Enter the Dru

Enter The Dru
Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 27, 1998
Recorded1998
StudioLarabee Studios (Los Angeles)
GenreR&B, hip hop soul
Length66:01
LabelIsland
ProducerKenneth Crear (exec.), Dru Hill (exec.), Hiriam Hicks (exec.), Haqq Islam (exec.), Kevin Peck (exec.), Baby Dave, Babyface, Warryn Campbell, Dutch, David Foster, James "Woody" Green, Nokio the N-Tity, Guy Roche, Daryl Simmons, Sisqó, Ralph Stacy, Damon Thomas
Dru Hill chronology
Dru Hill
(1996)
Enter The Dru
(1998)
Dru World Order
(2002)
Singles from Enter The Dru
  1. "How Deep Is Your Love"
    Released: June 23, 1998
  2. "These Are the Times"
    Released: November 17, 1998
  3. "Beauty"
    Released: January 31, 1999
  4. "You Are Everything"
    Released: May 18, 1999

Enter the Dru is the second studio album from American R&B group Dru Hill. Released on October 27, 1998, it was the group's second and final album for Island Black Music, the urban music division of Island Records; Island was merged with Def Jam Recordings following a company merger in December the same year, as Dru Hill would later be transferred to Def Jam's Def Soul subsidiary.[1][2]

The album's title was inspired by the Bruce Lee 1973 film, Enter the Dragon.

This is the first album that the group were credited as executive producers as all four members wrote and produced several of the songs. It released three singles, "How Deep Is Your Love", "These Are The Times" and "You Are Everything". The singles all had music videos released, but the music video for "You Are Everything" was a remix video, which featured rapper Ja Rule, and Woody did not appear in it due to him leaving the group in early 1999. The remix version was later featured on lead singer Sisqó's debut album, Unleash the Dragon, which was released that November.

Recording sessions for the album took place at Larabee Studios in Los Angeles. The album peaked at number two on both the Billboard 200 and Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums charts. In May 1999, it was certified double-platinum in sales by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), after exceeding 2,000,000 copies in the United States.

  1. ^ Hochman, Steve (1999-08-15). "Def Jam Plans a Happy New Year". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2023-10-03.
  2. ^ Philips, Chuck (1998-12-10). "Merger Puts Seagram at Top of Music Charts". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2023-10-03.