Album US 2002 on Maverick label
Hip-Hop/Rap and R&B/Soul (RnB/Swing, Acid Jazz, Conscious, Contemporary R&B)
Tracks 1, 3, 4, 9, 17 Revolutionary Jazz Giant Music/Alvie's House BMI Track 2 Rugged Jointz ASCAP/Revolutionary Jazz Giant Music/Penskills BMI/FAF Publishing Contains a portion of "La Fama" by Hector Levoe, © 1974 FAF Publishing Tracks 5 to 7, 11 to 13, 18 Revolutionary Jazz Giant Music BMI Track 8 Revolutionary Jazz Giant Music/Native Drum Music BMI Track 10 Bridgeport Music, Inc. BMI Track 19 Revolutionary Jazz Giant Music/Mass Confusion/WB Music Corp. ASCAP/Dayna's Day Music Publishing/Warner-Tamerlane Music Publishing Co. BMI/Funky Noble Productions Inc./WB Music Corp. ASCAP Produced for 3000 E. Zion (Cato) and for Humility Profits (Meshell Suhaila Bashir) except track 19 produced for F-5 Productions (Rockwilder), for Mass Confusion Productions, Inc. (Missy Elliott) and for 3000 E. Zion (Cato) Recorded at Hyde Street Studios in the Tenderloin (S.F.) Additional post-production editing at Sound City in the Land of Sunshine & Lies (L.A.) Mixed at Sony Music Studio in Babylon (NYC) Mastered at Sterling Sound in Babylon (NYC) Talib Kweli appears courtesy of Rawkus Records Marcus Miller appears courtesy of 3 Deuces Records Lalah Hathaway appears courtesy of Mesa Blue Moon Records Redman appears courtesy of Def Jam Records Tweet appears courtesy of Goldmind/Elektra/EEG Back cover: Maverick Recording Company. Manufactured and distributed by Warner Bros. Records Inc. Warner Music Group, an AOL Time Warner company. © ℗ 2002 Maverick Recording Company. Made in U.S.A. Maverick logo is a trademark of Maverick Recording Company. CD label: © ℗ 2002 Maverick Recording Company, manufactured and distributed by Warner Bros. Records Inc. Warner Music Group, an AOL Time Warner company. Made in U.S.A. by WEA Manufacturing.
Me'Shell NdegéOcello b, voc, *1968 US album by | |
Alexander P. Hartnett legal, legal representation | |
Karen Lee management, publicity | |
Luke Burland management, publicity | |
Meshell Suhaila Bashir-Shakur , bass, keyboards, chocolate spaceship keys, written by, instruments, everything else, arranged by, instruments, everything else | |
Cato , drum programming, guitar, written by, arranged by, vocal arrangement, programmed by, drum programming, arranged by, vox arrangement, guitar, drum programming, voice, voices from mother earth, lead guitar | |
Dick Gregory , *1932 US voice, wisdom | |
Supa Dave West voc, US programmed by, track programming, written by | |
Talib Kweli voc, *1975 US rap, master of ceremonies, written by | |
Angela Davis , *1944 US voice, wisdom | |
Dwayne Kicko Wellman , drums | |
Alfredo Mojica cng, percussion | |
Frederico González Peña sax, piano, electric piano, starship rhodes, piano, piano in the journey | |
Caron Wheeler voc, *1963 GB vocals, beauty & warmth (vox), voice, voices from mother earth, arranged by, vox arrangement, vocals, vox mysticism, vocals, water & light (vox) | |
Gil Scott-Heron voc, 1949-2011 JM featuring, father soul from "comment #1" | |
Countee Cullen , US featuring, father soul from "heritage" | |
Etheridge Knight , 1931-1991 US featuring, father soul from "the idea of ancestry", voice, father soul from "hard rock returns to prison from the hospital for the criminally insane" | |
