Monsta Jamz

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Tracklist

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1No Diggity
programming and producer:
Teddy Riley (US R&B singer & producer) and William "Skylz" Stewart (US hip-hop producer)
instruments:
Teddy Riley (US R&B singer & producer) and William "Skylz" Stewart (US hip-hop producer)
guest performer:
Dr. Dre (Andre Young, rap producer) and Queen Pen
performer:
Blackstreet
arranger:
Teddy Riley (US R&B singer & producer) and William "Skylz" Stewart (US hip-hop producer)
samples:
Grandma’s Hands by Bill Withers
part of:
Billboard: The 500 Best Pop Songs (as of October 2023) (number: 91) and Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 424)
recording of:
No Diggity
writer:
Andre Young (Andre Young, rap producer), Chauncey Hannibal, Lynise Walters, Richard Vick, Teddy Riley (US R&B singer & producer), William "Skylz" Stewart (US hip-hop producer) and Bill Withers
publisher:
Ain't Nothin' Goin' But F...n' (aka Ain’t Nothin’ but F****n’ and other variations), Chauncey Black Music for Smokin' Sounds, City Housing Publishing, Donril Music, Interior Music Corp., Queen Pen Music (ASCAP), Sony Songs Inc., Universal Z Songs and Zomba Enterprises Inc.
Blackstreet4.755:07
2Don’t Take It PersonalMonica4:18
3Bump ’n’ Grind
programming and engineer:
Peter Mokran
producer:
R. Kelly
mixer:
R. Kelly and Peter Mokran
instruments and vocals:
R. Kelly
arranger:
R. Kelly
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Zomba Recording Corporation (not strictly a label - avoid adding releases here) (in 1993)
recorded at and mixed at:
Chicago Recording Company in Chicago, Illinois, United States
music videos:
Bump n’ Grind by R. Kelly
recording of:
Bump ’n’ Grind
lyricist and composer:
Robert Kelly
R. Kelly4.44:15
4I’m So Into You
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
RCA Records (not for release label use! for the imprint, please use “RCA” instead) (in 1992), BMG Entertainment (in 2001) and BMG Heritage (in 2003)
recording of:
I’m So Into You (in 1992)
writer:
Brian Alexander Morgan
publisher:
Bam Jams Music
sub-publisher:
シンコーミュージック・エンタテイメント (Shinko Music Entertainment Co., Ltd.) and ユニバーサル・ミュージック・パブリッシング Synch事業部 (Universal Music Publishing, Synch Division)
SWV44:39
5Too Close
recording of:
Too Close
writer:
Raphael Brown, Robert Ford, Jr. (hip hop writer and producer), Keir Gist (Naughty by Nature’s DJ Keir Gist), Kurtis Walker, Larry Smith (US hip hop producer), Darren Lighty, Denzil Miller, J.B. Moore (producer, composer) and Robert L. Huggar (US R&B artist Robert Lavelle Huggar)
Next4:19
6Don’t Walk Away
recording of:
Don't Walk Away
writer:
Vassal Benford and Ronald Spearman
publisher:
EMI Virgin Music Ltd. (do not use this as a release label!) and MCA Music Ltd.
Jade44:43
7Never Lie
Immature4:04
8If I Had No Loot
recording of:
If I Had No Loot
writer:
Juan Bautista, Will Harris (songwriter for Tony Toni Toné) and Raphael Wiggins
Tony! Toni! Toné!4:03
9Anytime
recording engineer:
Chris Wood (recording engineer)
drum machine programming:
Anthony Nance
assistant engineer:
Mary Ann Souza
executive producer:
Bruce Carbone and Herb Trawick
producer:
Brian McKnight
assistant mixer:
Ed Rasso
mixer:
Bassy Bob Brockmann (engineer, producer, remixer)
background vocals and lead vocals:
Brian McKnight
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
UMG Recordings, Inc. (operational headquarters of Universal Music Group, based in Santa Monica, USA; read annotations) (in 1997)
recorded at:
Backroom Studios in Glendale, California, United States
mixed at:
Sound on Sound Recording Studios (New York) in New York, New York, United States
samples:
Outside Your Door by Me’Shell NdegéOcello (US singer-songwriter/poet/bassist Michelle Lynn Johnson)
music videos:
Anytime by Brian McKnight
recording of:
Anytime
lyricist:
Brian McKnight
composer:
Brandon Barnes (songwriter, formerly of Byrne & Barnes)
publisher:
Brandon Barnes Music, Cancelled Lunch Music, PolyGram International Publishing, Inc. (renamed Universal PolyGram International Publishing, Inc. circa 1998), Songs of PolyGram International, Inc., Universal PolyGram International Publishing, Inc. (existed only since ca. 1998) and Universal–Songs of PolyGram International, Inc.
