Mission to Please

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Mission to Please is a 1996 album by The Isley Brothers on Island Records. This album was a return to commercial glory for the band in the years following their last platinum-certified album, 1983's Between the Sheets as it also was certified platinum based on the strength of the charted singles "Let's Lay Together", their first R. Kelly collaboration after the success of their duet together, "Down Low", the Babyface-composed ballad, "Tears", the Ronald and Angela Winbush-duet collaboration, "Floatin' On Your Love", and the mid-'90s quiet storm radio staple, "Mission to Please You". Some of the success came off the fact that Ronald had cultivated a new image as the video villain, "Mr. Biggs", in a series of R. Kelly videos starting with "Down Low" helping to re-introduce the music of the Isley Brothers to a new generation of R&B fans. This is also noted as being the last album to feature youngest brother, Marvin Isley, as he would leave the group a year later due to diabetes and die on June 6, 2010.

Track listing

1. "Floatin' On Your Love" (duet with Angela Winbush) – 4:09
2. "Whenever You're Ready" – 4:50
3. "Let's Lay Together" – 4:32
4. "Tears" – 4:45
5. "Can I Have a Kiss (For Old Time's Sake)?" – 4:46
6. "Mission to Please You" – 4:27
7. "Holding Back the Years" – 5:30
8. "Make Your Body Sing" – 4:06
9. "Let's Get Intimate" – 5:57
10. "Slow is the Way" – 4:55

Personnel

• Marvin Isley
• Ernie Isley
• Ronald Isley
• Angela Winbush
• Kenneth Edmonds
• Keith Sweat
• R. Kelly
• 112 on floatin on your love (remix)
• Lil Kim on floatin on your love (remix)