Michael Cain p, *1966 US piano, ancestral worship (piano), written by | |
Lalah Hathaway voc, bvoc, *1968 US arranged by, vox arrangement, voice, voices from mother earth, vocals, choir of jabril | |
Gene Lake dr, *1966 US drums | |
Gregoire Maret h, *1975 CH harmonica | |
Sean Rickman dr, g, US drums | |
Jacques Schwarz-Bart ts, *1962 FR tenor saxophone | |
The Brethren , band | |
Marcus Miller , *1959 US bass clarinet, bass, fretless bass | |
Michael Hampton g, *1956 US featuring | |
Kid Funkadelic , guitar, guitar sermon | |
Claude McKay , 1889-1948 JM voice, father soul from "if we must die" | |
June Jordan , 1936-2002 US voice, mother soul from "in memoriam: martin luther king jr." | |
Redman voc, *1970 US featuring | |
Tweet voc, bvoc, *1971 US featuring |
Jennifer Stone a&r, maverick a&r administration |
Danny Strick a&r, maverick a&r |
Natalie Preston a&r, warner bros. a&r administration |
Damu Mtume a&r, warner bros. a&r |
Frank Maddocks art direction, design |
Rail Rogut edited by, additional post production editing |
Cato engineer, producer, drum programming |
Erik Dyba engineer |
Kofi Taha executive-producer |
Wilson & Associates management, business management |
Tom Coyne mastered by |
Bob Power mixed by |
Andy Brooks engineer, additional engineering, mixed by, assisted by |
David Fenton photography by |
Satya photography by |
Meshell Suhaila Bashir-Shakur producer, drum programming |
Missy Elliott producer, remix |
Rockwilder producer, remix |
Supa Dave West producer |
Holly Adams product manager |
No | Title | Artist | Composer | Duration |
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1 | Dead Nigga Blvd. (Pt. 1) | Me'Shell NdegéOcello | Cato, Meshell Suhaila Bashir-Shakur | 3:04 |
2 | Hot Night | Me'Shell NdegéOcello | Hector Lavoe, Meshell Suhaila Bashir-Shakur, Supa Dave West, Talib Kweli | 4:32 |
3 | Interlude: Blah Blah Blah, Dyba Dyba, Dyba | Me'Shell NdegéOcello | Cato, Meshell Suhaila Bashir-Shakur | 0:40 |
4 | Priorities 1-6 | Me'Shell NdegéOcello | Cato, Meshell Suhaila Bashir-Shakur | 3:43 |
5 | Pocketbook | Me'Shell NdegéOcello | Meshell Suhaila Bashir-Shakur | 4:00 |
6 | Barry Farms | Me'Shell NdegéOcello | Meshell Suhaila Bashir-Shakur | 5:21 |
7 | Trust | Me'Shell NdegéOcello | Meshell Suhaila Bashir-Shakur | 5:26 |
8 | Akel Dama (Field Of Blood) | Me'Shell NdegéOcello | Meshell Suhaila Bashir-Shakur, Michael Cain | 7:28 |
9 | Earth | Me'Shell NdegéOcello | Cato, Meshell Suhaila Bashir-Shakur | 5:14 |
10 | Better By The Pound | Me'Shell NdegéOcello | George Clinton, Grace Cook | 5:24 |
11 | Criterion | Me'Shell NdegéOcello | Meshell Suhaila Bashir-Shakur | 4:28 |
12 | GOD.FEAR.MONEY | Me'Shell NdegéOcello | Meshell Suhaila Bashir-Shakur | 3:32 |
13 | Jabril | Me'Shell NdegéOcello | Meshell Suhaila Bashir-Shakur | 6:06 |
14 | (no audio) | Me'Shell NdegéOcello | ||
15 | Dead Nigga Blvd. (Pt. 2) | Me'Shell NdegéOcello | Cato, Meshell Suhaila Bashir-Shakur | 3:13 |
16 | Interlude: 6 Legged Griot Trio (Weariness) | Me'Shell NdegéOcello | Meshell Suhaila Bashir-Shakur | 4:54 |
17 | Pocketbook (Rockwilder And Missy Elliott Remix) | Me'Shell NdegéOcello | Dana Stinson, Meshell Suhaila Bashir-Shakur, Missy Elliott, Reggie Noble | 4:00 |