Tuesday, November 23, 2010

ToTaL`s "SiTTiNG HoMe" [CD SiNGLe]...

Been on the Total~tip lately.....LoL, so I`m sharing it with y`all. You should be a lil` familiar with the R&B group by now, if not get familiar!!! because I`m going to keep the story movin` from the previous Total post...

Comin` off a platinum debut, Total began to work on their 2nd album "Kima, Keisha & Pam". In the process they also lent their vocals to a gang of hit singles from Foxy Brown`s "I Can`t..." & LL Cool J`s "Loungin` [Rmx]" to Ma$e`s "Tell Me What You Want". They also contributed the single "What About Us?" featuring Missy Elliott to the "Soul Food Soundtrack", Pam even sang the hook on Biggie`s "Hypnotize". It`s safe to say that they were droppin` that fire when it came to the music...







Their "Kima, Keisha & Pam" album went gold & it`s first single "Trippin`", another collabo` with Missy Elliott, sold well enough to make it on the Top Ten Billboard Hot 100 Chart. Their second single "Sitting Home" didn`t do so well sales~wise so P. Diddy flexed his creative genius, gave the track some mouth~to~mouth & came up with a Remix that features Shyne & Total droppin` vocals over a Boogie Down Productions sample, I believe it`s "9mm". At the time the Remix was released there was a pretty BiG buzz surrounding Shyne, especially since he sounds like Biggie. Diddy also put together a Remix for "Trippin`" featuring DMX, the beat is pretty much just a re~arranged sample of LL Cool J`s "4, 3, 2, 1" - a track which DMX was also featured on...









It`s a DaMn shame, but Total only released 2 albums as a group. I`m not sure exactly why the group stopped working together, but there doesn`t seem to be any hopes for another Total album. However there is talk about Pam droppin` a solo album titled "Undeniable", you can check out her site. Around 2008 or so Kima did a track titled "What U Want?" with her sister, who is none other than the rapper Vita (think Murder Ink...."Vita-Vita-Vita"). Keisha went on to marry & build a family with actor Omar Epps...

So that`s pretty much it, I`ll get on to what I have for y`all -- another single. This time around it`s the CD Single for "Sitting Home", it features the Album Version & Remix featuring Shyne & also includes their Instrumentals & the "Trippin` [Rmx]" featuring DMX. So check it out & enjoy the tunes...




Total - Sitting Home [CD Single]
Released: 1999
Label: Bad Boy Entertainment




1. Sitting Home [Album Version]
2. Sitting Home (Waiting For You) [Rmx] {ft. Shyne}
3. Trippin` [Rmx] {ft. DMX}
4. Sitting Home [Instr.]
5. Sitting Home (Waiting For You) [Rmx Instr.]









For the Total fans like myself, here`s a few of the tracks that Total helped brighten...



Foxy Brown`s "I Can`t..."




Ma$e`s "Tell Me What You Want"...




LL Cool J`s "Loungin` [Rmx]"...




Tony Touch`s "I Wonder Why (He`s The Greatest DJ)"...




Gangstarr`s "Discipline"...




Here`s Total`s last appearance as a group, Da Beatminerz {ft. Talib Kweli} "The Anti-Love Movement"...




Here`s Kima`s sister Vita...







N`JoY...

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