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 (US engineer) 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 Jackson2.84:17
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)
cover recording of:
All Out of Love
writer:
Clive Davis (record producer, A&R executive and music industry chief executive) and Graham Russell (Air Supply)
publisher:
Arista Music, Inc., BMG Music Publishing Ltd., BRM Publishing, Careers–BMG Music Publishing, Inc., DJDMP, Inc., Nottsongs, Riva Music Ltd., Universal Music Careers, Universal Music Publishing MGB Ltd., Warner Chappell Music (holding behind all publishing activities of Warner Music Group, 2019–) and Warner/Chappell Music Ltd. (1996–2019)
sub-publisher:
Sony Music Publishing (Japan) Inc. (song publisher, never a release label), シンコーミュージック・エンタテイメント (Shinko Music Entertainment Co., Ltd.), ヤマハミュージックEH(CM) (Yamaha Music EH(CM)) 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)
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
recording of:
You Got Me
writer:
Ahmir Khalib Thompson (US drummer, producer and DJ), Jill Scott, Scott Storch (producer) and Tariq Luqmaan Trotter (US rapper, singer, and actor Tarik Trotter)
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:
Ms. Lauryn Hill
Mary J. Blige3:37
13What’s So Different?
producer:
Timbaland
music videos:
What’s So Different? by Ginuwine (US R&B singer)
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
Ginuwine2.53:56
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)
recording of:
Gimme All Your Lovin’
writer:
Frank Beard (ZZ Top drummer), Billy Gibbons and Dusty Hill
publisher:
BMG Rights Management Scandinavia AB (not for release label use! use it’s imprint “BMG (2008–present)”), Hamstein Music Company (publisher), Music of Stage Three and Songs of Mosaic
Martay feat. ZZ Top4:32

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