Artist profile
Total
Total is an American R&B girl group and one of the signature acts of the Bad Boy Records imprint during the mid-1990s.
Total was that special sauce—three voices that blended like silk over concrete. Kima, Keisha, Pam—when they walked in, you knew the hook was handled.
They weren’t “background singers”—they were architects of the moment. You heard them on Biggie records, you heard them on Mase smashes, you heard them on joints that became culture. That line illustrates why Bad Boy functioned as a complete ecosystem: rap and R&B and style—Total helped define the soundtrack.
Their self-titled debut? Platinum conversation. Singles that still get screamed when the DJ brings them back. That’s legacy.
If you’re building a label that runs the radio and owns the club, you need a group like Total—timeless, dangerous on a hook, Bad Boy certified.
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