Brian McKnight44:34
10He’s Mine
MoKenStef4:14
11Candy Rain
assistant recording engineer:
Steve Sisco
recording engineer:
Bill Esses and Rich Travali
drum machine programming:
Poke (hip hop producer Jean Olivier, of Poke and Tone)
producer:
Heavy D (US rapper), Poke (hip hop producer Jean Olivier, of Poke and Tone) and Red Hot Lover Tone
mixer:
Tony Maserati (engineer / mixer)
keyboard:
Dave Cintron (R&B producer and songwriter)
arranger:
Heavy D (US rapper)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Geffen Records, Inc. (company credits only; do NOT use as release label) (in 1994) and MCA Records, Inc. (do not use as a release label! a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.) (in 1994)
recorded at and mixed at:
Soundtrack Studios in New York, New York, United States
samples:
Baby, This Love I Have by Minnie Riperton (in 1994: electric bass guitar)
recording of:
Candy Rain (in 1994)
lyricist:
Heavy D (US rapper) and Terri E. Robinson (Songwriter/Composer)
composer:
Samuel Barnes, Heavy D (US rapper) and Jean-Claude Olivier (hip hop producer Jean Olivier, of Poke and Tone)
Soul for Real54:34
12On Bended Knee
recording engineer and mixer:
Steve Hodge (engineer and producer)
assistant engineer:
Jeff Taylor (remixer, owner of Madjef and MadMinn Music)
producer:
Jimmy Jam (James Harris of Jam & Lewis) and Terry Lewis (US hip-hop/soul songwriter, producer & label owner)
instruments:
Jimmy Jam (James Harris of Jam & Lewis) and Terry Lewis (US hip-hop/soul songwriter, producer & label owner)
arranger:
Jimmy Jam (James Harris of Jam & Lewis) and Terry Lewis (US hip-hop/soul songwriter, producer & label owner)
produced for:
Flyte Tyme Productions
recorded at and mixed at:
Flyte Tyme Studios in Edina, Minnesota, United States
recording of:
On Bended Knee
writer:
James Samuel Harris III (James Harris of Jam & Lewis) and Terry Lewis (US hip-hop/soul songwriter, producer & label owner)
publisher:
EMI April Music Inc. and Flyte Tyme Tunes
Boyz II Men3.55:31
13Touch Me Tease Me
recording of:
Touch Me, Tease Me
writer:
Mary J. Blige, Case Woodard (US R&B vocalist Case Woodard), Inga Marchand (rapper), J.B. Weaver, Jr., Kenny Kornegay and Darryl "88" Young (Hip-hop producer)
Case feat. Foxy Brown3:59
14Nobody Knows
recording engineer and engineer:
Neal Pogue (mix engineer)
producer:
Tony Rich
mixer:
Jon Gass
acoustic guitar:
Peter Moore (guitarist)
keyboard:
Joseph Richards (Joe Rich)
vocals:
Tony Rich
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Arista Records, Inc. (manufacturing and distribution company, do not add releases here) (in 1995) and LaFace Records (in 1995)
music videos:
Nobody Knows by Tony Rich Project
recording of:
Nobody Knows
writer:
Don Dubosé and Joseph Richards (Joe Rich)
publisher:
Menace Music Ltd.
The Tony Rich Project5:08
15Age Ain’t Nothing but a Number
engineer and mixer:
Peter Mokran
producer:
R. Kelly
additional keyboard:
Lafayette Carthon
instruments:
R. Kelly
additional vocals:
Tia Hawkins
vocals:
Aaliyah (American R&B singer)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Blackground Enterprises (label for early Aaliyah releases until 1998, later renamed Blackground Entertainment) (in 1994) and Zomba Recording LLC (in 1994)
mixed at and engineered at:
Chicago Recording Company in Chicago, Illinois, United States
recording of:
Age Ain't Nothing but a Number
lyricist and composer:
R. Kelly
publisher:
