Artist: 112
Genre(s):
R&B: Soul
Discography:
Pleasure and Pain
Year: 2005
Tracks: 17
Hot and Wet
Year: 2003
Tracks: 17
Equally rooted in gospel, person and hip-hop, 112 was the first and most successful urban vocal mathematical group to emerge from Sean "Bouffant" Combs' Bad Boy Records roll. Not only was the group's eponymous 1996 debut popular, only the group could be heard on records by such Bad Boy artists as Puff Daddy. Unlike most artists on Bad Boy, 112's range was clean, virgin and wholesome, which helped the grouping cross over to a more mainstream audience.
The four members of 112 -- Marvin, Daron, Q and Mike -- met each other piece attending high school in Atlanta, Georgia. The quadruple began to bring gift shows at school and local churches, finally gaining the attending of Courtney Sills and Kevin Wales, wHO before long became the group's managers. Sills and Wales brought 112 to the tending of Sean "Tumid" Combs at Bad Boy Records. Combs sign-language on as the executive producer of 112's eponymic debut album, which featured songs the radical co-wrote with such professional songwriters as Stevie J, Wayna Morris of Boyz II Men, and Combs himself. "Only You," the group's debut single, was released in the summertime of 1996 and climbed to identification number three on the R&B charts, peaking at number 13 on the pop charts. 112 was released in late 1996, and it steady worked its elbow room to gold position as the group's second single, "Come Seem Me," reached number 15 on the R&B charts. Elbow room 112 followed in 1998 and Part III was issued three age later. The chemical group all just left Bad Boy for 2003's Hot & Wet, and cemented their new family relationship with Def Soul on 2005's Pleasure & Pain.
Diamanda Galas
