Editing Total (group) (section)

{{Short description|American R&B girl group}}
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{{Infobox musical artist <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject Musicians -->
| name              = Total
| background        = group_or_band
| image             = Total at Legends of Bad Boy 2014.jpg
| landscape         = yes
| caption           = L-R: Pamela Long and Kima Raynor Dyson perform at the Legends of Bad Boy concert in [[Beverly Hills, California]] in 2014. Not pictured: Keisha Spivey Epps.
| origin            = [[New Jersey]], U.S.
| genre             = {{hlist|[[Contemporary R&B|R&B]]|[[hip-hop soul]]}}
| years_active      = {{hlist|1994–2001|2014–2016|2024–present}}
| label             = [[Bad Boy Records|Bad Boy]] (1994–1998)
| past_members      = * Pamela Long
| website           = 
| current_members   = * Kima Raynor
* Keisha Spivey
}}

'''Total''' is an American R&B [[girl group]] and one of the signature acts of the [[Bad Boy Records]] imprint during the mid-1990s.<ref name="Larkin90">{{cite book|title=[[Encyclopedia of Popular Music|The Virgin Encyclopedia of Nineties Music]]|editor=Colin Larkin|editor-link=Colin Larkin (writer)|publisher=[[Virgin Books]]|date=2000|edition=First|isbn=0-7535-0427-8|pages=399/400}}</ref> The group consists of founding members Kima Raynor, Keisha Spivey, and Pamela Long.<ref name="Larkin90"/> Total is best known for their feature on [[Mase]]'s "[[What You Want (Mase song)|What You Want]]", as well as their hits "[[Kissin' You]]", "[[Can't You See (Total song)|Can't You See]]" (featuring [[The Notorious B.I.G.]]), and "[[What About Us? (Total song)|What About Us?]]" and [[Trippin' (Total song)|"Trippin{{' "}}]], both featuring [[Missy Elliott]]. Long also sung the chorus of [[The Notorious B.I.G.]]'s hit song "[[Hypnotize (The Notorious B.I.G. song)|Hypnotize]]", although she was not officially credited.<ref name="Larkin90"/> Total made their first appearance singing the hook on [[The Notorious B.I.G.]]'s debut single, "[[Juicy (The Notorious B.I.G. song)|Juicy]]", widely considered one of the greatest hip-hop songs of all time.<ref name="Larkin90"/><ref>[https://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/the-50-greatest-hip-hop-songs-of-all-time-20121205/notorious-b-i-g-juicy-19691231 The 50 Greatest Hip-Hop Songs of All Time]</ref><ref>{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20060214200158/http://www.rocklistmusic.co.uk/source.htm#singles 100 Best Rap Albums:<!-- Bot generated title -->]}}</ref><ref>[http://rap.about.com/od/top10songs/ss/Top100RapSongs_9.htm Top 100 Rap Songs<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>

In 2019, Pamela Long announced that she is working on her debut solo album. She released a video for her single "Why".<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://youknowigotsoul.com/pamela-long-from-total-discusses-new-solo-album-leaving-total-possible-3rd-total-album-exclusive|title=Pamela Long from Total Discusses New Solo Album, Leaving Total, Possible 3rd Total Album (Exclusive) |website=YouKnowIGotSoul.com|date=March 26, 2019}}</ref>