{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox album | name = It's Tee Time | type = Studio | artist = Sweet Tee | cover = ItsTeeTime album.png | alt = | released = 1988 | recorded = 1986–88 | studio = {{hlist|Bayside Sound Recording Studio Inc. <small>(Bayside, New York)</small>|Power Play Studios <small>(New York, New York)</small>}} | genre = Hip hop | length = {{duration|m=37|s=59}} | label = Profile | producer = {{hlist|Hurby Luv Bug|Sweet Tee|the Invincibles}} | prev_title = | prev_year = | next_title = | next_year = | misc = {{Singles | name = It's Tee Time | type = studio | single1 = It's My Beat | single1date = 1986 | single2 = It's Like That Y'All / I Got Da Feelin' | single2date = 1987 | single3 = On The Smooth Tip | single3date = 1988 | single4 = Let's Dance | single4date = 1989 }} }} {{Music ratings | rev1 = AllMusic | rev1score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ankeny |first=Jason |title=It's Tee Time - Sweet Tee {{!}} Songs, Reviews, Credits {{!}} AllMusic |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/its-tee-time-mw0000198455 |access-date=May 13, 2022 |website=AllMusic |language=en}}</ref> }}
'''''It's Tee Time''''' is the only studio album by American rapper Sweet Tee.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Larkin |first1=Colin |title=The Virgin Encyclopedia of Dance Music |date=1998 |publisher=Virgin |page=330}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Godfrey |first1=Sarah |title=No Ivy's Growing on These Old-Schoolers |work=The Washington Post |date=November 1, 2004 |page=C5}}</ref> It was released in 1988 on Profile Records. The recording sessions took place at Bayside Sound Recording Studio Inc. and at Power Play Studios in New York. The album was produced by Hurby Luv Bug, the Invincibles, and Sweet Tee. It features a guest appearance from DJ Jazzy Joyce. The album peaked at number 169 on the US ''Billboard'' 200. It spawned five singles: "It's My Beat", "It's Like That Y'All" b/w "I Got Da Feelin'", "On the Smooth Tip" and "Let's Dance".
==Track listing== {{Track listing | all_writing = Toi Jackson and Hurby Azor | extra_column = Producer(s) | title1 = On the Smooth Tip | extra1 = {{hlist|Hurby Luv Bug|The Invincibles}} | length1 = 4:06 | title2 = Let's Dance | extra2 = {{hlist|Hurby Luv Bug|The Invincibles}} | length2 = 3:48 | title3 = I Got da Feelin' | extra3 = {{hlist|Hurby Luv Bug|The Invincibles}} | length3 = 4:12 | title4 = Show and Prove | extra4 = {{hlist|Hurby Luv Bug|The Invincibles}} | length4 = 3:03 | title5 = Work Out | extra5 = {{hlist|Hurby Luv Bug|The Invincibles}} | length5 = 4:07 | title6 = It's My Beat | note6 = featuring Jazzy Joyce | extra6 = {{hlist|Hurby Luv Bug|The Invincibles}} | length6 = 5:02 | title7 = As the Beat Goes On | extra7 = {{hlist|Hurby Luv Bug|The Invincibles}} | length7 = 3:33 | title8 = It's Like That Y'all | extra8 = {{hlist|Hurby Luv Bug|The Invincibles}} | length8 = 4:59 | title9 = Why Did It Have to Be Me | extra9 = {{hlist|Hurby Luv Bug|Sweet Tee}} | length9 = 5:09 | total_length = 37:59 }}
==Personnel== *Toi "Sweet Tee" Jackson – main artist, songwriter, producer <small>(track 9)</small> *Joyce "DJ Jazzy Joyce" Spencer – featured artist <small>(track 6)</small> *Karen Anderson – backing vocals <small>(track 5)</small> *Lenora Helmm – backing vocals <small>(track 5)</small> *Jimmy Young – backing vocals <small>(track 5)</small> *Charis'se Rose – backing vocals <small>(track 9)</small> *John Ficarrotta – lead guitar, bass *Peter Puleo – synthesizer *Hurby "Luv Bug" Azor – songwriter, producer, mixing <small>(track 6)</small> *Andre DeBourg – recording <small>(tracks: 1–5, 7–9)</small>, mixing *Patrick Adams – recording <small>(track 6)</small> *Howie Weinberg – mastering *Janet Perr – art direction, design *Caroline Greyshock – photography
==Charts== {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |- ! scope="col"| Chart (1989) ! scope="col"| Peak<br /> position |- ! scope="row" |US ''Billboard'' 200<ref>{{Cite magazine|title=Billboard 200 Chart: Week of March 11, 1989|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/billboard-200/1989-03-11?rank=169|access-date=May 13, 2022|magazine=Billboard}}</ref> | 169 |- ! scope="row" |US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (''Billboard'')<ref>{{Cite magazine|title=Billboard 200 Chart: Week of March 11, 1989|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/billboard-200/1989-03-11?rank=169|access-date=May 13, 2022|magazine=Billboard}}</ref> | 31 |}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *{{Discogs master|66765|It's Tee Time}}
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Category:1988 debut albums Category:Profile Records albums Category:East Coast hip-hop albums Category:Albums produced by Hurby Azor Category:Hip-hop albums by American artists