:22
8. "The M" – 2:03
9. "Get Up (The Funky Bunch Theme)" – 3:25
10. "Super Cool Mack Daddy" – 4:43
11. "I Run Rhymes" – 5:16
12. "Ain't No Stoppin' the Funky Bunch" – 4:03
13. "The Last Song on Side B Part II: Go On" – 4:41
14. "The Solution" – 1:03