Best of Black ’99: The Finest Black Music of the Year

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1Every Time (album version)
assistant recording engineer:
Michael McCoy, Xavier Smith and Brad Yost
recording engineer, engineer and mixer:
Steve Hodge (engineer and producer)
executive producer:
René Elizondo Jr. and Janet Jackson
producer:
Jimmy Jam (James Harris of Jam & Lewis) and Terry Lewis (US hip-hop/soul songwriter, producer & label owner)
clarinet, flute and saxophone:
Ken Holmen
guitar:
O. Nicholas Raths
trumpet:
Lynne Erickson
lead vocals:
Janet Jackson
instruments arranger and vocals arranger:
Janet Jackson, Jimmy Jam (James Harris of Jam & Lewis) and Terry Lewis (US hip-hop/soul songwriter, producer & label owner)
strings arranger:
Lee Blaske
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Virgin Records America, Inc. (for copyrights use only; for release labels, please refer to either “Virgin” or “Virgin America”) (in 1997)
produced for:
Flyte Tyme Productions
recording of:
Every Time
writer:
René Elizondo Jr., Janet Jackson, James Harris III (James Harris of Jam & Lewis) and Terry Lewis (US hip-hop/soul songwriter, producer & label owner)
Janet Jackson34:17
2I Cry (radio edit)
Ray Horton3:24
3You Don’t Know (radio edit)
recording of:
You Don’t Know
writer:
Carsten Schack, Channette Higgens, Channoah Higgens and Kenneth Karlin
7023:25
4Back at One (radio version)
assistant recording engineer:
Mary Ann Souza
recording engineer:
Tommy Vicarri and Chris Wood (recording engineer)
drum machine programming:
Brian McKnight
executive producer:
Bruce Carbone, Kedar Massenburg and Herb Trawick
producer:
Brian McKnight
assistant mixer:
Tom Bender (engineer)
mixer:
Mick Guzauski
bass, keyboard, percussion, background vocals and lead vocals:
Brian McKnight
arranger:
Brian McKnight
orchestrator:
Bill K. Meyers (pianist, composer, producer, arranger, and conductor)
recorded at:
Capital Studios (Hollywood, CA, founded 1956) in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States
mixed at:
Barking Doctor in Mount Kisco, New York, United States
recording of:
Back at One
lyricist, writer and composer:
Brian McKnight
publisher:
Cancelled Lunch Music, PolyGram International Publishing, Inc. (renamed Universal PolyGram International Publishing, Inc. circa 1998) and Universal PolyGram International Publishing, Inc. (existed only since ca. 1998)
Brian McKnight3:24
5Have You Ever? (radio edit)
Brandy4:10
6All Out of Love (radio edit)
Andru Donalds4:00
7Tell Me It’s Real (radio edit)
performer:
K‐Ci & JoJo (US R&B duo)
edit of:
Tell Me It’s Real by K‐Ci & JoJo (US R&B duo)
recording of:
Tell Me It’s Real
lyricist:
Rory Bennett, Cedric R Hailey (US R&B/hip hop artist, Cedric Hailey) and Joel Lamonte Hailey (R&B singer, member of K‐Ci & JoJo)
composer:
Rory Bennett, Roy C. Bennett (US songwriter) and Joel Lamonte Hailey (R&B singer, member of K‐Ci & JoJo)
publisher:
EMI April Music Inc., Hee Bee Dooinit Music and LBN Publishing
K‐Ci & JoJo3.53:41
8From the Heart
Monica4:51
9You Got Me
The Roots feat. Jill Scott4:24
10The First Night (video version)
recording of:
The First Night
writer:
Jermaine Dupri (American rapper, record producer, actor & DJ), Marilyn McLeod (soul/jazz singer and songwriter), Tamara Savage and Pam Sawyer (British‐born American lyricist and songwriter)
Monica3:55
11Hard Knock Life (The Ghetto Anthem) (radio edit)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Roc-A-Fella LLC Records
samples:
It’s the Hard‐Knock Life (Annie, 1977 original Broadway cast) by Andrea McArdle, Orphans
recording of:
Hard Knock Life (Ghetto Anthem)
writer:
Martin Charnin, Mark Howard James (aka DJ Mark), Shawn Carter (US rapper) and Charles Strouse
publisher:
45 Music, EMI Blackwood Music Inc., Helene Blue Musique Ltd., Lil Lulu Music and MPL Communications Inc. (Paul McCartney‐related, NYC‐based company)
JAY‐Z24:03
12All That I Can Say (radio edit)
recording of:
All That I Can Say
lyricist and composer:
Lauryn Hill
Mary J. Blige3:37
13What’s So Different?
recording of:
What’s So Different?
writer:
Tommy Boyce (US songwriter of Boyce and Hart), Elgin Lumpkin (US R&B singer), Bobby Hart and Tim Mosley
Ginuwine43:56
14Just Can’t Get You Off My Mind
Profyle4:15
15Keys to the Range
recording of:
Keys to the Range
Jagged Edge feat. Jermaine Dupri3:45
16’Bout It, ’Bout It (So So Def remix radio edit)
Jesse Powell feat. Da Brat3:35
17Nobody Does It Better (single version)
Nate Dogg feat. Warren G.3:44
18My Team Plays to Win (radio version)
Lamar3:18
19Damn (Should’ve Treated U Right)
So Plush feat. Ja Rule4:46
20Gimme All Your Lovin’ 2000 (12″ extended mix)
Martay feat. ZZ Top4:32

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part of:Best of Black (number: 1999) (order: 3)