112
By All Music Guide
By All Music Guide
The four members of 112 -- Marvin, Daron, Q and Mike -- met each other while attending high school in Atlanta, Georgia. The quartet began to play talent shows at school and local churches, eventually gaining the attention of Courtney Sills and Kevin Wales, who soon became the groups managers. Sills and Wales brought 112 to the attention of Sean Puffy Combs at Bad Boy Records. Combs signed on as the executive producer of 112s eponymous debut album, which featured songs the group co-wrote with such professional songwriters as Stevie J, Wayna Morris of Boyz II Men, and Combs himself. Only You, the groups debut single, was released in the summer of 1996 and climbed to number three on the R&B charts, peaking at number 13 on the pop charts. 112 was released in late 1996, and it steadily worked its way to gold status as the groups second single, Come Seem Me, reached number 15 on the R&B charts. Room 112 followed in 1998 and Part III was issued three years later. The group all but left Bad Boy for 2003s Hot & Wet, and cemented their new relationship with Def Soul on 2005s Pleasure & Pain.
