Meant to Be Mint
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{{Infobox album
| name = Meant to Be Mint
| type = Studio
| artist = Mint Condition
| cover = Meant_to_Be_Mint_-_Mint_Condition.jpg
| alt =
| released = {{Start date|1991|06|11}}
| recorded = 1990–1991
| venue =
| studio = Flyte Tyme Studios
{{small|(Edina, Minnesota)}}
| genre = {{flatlist|
}}
| length = 60:48
| label = Perspective
| producer = {{hlist|Jellybean Johnson|Mint Condition}}
| prev_title =
| prev_year =
| next_title = From the Mint Factory
| next_year = 1993
| misc = {{Singles
| name = Meant to Be Mint
| type = Studio
| single1 = Breakin' My Heart (Pretty Brown Eyes)
| single1date = November 11, 1991
}}
}}
{{Music ratings
|rev1 = AllMusic
|rev1score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/meant-to-be-mint-mw0000264345|title=Mint Condition: Meant to Be Mint|website=AllMusic}}
}}
Meant to Be Mint is the debut studio album of R&B band Mint Condition. The album was released on June 11, 1991, on Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis' A&M imprint Perspective Records. Meant to Be Mint reached to no. 13 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart.{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/mint-condition/chart-history/blp/|title=Mint Condition: Meant To Be Mint: (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)|website=Billboard.com}}
Overview
Released during the height of the new jack swing era, Mint Condition's debut was more in tune with the sounds of the time.{{citation needed|date=July 2019}} The album was also produced by the Time drummer Jellybean Johnson.
The album's first single, "Are You Free", reached number 55 on the Hot R&B Songs chart.{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/mint-condition/chart-history/bsi/|title=Mint Condition: Are You Free (Hot R&B Songs)|website=Billboard.com}} Their second single, "Breakin' My Heart (Pretty Brown Eyes)", reached nos. 3 & 6 on the Billboard Hot R&B Songs and Hot 100 charts respectively.
- {{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/mint-condition/chart-history/bsi/|title=Mint Condition: Breakin' My Heart (Pretty Brown Eyes (Hot R&B Songs)|website=Billboard.com}}
- {{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/mint-condition/chart-history/hsi/|title=Mint Condition: Breakin' My Heart (Pretty Brown Eyes (Hot 100)|website=Billboard.com}} Another album cut, "Forever in Your Eyes", reached no. 7 on the Hot R&B Songs chart.{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/mint-condition/chart-history/bsi/|title=Mint Condition: Forever In Your Eyes (Hot R&B Songs)|website=Billboard.com}}
Track listing
{{Track listing
|title1=True to Thee
|writer1=Stokley Williams
|length1=5:57
|title2=Do U Wanna
|writer2=Homer O'Dell, Williams
|length2=4:20
|title3=Breakin' My Heart (Pretty Brown Eyes)
|writer3=Lawrence Waddell, Williams, Jeffrey Allen
|length3=5:56
|title4=Are You Free
|writer4=Williams
|length4=4:32
|title5=Here We Go Again
|writer5=Keri Lewis
|length5=4:22
|title6=Try My Love
|writer6=Lewis, Williams
|length6=5:47
|title7=Forever in Your Eyes
|writer7=Allen, Williams
|length7=5:12
|title8=She's a Honey
|writer8=Lewis, Williams
|length8=5:21
|title9=Single to Mingle
|writer9=O'Dell, Williams, James "Popeye" Greer
|length9=4:21
|title10=Sensuous Appeal
|writer10=Williams
|length10=5:04
|title11=Outta Time, Outta Mind
|writer11=Lewis, Williams, Allen
|length11=4:58
|title12=I Wonder If She Likes Me
|writer12=Ricky Kinchen, Williams, Greer
|length12=4:55
}}
Personnel
- Stokley Williams - lead vocals, drums, drum programming, keyboards, bass synth, rhythm & vocal arrangement
- Keri Lewis - keyboards, drum programming, percussion, rhythm & vocal arrangement
- O'Dell - rhythm guitar, lead guitar, keyboards, drum programming, percussion, vocal arrangement
- Lawrence Waddell - grand piano, keyboards, keyboard solos
- Jeffrey Allen - saxophone, keyboards, keyboard strings
- Ricky Kinchen - bass guitar, electric bass, percussion
=Additional personnel=
- Terry Lewis - vocal arrangement
- Jellybean Johnson - additional lead guitar
- Lisa Keith - background vocals
- James "Popeye" Greer - background vocals, record engineering
- Dave Rideau - mixing
- Steve Hodge - mixing
- Keith Cohen - mixing
- Brian Gardner - mastering
- Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis - executive production
- Todd Gray - photography
- Rich Frankel - art direction, design
- Rowan Moore - art direction, design
Charts
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=Weekly charts=
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| scope="col"| Chart (1991–1992)
! scope="col"| Peak |
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| {{album chart|Billboard200|63|artist=Mint Condition|rowheader=true|accessdate=May 10, 2021}} |
| {{album chart|BillboardRandBHipHop|13|artist=Mint Condition|rowheader=true|accessdate=May 10, 2021}} |
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=Year-end charts=
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| scope="col"| Chart (1992)
! scope="col"| Position |
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| scope="row"| US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard){{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/1992/top-r-and-b-hip-hop-albums|title=Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums – Year-End 1992|work=Billboard|accessdate=May 10, 2021}}
| 24 |
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