Cheers 2 U

Cheers 2 U is the debut studio album from American R&B group Playa, released March 24, 1998 on Def Jam Recordings subsidiary Def Soul. The album was originally going to be named eponymously, and release was planned for October 1997. Later, Static named the album Cheers 2 U after one of their songs. It was primarily produced by Smokey and Timbaland. All three members share lead vocals on most songs, with Static dueting with Aaliyah on "One Man Woman," Black leading "Everybody Wanna Luv Somebody," and Black and Smokey handling leads on the title track.

Cheers 2 U
Studio album by Playa
Released	March 24, 1998
Recorded	July 1997 - February 1998 Master Sound Studios Virginia Beach, Virginia Soundtrack Studios Axis Studios Manhattan Center Studios New York City, New York
Genre	R&B, hip hop soul
Length	65:42
Label	Def Soul
Producer	Barry Hankerson (exec.), Jomo Hankerson (exec.), James Earl Jones III & Derick "D Man" McElveen, Smokey, Timbaland
Playa chronology
Cheers 2 U (1998) Never Too Late (2003)
Singles from Cheers 2 U
"Don't Stop the Music" Released: September 9, 1997 "Cheers 2 U" Released: March 10, 1998 "All The Way" Released: May 5, 1998

The album peaked at number eighty-six on the Billboard 200 chart.

Release and reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

The album peaked at eighty-six on the U.S. Billboard 200 and reached nineteen on the R&B Albums chart.[2]

Leo Stanley at Allmusic called the album "a promising debut" and also referred to the work as "a debut of enormous potential."[1]

Track listing

No.	Title	Music	Length
1.	"Intro (Interlude)" (feat. Magoo)	Barcliff, Bush, Carlos, Garrett, Vinicius, Norman, Peacock	1:39
2.	"Don't Stop the Music"	Bush, Garrett, Peacock, Yarbrough, Peoples	4:45
3.	"All the Way"	Bush, Garrett, Mosley	4:56
4.	"Everybody Wanna Luv Somebody"	Bush, Garrett, Mosley, Peacock	5:18
5.	"Together"	Peacock, Bush, Garrett	3:55
6.	"Derby City (Interlude)" (feat. Magoo)	Barcliff, Bush, Garrett, Peacock	2:24
7.	"I-65"	Bush, Garrett, Peacock	4:36
8.	"Cheers 2 U"	Garrett, Mosley	5:11
9.	"Ms. Parker" (feat. Missy Elliott)	Elliott, Mosley	5:02
10.	"Top of the World"	Garrett, Mosley, Peacock	4:58
11.	"One Man Woman" (feat. Aaliyah)	Garrett, Peacock	4:30
12.	"I'll B 2 C U"	Bush, Crouch, Garrett, Jones, Mosley, Patterson, Peacock	4:25
13.	"Push"	Bush, Garrett, Peacock	4:01
14.	"Buggin' Over You"	Bush, Garrett, Peacock	3:51
15.	"Gospel Interlude"	Bush, Garrett, Peacock	2:12
16.	"I Gotta Know" (feat. Foxy Brown)	Bush, Jones, Marchand, McElveen, Patterson, Young	3:59

Chart history

Album

Chart (1998)[2]	Peak position
U.S. Billboard 200	86
U.S. R&B Albums	19

Singles

Year	Single	Peak chart positions[3]
		U.S. Billboard Hot 100	U.S. Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks
1997	"Don't Stop the Music"	73	26
1998	"Cheers 2 U"	38	10

"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Personnel

Information taken from Allmusic.[4]

• arranging – Playa
• assistant engineering – Wayne Allison, Victor Bruno, James Rosenthal
• assistant mixing – James Rosenthal, Todd Wachsmuth
• engineering – Wayne Allison, Jimmy Douglass, Rob Paustian, Steve Sola, Timbaland
• executive production – Barry Hankerson, Jomo Hankerson
• guitar – Bill Pettaway
• keyboards – Kerie Cooper
• mixing – Conley Abrams, Jimmy Douglass, Timbaland
• performer(s) – Aaliyah, Magoo, Missy Elliott, Foxy Brown
• photography – Jonathan Mannion
• production – James Earl Jones III, Derick "D Man" McElveen, Smokey, Timbaland
• programming – Derick "D Man" McElveen
• vocal arrangement – James Earl Jones III, Playa, Static
• vocals – Playa
• vocals (background) – Playa

Notes

1. Stanley, Leo. "allmusic ((( Cheers 2 U > Review )))". Allmusic. Retrieved 2010-07-04.
2. "allmusic ((( Cheers 2 U > Charts & Awards > Billboard Albums )))". Allmusic. Retrieved 2010-07-04.
3. "allmusic ((( Cheers 2 U > Charts & Awards > Billboard Singles )))". Allmusic. Retrieved 2010-07-26.
4. "allmusic ((( Cheers 2 U > Credits )))". Allmusic. Retrieved 2010-07-26.

External links

• Cheers 2 U at AllMusic
• Cheers 2 U at Discogs