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Playa
Cheers 2 U

Album US 1998 on Def Jam Recordings label
Hip-Hop/Rap and R&B/Soul (RnB/Swing, Contemporary R&B)

Publishing Track 2: © 1998 Mi Jac Music/Warner Tamerlane Music/Taking Care Of Business (BMI) Track 3: © 1998 Virginia Beach Music/Herbilicious Music/Blazilicious Music (ASCAP) Track 4: © 1998 Herbilicious Music/Blazilicious Music/Cavilicious Music/Virginia Beach Music (ASCAP) Tracks 5, 7, 13, 14: © 1998 Herbilicious Music/Blazilicious Music/Cavilicious Music (ASCAP) Track 8: © 1998 Herbilicious Music/Virginia Beach Music (ASCAP) Track 9: © 1998 Mass Confusion, Inc./Virginia Beach Music (ASCAP) Track 10: © 1998 Herbilicious Music/Cavilicious Music/Virginia Beach Music (ASCAP) Track 11: © 1998 Herbilicious Music/Cavilicious Music (ASCAP) Track 12: © 1998 Herbilicious Music/Blazilicious Music/Cavilicious Music/Virginia Beach Music/Chrysalis Music/Pecot Music Co. (ASCAP)/Human Rhythm Music (BMI) Track 16: © 1998 BAJ Music/Shorty Poppa Music/Blazilicious Music/F. B. Music/Ruthless Attack Muzik (ASCAP) Track 1: Herbilicious Music/Cavilicious Music/Blazilicious Music (ASCAP)/MCA Duchess Music Corp./New Thunder Music Co. (BMI). Produced for Playa Productions. Recorded and mixed at Manhattan Center Studios, NYC. Contains a sample from "The Girl From Ipanema" (G. Norman, J. A. Carlos, D. M. Vinicious) MCA Duchess Music Corp./New Thunder Music Co. (BMI), as recorded by Stan Getz and Astrud Gilberto, courtesy of Verve Records, under license from PolyMedia, a division of PolyGram Group Distribution, Inc. Track 2: produced for Timbaland Productions, Inc. Recorded at Mastersound Studios, Virginia Beach, VA and Manhattan Center Studios, NYC. Mixed at Manhattan Center Studios, NYC. Contains interpolations of "Thank You" (S. Stewart), Mi Jac Music/Warner Tamerlane Music (BMI) and "Don't Stop The Music (Yarbrough, Peoples), Taking Care Of Business (BMI). Track 3: produced for Timbaland Productions, Inc. Recorded and mixed at Manhattan Center Studios, NYC. Track 4: produced for for Playa Productions. Co-produced for Timbaland Productions, Inc. Recorded at Soundtrack Studios, NYC. Mixed at Manhattan Center Studios, NYC. Track 5: produced for for Playa Productions. Recorded at Soundtrack Studios, NYC. Mixed at Manhattan Center Studios, NYC. Track 6: Herbilicious Music/Blazilicious Music/Cavilicious Music (ASCAP)/Copyright Control. produced for for Playa Productions. Recorded and mixed at Manhattan Center Studios, NYC. Track 7: produced for for Playa Productions. Mixed at Axis Studios, NY. Tracks 8, 10: produced for Timbaland Productions, Inc. Recorded at Master Sound Studios, Virginia Beach, VA. Mixed at Studio 56, Los Angeles, CA. Track 9: produced for Timbaland Productions, Inc. Recorded at Master Sound Studios, Virginia Beach, VA. Mixed at Manhattan Center Studios, NYC. Track 11: produced for for Playa Productions. Recorded at Scream Studios, CA. Mixed at Manhattan Center Studios, NYC. Track 12: produced for Timbaland Productions, Inc. Recorded at Master Sound Studios, Virginia Beach, VA. Mixed at Studio 56, Los Angeles, CA. Contains interpolations from "Baby" (K. Crouch, R. Patterson, K. Jones), Chrysalis Music/Pecot Music Co. (ASCAP)/Human Rhythm Music (BMI) and "Bad Girls" (J. Esposito, E. Hokenson, B. Sudano D. Summer) Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp./Rightsong Music/Earborne Music (BMI)/Sweet Summer Nights Music (ASCAP). Track 13: produced for for Playa Productions. Recorded at Soundtrack Studios, NY. Mixed at Axis Studios, NY. Track 14: produced for for Playa Productions. Recorded and mixed at Axis Studios, NY. Track 15: Herbilicious Music/Cavilicious Music/Blazilicious Music (ASCAP). Arranged for Playa Productions. Recorded and mixed at Manhattan Center Studios, NYC. Track 16: produced/co-produced for House Entertainment. Recorded at Soundtrack Studios, NY. Mixed at Axis Studios, NY. Contains an interpolation of "Message To B.A." (L. Patterson, A. Young), Ruthless Attack Muzik (ASCAP). Executive producers and management for Blackground Enterprises, Inc. ℗ © 1998 Rush Associated Labels Recordings Manufactured and marketed by Def Jam Records, Inc. Distributed by Polygram Group Distribution, Inc. Printed in U.S.A. Made in U.S.A.

