Immature

Immature was an American male vocal trio from Los Angeles , California , whose members were only 10 years old when it was founded in 1992. In 1999 the name was changed to IMx , and the group was dissolved three years later. The biggest hits are the songs Never Lie and Constantly , both from 1994.

Band history

Marques Houston , Jerome Jones and Don Santos, who were 10 years old at the time , formed the band in Los Angeles in 1992 with the help of their mentor , producer Chris Stokes. The debut album On Our Worst Behavior , immediately recorded for Virgin Records , included Tear It Up , a top 30 hit on the US R&B charts , which was also used in the animated film Bebe’s Kids .

Don Santos left the band in 1993 and was replaced by Kelton Kessee. In 1994 Immature moved to MCA . The then released album Playtyme Is Over placed on the Billboard pop and R&B charts. The release Never Lie rose to number 5 in both hit lists, Constantly made it into both top 20 a little later. Then the three musicians appeared as actors in the comedy House Party 3 .

The fourth long player We Got It also entered the charts in 1995, and even made it into the top 20 of the R&B charts. None of the associated singles made it into the top 30 of the pop charts. There were the top-ranked releases Feel the Funk from the film Dangerous Minds at number 46 and the title track of the album at number 37. In the R&B charts, both songs climbed into the top 20.

In February 1997, the single debuted Watch Me Do My Thing from Nickelodeon - Sketch - Comedy -Show All That in the top 20 R & B and pop charts in the top 40. The feature with Smooth aka Juanita Carter and Ed from Good Burger aka Kel Mitchell was not included on any LP Immatures. At the end of the year, the album The Journey was released , which made it into the top 20 of the R&B charts, but did not go beyond number 92 in the pop charts. The accompanying single I'm Not a Fool climbed to 19th place on the R&B and 69th place on the pop charts.

After the band had flirted with a renaming for some time, this idea was implemented in 1999. The new name of the trio was shortened to IMx, but the sound remained essentially the same. The album Introducing IMx , released in the same year, and the successor named after the band, released two years later, made it into the charts, but received less attention than their predecessors. Only with the 1999 single Stay the Night was there notable success: the song climbed to number 20 on the R&B and number 23 on the pop charts.

In 2001 a compilation with the greatest hits from Immature and IMx was released. A year later, in 2002, the group split up. Marques Houston started a successful solo career.

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Founding members

• Marques Barrett Houston (born August 4, 1981 in Los Angeles, California)
• Jerome Isaac Jones (born October 25, 1981 in Los Angeles, California)
• Don Fernando Santos (* 1981 in Los Angeles, California) - until 1993

Later members

• Kelton Taron Kessee (born January 2, 1981 in Los Angeles, California) - from 1993 for Santos

Discography

Albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)			Remarks
		UK	US	R&B
1994	Playtyme Is Over	-	US88 gold (37 weeks)US	R&B26 (45 weeks) R&B	First published: August 10, 1994 as Immature Executive Producer : André Fischer, Chris Stokes, Madeline Randolph
1995	We got it	-	US76 gold (30 weeks)US	R&B14 (36 weeks) R&B	First published: December 5, 1995 as Immature Executive Producer: Chris Stokes, Ketrina Askew, Madeline Randolph, Wanda Stokes, Hank Shocklee
1997	The Journey	-	US92 (3 weeks) US	R&B20 (31 weeks) R&B	First released: September 23, 1997 as Immature Producers: Rodney Jerkins, Chris Stokes
1999	Introducing IMx	-	US101 (4 weeks) US	R&B31 (12 weeks) R&B	First released: October 26th, 1999 as IMx producers: Chris Stokes, Platinum Status, Curtis Williams, Vincent Herbert, Marc Gordon
2002	IMx	-	US126 (15 weeks) US	R&B26 (23 weeks) R&B	First released: July 3rd, 2001 as IMx producer: Chris Stokes

More albums

• 1992: On Our Worst Behavior (as Immature; release: September 22nd)
• 2001: Greatest Hits (Immature / IMx; compilation; release: February 27th)

Singles

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)			Remarks
		UK	US	R&B
1992	Tear It Up (On Our Worst Behavior) On Our Worst Behavior	-	-	R&B29 (9 weeks) R&B	First release: August 1992 as Immature from the soundtrack of the animated film Bebe's Kids
1994	Never Lie Playtime Is Over	-	US5 gold (26 weeks)US	R&B5 (23 weeks) R&B	First published: July 1994 as Immature
	Constantly Playtime Is Over	-	US16 gold (20 weeks)US	R&B12 (21 weeks) R&B	First published: November 1994 as Immature
1995	Is It Me? Soul school	-	-	R&B32 (18 weeks) R&B	First release: February 1995 Monteco feat. Immature
	I don't mind	-	US95 (2 weeks) US	R&B47 (14 weeks) R&B	First published: April 1995 as Immature
	Feel the Funk We Got It	-	US46 (13 weeks) US	R&B15 (20 weeks) R&B	First release: September 1995 as Immature from the soundtrack of the film Dangerous Minds including samples from Mother's Finests Love Changes
	We Got It, We Got It	UK26 (2 weeks) UK	US37 (20 weeks) US	R&B11 (20 weeks) R&B	First published: November 1995 as Immature; Rap: Smooth including samples from Chocolate Milks Girl Callin '
1996	Please don't go we got it	-	US36 (13 weeks) US	R&B16 (19 weeks) R&B	First published: April 1996 as Immature
	Lover's Groove We Got It	-	-	R&B42 (13 weeks) R&B	First published: September 1996 as Immature
1997	Watch Me Do My Thing	-	US32 (14 weeks) US	R&B16 (16 weeks) R&B	First release: January 1997 as Immature feat. Smooth and Ed from Good Burger from the Nickelodeon comedy show All That
	I'm Not a Fool The Journey	-	US69 (8 weeks) US	R&B19 (20 weeks) R&B	First published: September 1997 as Immature
	Give Up the Ghost The Journey	-	-	R&B44 (8 weeks) R&B	First published: October 1997 as Immature
1999	Stay the Night Introducing IMx	-	US23 (20 weeks) US	R&B20 (20 weeks) R&B	First published: September 1999 as IMx
2002	First time IMx	-	-	R&B69 (11 weeks) R&B	First published: February 2002 as IMx
	Beautiful (You Are) IMx	-	-	R&B71 (6 weeks) R&B	First published: November 2002 as IMx

More singles

• 1992: Da Munchies (as Immature)
• 1992: Be My Girl (as Immature)
• 1997: Medley (as Immature)
• 1999: In & Out of Love (as IMx)
• 2000: Throw It Up (RaRa feat.IMx and Mila J)
• 2001: Clap Your Hands (as IMx)

Video albums

• 1997: Immature (release: September 23)

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1. ↑ ^{a b} Chart sources: Singles UK US
2. ↑ ^{a b} gold / platinum database US
3. ^ Joel Whitburn : Top R&B Albums 1965–1998, ISBN 0-89820-134-9 .
4. ^ Joel Whitburn : Hot R&B Songs 1942–2010: 6th Edition, ISBN 978-0-89820-186-4 .

Web links

• Immature at Allmusic (English)
• Immature at Discogs (English)
• IMx at Allmusic (English)
• IMx at Discogs (English)