Hi-Five (album)

Hi-Five is the debut album by the American R&B vocal group Hi-Five. 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.

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.

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