12 Inches of Snow

12 Inches of Snow studio Snow Twelveinchesofsnow.jpg 55:39 1993 01 19 1992 Bayside Sound, New York, NY12 Inches Of Snow 12 Inches Of Snow Darrin O'Brien 1999 3 booklet EastWest Records 83199-2 Pop reggae East West MC Shan Edmond Leary John Ficarrotta Assaulted 1991 Murder Love 1995 12 Inches of Snow studio Informer August 1992 Girl I've Been Hurt April 15, 1993 AllMusic 2.5 5Ron Wynn http://www.allmusic.com/album/12-inches-of-snow-mw0000094642 12 Inches of Snow - Snow AllMusic April 6, 2013 Entertainment Weekly B−Havelock Nelson http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,305685,00.html https://web.archive.org/web/20081202095417/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,305685,00.html dead December 2, 2008 12 Inches of Snow Review Entertainment Weekly February 26, 1993 September 1, 2011 Los Angeles Times 3 4Dennis Hunt In Brief Los Angeles Times February 28, 1993 January 21, 2023 https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-02-28-ca-54-story.html Music Week 3 5Alan Jones Market Preview: Mainstream - Albums Music Week April 10, 1993 9 January 29, 2023 https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1993/Music-Week-1993-04-10.pdf NME 5/10Steven Wells https://www.flickr.com/photos/nothingelseon/52868246534/ Long Play NME May 1, 1993 35 May 14, 2023 Orlando Sentinel 2 3Gettelman, Parry (February 19, 1993). "Snow". Orlando Sentinel. Rolling Stone 3 5Chuck Eddy https://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews 12 Inches Of Snow : Snow : Review Rolling Stone May 13, 1993 April 6, 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20071113160327/http://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/album/240453/review/5945697 November 13, 2007 dead Select 3 5 U+25A0.svg U+25A1.svg medalRupert Howe https://selectmagazinescans.monkeon.co.uk/showpage.php?file=wp-content/uploads/2014/08/albums5.jpg Reviews: Albums Select May 1993 97 December 30, 2024 12 Inches of Snow is the debut studio album by Canadian reggae musician Snow, released on January 19th, 1993, through East West Records. Edmond Leary and MC Shan produced the entire album, apart from one track which was produced by John Ficarrotta. The album was produced shortly before Snow was imprisoned for a year on an assault charge. Upon his release from prison, his first single "Informer" became a chart topping hit. Production The album 12 Inches of Snow originated after Snow auditioned for MC Shan in 1991; Shan was so impressed by Snow that he invited him to begin recording in his pre-production studio in his basement. Shan introduced Snow to managers Steve Salem and David Eng, who immediately signed Snow and created "Moto Jam Records". Salem and Eng also became executive producers for the album, which Snow recorded in their Bay Sound Recording Studio. The inspiration for the song "Informer" stemmed from a late night incident across the street from Snow's Allenbury home. Thus, the song describes how a detective incorrectly accused Snow of "stabbing someone down the lane", also chronicling Snow's incarceration at Toronto East Detention Centre and imprisonment.See: 12 Inches of Snow, VHS (New York: A-Vision, 1993) Shan described the album as not "raw, straight-up" reggae but more of a hybrid album fusing pop, jazz, reggae, and hip hop resulting in "mass appeal." Indeed, the songs "Informer", "Runway", "Champion Sound", and "Lonely Monday Morning", were dancehall tracks performed in Jamaican Patois. Shan recorded "Drunken Styles", another song performed entirely in patois, after Snow and the recording crew celebrated at a nearby tavern in Bayside Queens after a studio session whereas a tipsy Snow performed the entire track free style. Other songs, such as "Lady With the Red Dress", "Girl I've Been Hurt", "Uhh in You", and "Hey, Pretty Love", mixed love ballads and dance tracks with patois. "Ease Up", "Creative Child", and "50 Ways (To Flip a Style)", were hip-hop inspired songs. Legal dispute While touring as Snow's DJ in December 1994, Marvin Prince abruptly left the tour after discovering Snow "was receiving more money from management than he was." While listed as only the co-writer of the song "Runway" on the 12 Inches of Snow album, Prince claimed to have co-written five songs and co-produced the album with Shan, Eng, and Salem. Furthermore, Prince alleged that Eng and Salem provided "a draft of a multi-album production and recording agreement" for both Snow and himself. Unable to understand the contract, Prince allegedly "sent a copy to his mother to get legal advice from her friend" and "never saw the agreement again." Moreover, Prince claimed to have entered an "oral agreement" with Snow implying that the two would equally share profits from the album. The first agreement, Prince alleged, occurred "in 1990, when the two men began working together on songs in" Prince's "basement" and he "allegedly suggested to" Snow, "if something comes out of this, let's be partners." The second oral agreement, according to Prince, took place in August 1991 while Snow "auditioned for Shan." While Snow frequently referred to Prince as his partner in promotional videos, he claimed to have used the term "only in the slang sense." Prince, moreover, "admitted that these discussions were not concrete; the parties never organized a formal business plan, nor was plaintiff in New York to advance defendant's career."https://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=13886394386652351580&q=Prince+v.