Hi-Five (album)

Hi-Five is the debut album by the American vocal group Hi-Five.^[3][2] Released on September 25, 1990, the album peaked at number thirty eight on the Billboard 200 albums chart. Driven by the hit singles "I Just Can't Handle It" (R&B #10), "I Like the Way (The Kissing Game)" (#1 R&B/Pop), "I Can't Wait Another Minute" (R&B #1, Pop #8) and "Just Another Girlfriend" (R&B #41), the album received an RIAA platinum certification. Also, Hi-Five is the only album to feature original Hi-Five member Toriano Easley, who was arrested for first-degree murder and manslaughter after the album was recorded but just before it was released. Easley is heard sharing lead vocals on "The Way You Said Goodbye", "Rag Doll", "I Can't Wait Another Minute", and "I Know Love". In the video for "I Can't Wait Another Minute", Easley's replacement Treston Irby lip-syncs Easley's part.

Hi-Five
Studio album by Hi-Five
Released	September 25, 1990
Recorded	November 1989–May 1990
Genre	Teen pop, new jack swing, hip hop, R&B[1][2]
Length	51:39
Label	Jive
Producer	Teddy Riley, Bernard Belle, Eric Foster White, Dave Way, Alvin Moody, Vincent Bell, Carl Bourelly, Kevin Johnson, Frankie Smith, William Walton
Hi-Five chronology
Hi-Five (1990) Keep It Goin' On (1992)
Singles from Hi-Five
"I Just Can't Handle It" Released: November 7, 1990 "I Like the Way (The Kissing Game)" Released: January 2, 1991 "I Can't Wait Another Minute" Released: June 1, 1991 "Just Another Girlfriend" Released: July 16, 1991 "Just Another Girlfriend (Remix)" Released: October 1991

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]

Background

The song, "Too Young" (in a single edit version), also appeared on the soundtrack to the 1991 John Singleton film Boyz n the Hood. It is the first recorded appearance of Mobb Deep rapper Prodigy, who was 15 when this song was released, which he revealed in his book My Infamous Life: The Autobiography of Mobb Deep's Prodigy.^[4]

With the exception of the fourth single, "Just Another Girlfriend", all of the music videos for the singles from the album were directed by Antoine Fuqua.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"I Just Can't Handle It"	Bernard Belle, Teddy Riley	Belle, Riley	4:32
2.	"Just Another Girlfriend"	Eric Foster White	White	4:01
3.	"I Like the Way (The Kissing Game)"	Riley, Belle, Dave Way	Riley, Belle, Way	5:49
4.	"Rag Doll"	Alvin Moody	Moody	4:39
5.	"I Can't Wait Another Minute"	White	White	5:03
6.	"Too Young"	Carl & Jean-Paul Bourelly, Roz Davis	Carl & Jean-Paul Bourelly	5:13
7.	"Merry-Go-Round"	Carl Bourelly, Kevin Johnson, Sean Richards	C. Bourelly, Kevin Johnson	5:11
8.	"The Way You Said Goodbye"	White	White	4:41
9.	"Sweetheart"	Bourelly, Bourelly, Richards, Davis,	C. Bourelly	4:09
10.	"I Know Love"	William Walton	Watson, Frankie Smith	3:54
11.	"Just Another Girlfriend (Remix)"	White	White	4:07

• Note: "Just Another Girlfriend (Remix)" was added to later pressings.

Personnel

Hi-Five Tony Thompson – lead vocals, harmony and backing vocals Roderick Clark – harmony and backing vocals Marcus Sanders – harmony and backing vocals Toriano Easley – lead vocals, harmony and backing vocals Russell Neal – harmony and backing vocals Additional singers Bernard Bell – backing vocals Tim Cashion – backing vocals Roiz Davis – backing vocals Gordon Dukes – backing vocals LaGaylia Frazier – backing vocals Frederick Gordon – backing vocals Dave Hollister – backing vocals John James – backing vocals Alvin Moody – backing vocals Teddy Riley – backing vocals Sean LaBreeze – backing vocals

Musicians Carl Bourelly – keyboards, drum programming William Walton – keyboards, drum programming Jean-Paul Bourelly – guitars, keyboards Fritz Cadet – guitar Josh Grau – guitar Frankie Smith – guitar Patricia Halligan - guitar Vincent Henry – harmonica, saxophone Kevin Johnson – keyboards, drums, percussion Sean Richards – drum programming Eric Foster White – keyboards, drum programming, trombone DeVante Swing – mixing

Charts

Chart (1990-1991)	Peak position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[5]	102
United States (Billboard 200)	30