     
Musicians
PortraitPlaya , 1990-2003 US
album by, lead vocals, backing vocals, arranged by, vocal arrangements
Deion Johnson
other, grooming
Mr. Wendell
other, stylist
Chonita Floyd
product manager, marketing
PortraitMagoo voc,
featuring, lyrics by
PortraitBlack ,
lyrics by
PortraitStatic ,
lyrics by, lyrics by, arranged by, vocal arrangement
PortraitBill Pettaway g, perc, *1960
guitar, additional guitar
PortraitTimbaland dr, bvoc,
producer, instruments, all instruments played by
PortraitSmokey voc,
lyrics by
PortraitMissy Elliott voc, *1971 US
featuring, lyrics by, written by
PortraitAaliyah bvoc, voc, 1979-2001 US
featuring
PortraitJimmy Douglass , US
lyrics by
PortraitDerick "D Man" McElveen ,
programmed by, additional programming, written by
PortraitJames Earl Jones voc,
arranged by, vocal arrangement, written by
PortraitFoxy Brown , *1978 US
featuring, vocals, additional vocals
PortraitKerie Cooper ,
keyboards
Producers
Playa a&r, a&r direction
The Drawing Board art direction, design
Barry Hankerson executive-producer, management
Jomo Hankerson executive-producer, management
James Cruz mastered by
Jonathan Mannion photography by
Todd Wachsmuth engineer, assistant mix engineer
Smokey producer
Jimmy Douglass recorded by, mixed by
Timbaland mixed by, producer, recorded by, mixed by, co-producer
Steve Sola recorded by
James Rosenthal engineer, assistant mix engineer, engineer, assistant engineer
Conley Abrams mixed by, recorded by, mixed by
Wayne Allison recorded by, engineer, assistant engineer
Victor Bruno engineer, assistant engineer
Rob Paustian recorded by
Static co-producer
Derick "D Man" McElveen co-producer
James Earl Jones producer
Album Tracks
No Title Artist Composer Duration
1Intro-InterludePlayaBlack, Magoo, Static, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Benjamin Bush, Jawaan Peacock, Melvin Barcliff, Norman Gimbel, Stephen Garrett, Vinicius De Moraes1:39
2Don't Stop The MusicPlayaBlack, Static, Alisa Peoples, Benjamin Bush, Cavin Yarbrough, Stephen Garrett, Sylvester Stewart, Timothy Mosley4:45
3All the WayPlayaBlack, Static, Benjamin Bush, Stephen Garrett, Timothy Mosley4:56
4Everybody Wanna Luv SomebodyPlayaBlack, Static, Benjamin Bush, Jawaan Peacock, Stephen Garrett, Timothy Mosley5:18
5TogetherPlayaBlack, Static, Benjamin Bush, Jawaan Peacock, Stephen Garrett3:55
6Derby City-InterludePlayaBlack, Magoo, Static, Benjamin Bush, Jawaan Peacock, Melvin Barcliff, Stephen Garrett2:24
7I-65PlayaBlack, Smokey, Static, Benjamin Bush, Jawaan Peacock, Stephen Garrett4:36
8Cheers 2 UPlayaStatic, Stephen Garrett, Timothy Mosley5:11
9Ms. ParkerPlayaMissy Elliott, Missy Elliott, Timothy Mosley5:02
10Top Of The WorldPlayaSmokey, Static, Jawaan Peacock, Stephen Garrett, Timothy Mosley4:58
11One Man WomanPlayaJimmy Douglass, Static, Jawaan Peacock, Stephen Garrett4:30
12I'll B 2 C UPlayaBlack, Smokey, Static, Benjamin Bush, Jawaan Peacock, Keith Crouch, Kipper Jones, Rahsaan Patterson, Stephen Garrett, Timothy Mosley4:25
13PushPlayaBlack, Static, Benjamin Bush, Jawaan Peacock, Stephen Garrett4:01
14Buggin' Over YouPlayaBlack, Static, Benjamin Bush, Jawaan Peacock, Stephen Garrett3:51
15Gospel InterludePlayaBenjamin Bush, Jawaan Peacock, Stephen Garrett2:12
16I Gotta KnowPlayaAndre Young, Benjamin Bush, Derick "D Man" McElveen, Inga Marchand, James Earl Jones, Lorenzo Patterson3:59
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