MN8 | |
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Also known as | Da Jeuce |
Origin | United Kingdom |
Genres | R&B, pop, new jack swing |
Years active | 1992–1999 |
Labels |
Sony/Columbia Records UK Sony/Work Group US First Avenue |
Associated acts |
P. Diddy Janet Jackson Jodeci |
Members | Kingsley "KG" Goldsmith Gary "G-Man" Douglas Tony "Kule T" Michaels Dee Tails |
Notable instruments | |
Vocals |
MN8 were an English R&B pop group. They consisted of KG (co-founder, lead vocals), G-Man (co-founder, lead vocals), Kule T (lead vocals) and Dee Tails (rapper).
MN8's 1995 debut hit single, "I've Got a Little Something for You", credited as written by Dennis Ingoldsby and Mark Taylor, produced by Dennis Charles & Ronnie Wilson, became a success throughout Europe, Asia Pacific and the US. Notably, the song was one of P. Diddy's earliest Bad Boy Records remixes. It was featured in the film, Bad Boys. The song was also Columbia UK's first homegrown Top 10 record in over a decade, held off the number 1 spot in the UK Singles Chart by Celine Dion's "Think Twice" which topped the UK chart for seven weeks. Nonetheless, MN8 finished the year ahead of Seal's "Kiss from a Rose" as one of the biggest selling UK singles for the year. MN8 followed up with 6 more UK Top 30 hits including "If You Only Let Me In", "Baby It's You", "Tuff Act to Follow", "Dreaming", "Pathway to the Moon" and a cover of the Surface hit "Happy".
Their debut album, To The Next Level reached number 13 in the UK Albums Chart. To The Next Level (produced by Dennis Charles & Roni) included a contribution from Pamela Sheyne, who wrote the song "Baby It's You". Besides P. Diddy and Sheyne, MN8 collaborated with the late Oji Pearce (Montell Jordan's "This Is How We Do It"), Simon Climie, Arthur Baker, Steve Silk Hurley, Conner Reeves, Blacksmith and Dalvin DeGrate (Jodeci).