R. Kelly Publishing Inc., Universal Music–Z Songs and Zomba Songs Inc.
Aaliyah4.54:14
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1No, No, No Part 2
co-producer:
Jerry Duplessis and Che Greene
producer:
Wyclef Jean (Haitian rapper, musician and actor)
remixer:
Wyclef Jean (Haitian rapper, musician and actor)
guest performer:
Wyclef Jean (Haitian rapper, musician and actor)
performer:
Wyclef Jean (Haitian rapper, musician and actor)
remix of:
No, No, No, Part 1 by Destiny’s Child
samples:
Strange Games & Things by Love Unlimited Orchestra
music videos:
No, No, No, Part 2 by Destiny’s Child feat. Wyclef Jean (Haitian rapper, musician and actor)
recording of:
No, No, No, Part 2
writer:
Mary Brown (US R&B vocalist), Rob Fusari, Calvin Gaines and Vincent Herbert
is based on:
No, No, No, Part 1
Destiny’s Child feat. Wyclef Jean2.753:32
2Pony
lead vocals:
Ginuwine (US R&B singer)
edit of:
Pony by Ginuwine (US R&B singer)
recording of:
Pony
writer:
Ginuwine (US R&B singer), Static Major (US rapper, songwriter & producer, aka Static) and Timbaland
Ginuwine3.754:14
3Just Kickin’ It
Xscape3:34
4Freak Me
recording of:
Freak Me
writer:
Anthony Johnson (a.k.a. Anthony "Teno" Johnson), Roy Murray (Producer, songwriter, keyboardist, worked with Keith Sweat) and Keith Sweat
Silk4:36
5Tell Me
recording engineer:
Eric "Ibo" Butler
producer:
Bryce P. Wilson
mixer:
Angela Piva
keyboard [keyboards]:
Darryl Brown and Bryce P. Wilson
background vocals:
Amel Larrieux and Trey Lorenz
background vocals arranger:
Amel Larrieux and Trey Lorenz
vocals arranger:
Amel Larrieux
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (company owned by Sony Corporation of America from 1991–2004, operated worldwide except in JP; normally not a release label) (in 1995)
recorded at:
Under City Studios in Hackensack, New Jersey, United States
mixed at:
Electric Lady Studios in Greenwich Village, New York, New York, United States
a cappella versions:
Tell Me (acappella) by Groove Theory
recording of:
Tell Me (in 1995)
writer:
Darryl Brown, Rick James (US vocalist, multi‐instrumentalist, composer & producer), Amel Larrieux and Bryce “Luvah” Wilson
is based on:
All Night Long
Groove Theory3:59
6Ghetto Supastar (That Is What You Are)
engineer:
Phil Blackman and Chris Theis
co-producer:
Jerry Duplessis
producer:
Che, Wyclef Jean (Haitian rapper, musician and actor) and Pras Michel (Pras, American rapper, member of The Fugees)
performer:
Pras Michel (Pras, American rapper, member of The Fugees), Mya and Ol’ Dirty Bastard (Wu‐Tang founder, NYC rapper/producer)
samples:
Get Up, Get Into It, Get Involved by James Brown (The Godfather of Soul)
recording of:
Ghetto Supastar (That Is What You Are)
additional writer:
James Brown (The Godfather of Soul), Bobby Byrd (founder of the Famous Flames, James Brown’s vocal group) and Ron Lenhoff
writer:
Barry Gibb, Maurice Gibb, Robin Gibb, Wyclef Jean (Haitian rapper, musician and actor), Pras Michel (Pras, American rapper, member of The Fugees) and Russell Jones (Wu‐Tang founder, NYC rapper/producer)
publisher:
Careers–BMG Music Publishing, Inc., Gibb Brothers Music, Sony/ATV Tunes LLC (ASCAP), T C F Music Pub. Inc., Tete San Ko, Pub., Warner–Tamerlane Publishing Corp. (publisher; do NOT use as release label) and Wu‐Tang Publishing, Inc.
