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Discovery is the debut studio album by American R&B/pop singer Shanice, released October 21, 1987 by A&M Records. Shanice at the time was fourteen years old. The singles "(Baby Tell Me) Can You Dance", and "No 1/2 Steppin'" were top 10 R&B hits.
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Discovery è il primo album in studio della cantante statunitense Shanice, pubblicato il 21 ottobre 1987.
Discovery is the debut album from Shanice. The album was recorded when Shanice was fourteen and shows the singer’s mature vocals. It spawned four singles, most notably “ (Baby Tell Me)...
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- Shanice Recorded An Album Before Discovery That Got scrapped.
- The Album Was Originally Titled Genius.
- Recording Backgrounds Was Shanice’s Least Favorite Part of The Process.
- “(Baby Tell Me) Can You Dance”…
- “No 1/2 Steppin’” Allowed Shanice to Channel A Different Side of her.
- The King of Pop Loved “No 1/2 Steppin’.”
- She Recorded “Do I Know You” While She Was sick.
- “The Way You Love Me”…
- Shanice Wanted to Avoid Comparisons to Her Labelmate, Janet Jackson.
- What Discovery Means to Shanice 35 Years later.
John McClain signed me at 11. I immediately went in the studio and worked with Teena Marie. She did a song for me called “You Met Your Match.” I still have a copy of it. It was funky. She was playing the bass on it and was singing backgrounds with me. It was actually a really good song. I worked with Ricky Bell and Ralph Tresvant from New Edition. ...
John McClain was gonna name the album Genius. He renamed the album Discovery. I was discovering my voice, like new things about my voice. It was a lot of things during that album that I was discovering. I learned a lot.
I did all my background parts. I remember recording so many backgrounds. I was a little frustrated with that because I had to resing every chorus. It wasn’t like he could just copy and paste it, you know, do it one good time and then it’s done. It was a lot of work.
A lot of people don’t know this, but Karyn White is singing backgrounds on “Can You Dance” with me. Bryan Loren put her voice down and brought me in, and I put my voice down. We weren’t there at the same time, but her voice is on the song. I remember being at my friend’s house when I heard “Can You Dance” for the first time on the radio. I literall...
Bryan had me singing it with more attitude. He wanted me to sing it kind of funky and kind of how Mavis Staples would sing it. It was like I was playing a character. Outside of that song, I’m very shy and soft-spoken. I had to come out of my shell and be someone else. It was fun. I also remember the outfit I wore in the video. I got a little bit of...
Michael Jackson’s favorite song on that album was “No 1/2 Steppin.’” When I met Michael, I was 14 years old. They had a limousine come pick me up, and I went and sat with him in his trailer during his Moonwalker video shoot. We were talking and he said, “I love No 1/2 Steppin’.” He said, “Every night before I go to bed, I dance to that song in my d...
That was the one song I loved on the album that I felt, vocally, I could have done a better job. It’s a beautiful song. But I literally had a cold when I was singing that song. I could not breathe (laughs). My nose was clogged up. After my cold went away, I asked, “Can I resing it?” I tried to resing it, but the label liked the energy with the cold...
I think that might have been one of the last songs we recorded. So, Bryan was tired of giving me every single idea to sing. He played the track and I’m in the booth waiting for him to give me the next note. He said, “You’re gonna do this yourself. I’m done,” (laughs). He walked out and kept the track playing. I was so mad at him. I just started sin...
Janet and I are good friends. I’ve known Janet since I was 10. When I recorded my album, Discovery, [her album] Controlwas out. Her hair was curly, and I knew we were both Black and on the same label. I didn’t wanna look anything like Janet. So, they gave me the same hair person that did Janet’s hair — and everyone else’s. She did my hair and I tol...
Honestly, out of all the albums I recorded — and I love all of my albums — Discovery will always have a special place in my heart because that was my first album. I really loved all the songs on the album. It definitely should have been pushed a little harder. I wish we could have gotten more singles out of it because there were some really good so...
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Discovery by Shanice released in 1987. Find album reviews, track lists, credits, awards and more at AllMusic.
Discovery is the debut studio album by American R&B/pop singer Shanice, released October 21, 1987 by A&M Records. Shanice at the time was fourteen years old. The singles " Can...
