Piece of Mind (Tela album)

Piece of Mind is the debut studio album by American rapper Tela. It was released on November 5, 1996 through Suave House/Relativity Records. Production was handled by Tela himself with DJ Slice T, Jazze Pha, T-Mix and Insane Wayne. It features guest appearances from 8Ball & MJG, Crime Boss, South Circle and NOLA. The album peaked at number 70 on the Billboard 200 and number 17 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums. Its lead single, "Sho Nuff", peaked at No. 58 on the Billboard Hot 100.

Personnel

 * Winston "Tela" Rogers – main artist, producer, mixing
 * Mr. Mike Walls – featured artist (track 3)
 * Thurston "Crime Boss" Slaughter – featured artist (track 3)
 * Premro "8Ball" Smith – featured artist (track 7)
 * Marlon "MJG" Goodwin – featured artist (track 7)
 * Toni Hickman – featured artist (track 10)
 * Tylene Mercadel – featured artist (track 10)
 * Suns Of Soul – additional vocals (tracks: 1, 15)
 * Tyree Robinson – additional vocals (track 2)
 * Phalon "Jazze Pha" Alexander – additional vocals (tracks: 3, 5, 7, 10, 12, 13), keyboards (tracks: 3, 7) , drum programming (track 3) , producer (tracks: 3, 7, 13)
 * Thomas "Low Key" McCollum – additional vocals (track 4)
 * Marcus McRee – additional vocals (tracks: 5, 9, 13, 14)
 * Mac Rodd – additional vocals (tracks: 6, 12)
 * Mista Rodd – additional vocals (tracks: 6, 12)
 * Nathaniel Malone – additional vocals (track 6)
 * The Care Bear – additional vocals (track 9)
 * B. McRay – additional vocals (track 13)
 * Baby Dre – additional vocals (tracks: 13, 14)
 * Gee-Kay – additional vocals (track 13)
 * L. McRay – additional vocals (track 13)
 * Mr. Rob – additional vocals (track 13)
 * Sheldon "Slice T" Arrington – keyboards, drum programming, producer (tracks: 1, 2, 5, 8-15), mixing
 * Niko Lyras – guitar (track 1), acoustic guitar (track 12)
 * Neal Jones – guitar (track 2), bass (tracks: 1, 7, 9) , engineering (tracks: 1-3, 5-14) , mixing
 * Lawrence Long – guitar (track 4)
 * Tristan "T-Mix" Jones – keyboards & producer (track 4)
 * Adam Warren – guitar (track 9)
 * Derrel Harris – Rhodes piano & drums (track 9)
 * Ferrell "Ensayne Wayne" Miles – producer (track 13)
 * Roger Tausz – mixing
 * Clay "Jus Fresh" James – engineering
 * Tony Dawsey – mastering
 * James Endsley – executive producer
 * Tony Draper – executive producer
 * Pen & Pixel – artwork, design

Samples
Twisted
 * "Rock Box" by Run DMC and "Computer Love" by Zapp