+O%27BRIEN,+256+AD2d+208&hl=en&as_sdt=100000000000002&as_vis=1 Prince v. O'BRIEN, 256 AD 2d 208 - NY: Appellate Div., 1st Dept September 1, 2011 Shan, Eng, and Salem, testified that they were unaware of a partnership between Snow and Prince and Shan denied that Prince co-produced 12 Inches of Snow and co-wrote five of the songs on the album. While initially winning a $1.5 million judgment, the court dismissed Prince's suit on grounds that he had "no viable claims" to a partnership with Snow.https://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=13886394386652351580&q=Prince+v.+O%27BRIEN,+256+AD2d+208&hl=en&as_sdt=100000000000002&as_vis=1 Prince v. O'BRIEN, 256 AD2d 208 - Google Scholar September 1, 2011See: Betsey Powell, "Snow Vindicated: Court Overturns 1.5 Million Judgement," Toronto Star, January 21, 1999, 1. Release East-West released the first single, "Informer," while Snow was serving time in prison for assault charges. In fact, Snow first watched the "Informer" video while behind bars. Upon his release, a limousine picked him up and he left prison as a recording star. "Informer" went on to become one of the biggest international hits of 1993 and 12 Inches of Snow became one of the top-selling albums of that year. The album was certified platinum by the RIAA with an excess of 1 million copies sold and in Canada was certified triple platinum by the CRIA. http://riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?resultpage=1&table=SEARCH_RESULTS&action=&title=&artist=Snow%&format=album&debutLP=&category=&sex=&releaseDate=&requestNo=&type=&level=&label=&company=&certificationDate=&awardDescription=&catalogNo=&aSex=&rec_id=&charField=&gold=&platinum=&multiPlat=&level2=&certDate=&album=&id=&after=&before=&startMonth=1&endMonth=1&startYear=1958&endYear=2010&sort=CertificationDate&perPage=50 Snow Album Certifications Recording Industry Association of America November 4, 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20150924151606/http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?resultpage=1 September 24, 2015 deadSearch Certification Database https://web.archive.org/web/20100331121149/http://www.cria.ca/cert_db_search.php March 31, 2010 Canadian Recording Industry Association Track listing Darrin O'Brien, Shawn Moltke and Edmond Leary, except where noted Producer(s) Runway Darrin O'Brien, Marvin Prince MC Shan, John Ficarrotta*, Edmond Leary* 4:27 Champion Sound MC Shan, Ficarrotta*, Leary* 4:00 Lonely Monday Morning MC Shan, Ficarrotta*, Leary* 4:44 Drunken Styles MC Shan, Ficarrotta*, Leary* 4:04 Girl I've Been Hurt MC Shan, Ficarrotta*, Leary* 4:12 Hey Pretty Love MC Shan, Ficarrotta*, Leary* 4:24 Informer MC Shan, Ficarrotta*, Leary*, Moltke, Terri* 4:28 Creative Child MC Shan, Ficarrotta*, Leary* 3:17 Lady with the Red Dress MC Shan, Ficarrotta*, Leary* 3:25 Uhh in You Ficarrotta, O'Brien Ficarrotta, MC Shan*, Leary* 3:46 Can't Get Enough MC Shan, Ficarrotta*, Leary* 3:51 Ease Up MC Shan, Ficarrotta*, Leary* 4:51 50 Ways CD bonus track MC Shan, Ficarrotta*, Leary* 3:40 Lonely Monday Morning (Remix) CD bonus track MC Shan, Ficarrotta*, Leary* 4:21 (*) Denotes co-producer. Personnel Adapted credits from the media notes of 12 Inches of Snow.12 Inches of Snow Snow East West America 1992 media notes CD 92207 EZ Steve Salem, David Eng: executive producers John Ficarrotta: mixing, engineering (Bayside Sound Recording Studios, NY) Mike Tuosto: additional engineering DJ Prince: additional vocals ("Drunken Styles"), beats and bass ("Runway") MC Shan: additional rap vocals ("Informer", "50 Ways") Terri Moltke Tucker: writer additional rap ("Informer"), composer and arrangement Ronaldo da Silva: guitar ("Hey Pretty Love") Jerome Sydenham: musical direction ("Lonely Monday Morning") Rick "The Mexican" Huerta: editing Tony Dawsey: mastering (Masterdisk) Melanie Nissen: photography and art direction Lynn Kowalewski: design Charts Weekly charts Chart (1993) PeakpositionAustralia 27 Snow 12 Inches of Snow true October 31, 2021Austria 7 Snow 12 Inches of Snow true October 31, 2021Canada RPM 3 Snow 1191 January 11, 2025 trueNetherlands 8 Snow 12 Inches of Snow true October 31, 2021Germany 5 1606 Snow 12 Inches of Snow true October 31, 2021Hungary 17 1993 23 true June 25, 2025New Zealand 31 Snow 12 Inches of Snow true October 31, 2021Norway 9 Snow 12 Inches of Snow true October 31, 2021Sweden 20 Snow 12 Inches of Snow true October 31, 2021Switzerland 10 Snow 12 Inches of Snow true October 31, 2021UK2 41 19930425 true October 31, 2021Billboard200 5 Snow true October 31, 2021BillboardRandBHipHop 12 Snow true October 31, 2021 Year-end charts Chart (1993) PositionCanada RPM 12 1508 October 8, 2025 CA_YE93 true German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)https://www.offiziellecharts.de/charts/album-jahr/for-date-1993 Top 100 Album-Jahrescharts de GfK Entertainment offiziellecharts.de October 31, 2021 57 US Billboard 200https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/1993/top-billboard-200-albums Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 1993 Billboard October 31, 2021 41 US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/1993/top-r-and-b-hip-hop-albums Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums – Year-End 1993 Billboard October 31, 2021 39 Certifications Canada album Snow 12 Inches of Snow Platinum 3 1993 1993 Japan album Snow 12 Inches of Snow Platinum 1994 7 1993 July 21, 2022 United States Snow 12 Inches of Snow Platinum album 1993 1993 true References Category:1993 debut albums Category:Snow (musician) albums Category:East West Records albums