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.

Piece of Mind
Studio album by Tela
Released	November 5, 1996 (1996-11-05)
Recorded	1996
Studio	House Of Blues Studios Digital Services (Houston, TX) Crosstown Studios (Memphis, TN) Jus-Fresh Studio (Houston, TX)
Genre	Southern hip hop gangsta rap hardcore hip hop g-funk
Length	1:00:26
Label	Suave House Records Relativity Records
Producer	James Endsley (exec.) Tony Draper (exec.) DJ Slice Tee Ensayne Wayne Jazze Pha Tela T-Mix
Tela chronology
Piece of Mind (1996) Now or Never (1998)
Singles from Piece of Mind
"Sho Nuff" Released: 1996

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic
The Source

Track listing

No.	Title	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Intro"	Slice T Tela	2:53
2.	"Twisted"	Slice T Tela	4:26
3.	"Tired of Ballin"	Jazze Pha Tela	5:00
4.	"Strange" (featuring Mr. Mike and Crime Boss)	T-Mix Tela	4:18
5.	"Success"	Slice T Tela	5:03
6.	"Let It Rain"	Tela	4:14
7.	"Sho Nuff" (featuring 8Ball & MJG)	Jazze Pha Tela	4:05
8.	"Time"	Slice T Tela	1:57
9.	"Blackhaven"	Slice T Tela	4:44
10.	"Suave House" (featuring Nola)	Slice T Tela	6:07
11.	"Cell Call (Interlude)"	Slice T Tela	1:32
12.	"U Can't Tell"	Slice T Tela	6:26
13.	"All About That Money"	Slice T Jazze Pha Ensayne Wayne Tela	1:39
14.	"Survival"	Slice T Tela	3:51
15.	"Piece of Mind"	Slice T Tela	4:11
Total length:			1:00:26

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

Charts

Chart (1996)	Peak position
US Billboard 200	70
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)	17

Samples

Twisted

• "Rock Box" by Run DMC and "Computer Love" by Zapp

External links

• Tela – Piece Of Mind at Discogs (list of releases)
• Tela - Piece Of Mind - Goldhiphop