Can You Feel Me
Can You Feel Me is the third studio album by American rapper Dru Down. It was released in 1996 through C-Note/Relativity Records. Recording sessions took place at Infinite Studios in Alameda, at Backroom Studios in Glendale, at Power Play Studios in Oakland, at The Grill in Emeryville, at Umoja Vibe, at Bosko's Digital Chicken And Beats in Los Angeles, and at Blackhole Studio near Los Angeles. Production was handled by DJ Fuze, Alonzo Jackson, Lev Berlak, The Whole 9, Maurice "Butch" Stewart, Big D the Impossible, Bosko, DJ Battlecat, DJ Daryl, Jamiel Hassan, Kenny McCloud, Soopafly and Terry T, with Chris "C&H" Hicks serving as executive producer. It features guest appearances from Luniz, Bootsy Collins, Eklipze, Knucklehead, L.V., Nick Nac, Poppa LQ and T-Luni. The album peaked at number 54 on the Billboard 200 chart and number 14 on the Top R&B Albums chart in the United States. It spawned two singles: "Can You Feel Me" and "Baby Bubba". Its lead single reached #92 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart.
Samples
- Track 2 contains elements from "Chameleon" by Herbie Hancock
- Track 4 contains replayed elements from The Fat Boys' "Can You Feel It" written by Mark Morales, Damon Wimbley, Darren Robinson, Daniel Harris, Kurtis Walker and David Ogrin
- Track 6 contains replayed elements from "The Smerphies Dance" written by Duane Hughes, Vaughan Mason and Russell "Butch" Deyo
- Track 8 contains elements from "I'm a Hoe" written by Jalil Hutchins, John Fletcher and Larry Smith
- Track 9 contains elements from "Freddie's Dead" by Curtis Mayfield
- Track 17 contains replayed elements from "Ike's Mood" by Isaac Hayes
Personnel
- Danyel "Dru Down" Robinson – main artist
- William "Bootsy" Collins – featured artist
- Jerold "Yukmouth" Ellis III – featured artist
- Kenneth "Poppa LQ" Green – featured artist
- Garrick "Numskull" Husbands – featured artist
- Larry "L.V." Sanders – featured artist
- Knuckle Head – featured artist
- Erick "Eklipze" Carson – featured artist
- Demetrius Nicole "Nic Nac" Lyles – featured artist
- Tamarr "T-Luni" Holloway – featured artist
- Christopher "C&H" Hicks – backing vocals & co-producer, executive producer
- Dave Dalson – backing vocals
- David "DJ Fuze" Elliot – producer
- Kevin "BattleCat" Gilliam – producer
- Alonzo Jackson – producer, recording
- Lev Berlak – producer
- Daryl "DJ Daryl" Anderson – producer
- Jamiel Hassan – producer, recording & mixing
- Bosko Kante – producer, recording & mixing
- John Rhone – producer
- Ontario D. Haynes – producer
- Maurice "Moe ZMD" Stewart – producer
- Terrence "Terry T." Butler – producer
- Priest "Soopafly" Brooks – producer
- Kenny McCloud – producer, recording & mixing
- Deon "Big D" Evans – producer
- Michael Denten – recording, mixing
- Tim 'Flash' Mariner – engineering
- Michael Schlesinger – mix engineering
- Aaron McInnes – mix engineering assistant
- DeAndre Griffin – engineering assistant
- John "Indo" Neilson – recording, mixing
- Jason Moss – recording
- Victor Hall – photography
- David Bett – design