Best of Both Worlds (Davina album)
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Best of Both Worlds is the debut album by Davina, released on April 7, 1998 through Loud Records
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The album, which was both written and produced entirely by Davina herself, peaked at 180 on the Billboard 200
and 34 on the R&B charts
, failing to gain any real commercial success. The album's two main singles managed to make it to the Billboard Hot 100
. "So Good" and "Come Over to My Place" peaked at 60 and 81 on the chart respectively. Davina was dropped from Loud Records due to the album's poor sales.
Loud Records
Loud Records is a subsidiary of SRC Records founded by Steve Rifkind in 1992.Loud was a hip hop label which has released material by acts such as Wu-Tang Clan, Big Punisher, Mobb Deep, Krayzie Bone, The Beatnuts, M.O.P., Tha Alkaholiks, Pete Rock, Lil' Flip, Three 6 Mafia, Project Pat, Xzibit,...
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The album, which was both written and produced entirely by Davina herself, peaked at 180 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...
and 34 on the R&B charts
Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums
Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums is a chart published by Billboard magazine that ranks R&B and hip hop albums based on sales compiled by Nielsen SoundScan. The name of the chart was changed from Top R&B Albums in 1999...
, failing to gain any real commercial success. The album's two main singles managed to make it to the Billboard Hot 100
Billboard Hot 100
The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday...
. "So Good" and "Come Over to My Place" peaked at 60 and 81 on the chart respectively. Davina was dropped from Loud Records due to the album's poor sales.
Track listing
All tracks by Davina except were noted- "Come over to My Place" - 3:56
- "Comin' for You" - 4:16
- "So Good" (Davina, Lewis) - 4:34
- "When It Rains" - 3:55
- "Love's Comin' Down" (Davina, Kirk Wan) - 4:03
- "I Can't Help It" (Raphael Brown, Stevie Wonder) - 4:27
- "Give Me Love" - 3:56
- "Mercy" - 3:42
- "Getz No Where" - 3:46
- "Only One Reason" (Davina, Wan) - 3:55
- "The Way I Feel About You" (Kisha Chavis, Davina, Wan) - 4:12
- "After the Rain" - 6:47
- "My Cryin' Blues" - 5:05
Personnel
- Anthony Brewster – keyboards
- Chris Bruce – guitar
- Kisha Chavis – backing vocals
- Lasuan Dandee – drums
- Davina – arranger, drum programming, engineer, instrumentation, keyboards, mixing, producer, programming, vocals, backing vocals
- The Detroit Symphony – orchestra
- DJ Dez – DJ
- Larry Ferguson – mixing Engineer
- Amp Fiddler – arranger, keyboards
- Bubz Fiddler – bass, bass guitar
- Dave Foreman – guitar
- DeAndria Foster – backing vocals
- Sergio Garcia – assistant engineer
- Liz Hausle – product manager
- Donica Holmes – backing vocals
- Milton Honore, Jr. – guitar
- Tonia Johnson – backing vocals
- Ola Kudu – creative director
- Brian Lawrence – bass
- Nick the Wiz – drum programming
- Mojo Nicosia – executive producer
- Prudensca Renfro – backing vocals
- Paul Riser – multi instruments, string arrangements
- Mark Seliger – photography
- Bernard Terry– engineer, mixing, mixing engineer, second engineer
- Everett Turner – multi instruments, trumpet
- Tommy Verdonck – engineer, second engineer
- Kirk Wan – drum programming, instrumentation
- Maurice Whitaker – art direction
- Ron Wright – drums
Charts
| Chart (1998) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Billboard 200 | 180 |
| Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums | 34 |
| Billboard Top Heatseekers | 7 |