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Smooth: You Been Played
Smooth: You Been Played

Smooth: You Been Played

Artist Smooth
Record company Jive Records
Date1993
Mediumink; paper (fiber product)
DimensionsOverall (HW): 19 7/16 × 12 1/2 in. (49.371 × 31.75 cm)
Credit LineMoPOP permanent collection
Object number1999.389.99
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You Been Played is the second album by Smooth on August 24, 1993 through Jive Records. The album was produced by Juanita Stokes and her brother, Chris Stokes. The album was number 77 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart.

MC Smooth/Smooth (Juanita Stokes, b. 1972) is a singer, rapper, and actress. Known as the daughter of actress Irene Stokes and younger sister of music executive Chris Stokes, MC Smooth signed a record deal with the independent label Crush Music in 1990. She released her debut single "Smooth & Legit" that year, which peaked at #11 on the U.S. Rap chart. Her debut album Smooth & Legit was released in 1990 and was produced by Arabian Prince and her brother Chris Stokes.

Image of woman posing. Smooth is printed in pink ink across the top. "You Been Played" is printed in gold ink on bottom. Stacked multicolored squres are printed along the right side of image.
CopyrightThis work is issued under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) License. For more information, go to https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/
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