is based on:
Islands in the Stream
Pras feat. Ol’ Dirty Bastard & Mya3.654:23
7Don’t Let Go Love
producer:
Organized Noize (Atlanta hip-hop production group)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Elektra Entertainment Group (not for release label use! a division of Warner Communications, Inc. for the United States, and WEA International Inc. for the world outside the United States) (in 1997)
recording of:
Don't Let Go (Love)
writer:
Marqueze Ethridge, Andrea Martin (singer/songwriter for various dance/soul artists), Ivan Matias, Organized Noize (Atlanta hip-hop production group), Patrick Brown, Raymon Murray (American producer, songwriter & multi-instrumentalist) and Rico Wade
En Vogue44:54
8Freak Like Me
samples:
I’d Rather Be With You by Bootsy Collins (US funk musician & songwriter)
instrumental versions:
Freak Like Me (instrumental) by Adina Howard
part of:
Billboard: The 500 Best Pop Songs (as of October 2023) (number: 370)
recording of:
Freak Like Me (Adina Howard)
lyricist:
Eugene Hanes, Loren Hill and Marc Valentine
composer:
George Clinton (US funk musician), Bootsy Collins (US funk musician & songwriter) and Gary “Mudbone” Cooper
publisher:
Notting Dale Songs, Inc., Rubber Band Music and Universal Music Corp. (USA, affiliated with ASCAP)
is based on:
I’d Rather Be With You
Adina Howard4.254:14
9All Cried Out
drum machine programming:
Walter Afanasieff
keyboard programming:
Cory Rooney
engineer:
Mike Scott (Production music composer/engineer a.k.a. “The Wizard”)
producer:
Walter Afanasieff, Mariah Carey and Cory Rooney
mixer:
Mick Guzauski
keyboard:
Walter Afanasieff and Cory Rooney
background vocals:
Allure (female R&B group)
guest background vocals:
112
cover recording of:
All Cried Out
writer:
B-Fine, Baby Gerry, Bow-Legged Lou, Curt-T-T, Paul George (American) and Shy Shy
recording of:
All Cried Out
writer:
B-Fine, Baby Gerry, Bow-Legged Lou, Curt-T-T, Paul George (American) and Shy Shy
Allure feat. 1124:38
10Hey Mr. DJ
recording of:
Hey Mr DJ
composer:
Cookin’ Soul (Spanish hip hop producer, formerly trio/duo)
Zhané4:56
11Knockin’ da Boots
H‐Town5:33
12If You Love Me
sound engineer:
Rob Paustian (other instruments [tracking])
audio engineer:
Brownstone (US female R&B group) (other vocals [vocal production]), Gordon Chambers (American singer-songwriter, and producer) (other vocals [vocal production]) and Dave Hall (producer a.k.a. Jam) (other vocals [vocal production])
executive producer:
Jerry Greenberg (producer, engineer) and Michael Jackson (“King of Pop”)
producer and mixer:
Dave "Jam" Hall (producer a.k.a. Jam)
vocals arranger:
Brownstone (US female R&B group) and Gordon Chambers (American singer-songwriter, and producer)
mixed for and produced for:
Untouchables Entertainment
recorded at:
The Hit Factory Studios, NY (The Hit Factory) in Manhattan, New York, New York, United States
mixed at:
The Hit Factory, NY (The Hit Factory) in Manhattan, New York, New York, United States
music videos:
If You Love Me by Brownstone (US female R&B group)
recording of:
If You Love Me
lyricist:
Gordon Chambers (American singer-songwriter, and producer) and Nichole Gilbert
composer:
Dave "Jam" Hall (producer a.k.a. Jam)
publisher:
Brown Girl Music, Orisha Music, Paisley Park, Stone Jam Publishing Inc., The Night Rainbow Music (publisher) and WC Music Corp.
Brownstone4.55:03
13Stroke You Up
Changing Faces5:52
14This Is for the Lover in YouBabyface feat. LL Cool J4:03
15Shy Guy
recording of:
Shy Guy
writer:
Kingsley Gardner, Diana King (Jamaican-American singer-songwriter) and Andy Marvel
publisher:
Diana King Music, Kinsley Gardner Nation of Soul Music, W'nR Music and World of Andy Music
Diana King3:44
16Gone Till November
recording engineer and mixer:
Warren Riker
assistant engineer:
Brian Dozoretz, Rawle Gittens, Storm Jefferson, Jay Nicholas, Alex Olsson and Mike Roach
co-producer:
Jerry "Te Bass" Duplessis
producer:
Wyclef (Haitian rapper, musician and actor)
guitar:
Wyclef (Haitian rapper, musician and actor)
orchestra:
Members of the New York Philharmonic Orchestra (New York Philharmonic)
performer:
Canibus (Jamaican‐American rapper)
produced for:
R.C.E.
recorded at:
Chung King Studios in New York, New York, United States and Manhattan Center in Midtown Manhattan, New York, New York, United States
mixed at:
Chung King Studios in New York, New York, United States
music videos:
Gone Till November by Wyclef Jean (Haitian rapper, musician and actor)
recording of:
Gone Till November
orchestrator:
Sonny Kompanek
lyricist and composer:
Nel Ust Wyclef Jean (Haitian rapper, musician and actor)
publisher:
Sony/ATV Tunes LLC (ASCAP) and Tete San Ko Publishing
Wyclef Jean3.53:29
17Slow and Sexy
performer:
Johnny Gill
recording of:
Slow and Sexy
writer:
Clifton Dillon, Lowell “Sly” Dunbar, James Harris III (James Harris of Jam & Lewis), Simon Law (Soul II Soul), Terry Lewis (US hip-hop/soul songwriter, producer & label owner), Rexton Gordon and Handel Tucker
Shabba Ranks feat. Johnny Gill5:20

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