Zhane ft Will Downing Piece It Together 1997

Given a high-profile spot on the all-star compilation Roll Wit tha Flava as their first recording opportunity Zhan lived up to the pressure and came away with one of the hip-hop party anthems of all time Hey Mr D J Jean Norris and Renee Neufville initially met while both were studying music at Philadelphia's Temple University Norris is originally from Morristown New Jersey Neufville from Brooklyn New York After meeting Naughty by Nature member Kay Gee Zhan impressed the producer enough to go right into the studio to record for Roll Wit tha Flava When Hey Mr D J was released as a separate single as well it hit number six on the pop charts and earned the group a contract with Motown in 1994 Their debut album Pronounced Jah-Nay produced two further Top 40 hits Groove Thang Sending My Love and went gold by the end of the year it achieved platinum status two years later Zhan kept busy during 1995-1996 with spots on tracks by Busta Rhymes and De La Soul as well as new songs of their own on the NFL Jams and NBA 50th Anniversary compilations and the soundtracks to Higher Learning and A Low Down Dirty Shame the latter Shame became their fourth Top 40 hit Norris and Neufville released the follow-up album Saturday Night in 1997 co-produced by Kay Gee Eddie F and themselves The release featured the hit single Request Line A remix with different lyrics and raps by Queen Latifah followed It peaked just outside the Top 40 Since the group's dissolution Jean Baylor released the solo album Testimony My Life Renee Neufville became involved in Roy Hargrove's RH Factor project Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976 allowance is made for fair use for purposes such as criticism comment news reporting teaching scholarship and research Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing Non-profit educational or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use

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