Best of Black ’97

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Tracklist

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1CD
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1He’s Comin’ (radio mix)Nana3:55
2Johnny B.
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
K-Town Records (in 1997)
cover recording of:
Johnny B.
writer:
Eric Bazilian, Rick Chertoff and Rob Hyman
publisher:
Edition Intro (publisher), Meisel MV and Polygram Songs MV
Down Low4:01
3Rumours (Rumours Street mix radio edit)
recording of:
Rumours
writer:
Alex Hill (Member of Club Nouveau), Michael Marshall (US hip-hop/R&B vocalist/producer, member of Timex Social Club) and Marcus Thompson
publisher:
EMI Songs Ltd.
Awesome3:23
4Hypnotize (Biggie, Biggie...)
recording of:
Biggie
writer:
Antoine Spain (Songwriter), John Bahler, Christopher Wallace (The Notorious B.I.G.), Wes Farrell, Jamel Fisher (Jamel Fisher), James Lloyd, Kimberly Jones (US rapper) and Nashiem Myrick
The Notorious B.I.G.3:49
5Ain’t That Just the Way (radio edit)
recording of:
Ain’t That Just the Way
writer:
Bruce Belland, Glen Larson and Stu Phillips (US TV/film composer, conductor & producer)
publisher:
MCA Music Publishing (renamed since c. 1996 as Universal Music Publishing Group)
Lutricia McNeal3:21
6When Doves Cry
cover recording of:
When Doves Cry
lyricist and composer:
Prince (“The Artist Formerly Known as…”)
publisher:
Because Éditions and Controversy Music
Ginuwine4:33
7Don’t Leave Me (radio edit)
performer:
Dr. Dre (Andre Young, rap producer)
recording of:
Don’t Leave Me
writer:
Karen Anderson (US R&B/hip-hop singer and songwriter), Chauncey Hannibal, Teddy Riley (US R&B singer & producer) and Roosevelt Harrell III
Blackstreet feat. Dr. Dre4:22
8Here Comes the Sun (Sunny radio mix)
recording of:
Here Comes the Sun
lyricist:
Alex Christensen (German techno DJ/producer), Tom Civic, Gerel Koenigsverdraag and Corinne Overmann
writer:
Ricardo Overman
composer:
Alex Christensen (German techno DJ/producer) and Tom Civic
publisher:
Alex C. Music, BMG-Ufa (not for release label use! this is a music publisher), EMI Publ. and Scales Music
R’n’G4:07
9R U Ready (album version)
Salt‐N‐Pepa53:52
10Ain’t Nobody
cover recording of:
Ain’t Nobody (additional lyrics)
additional lyricist:
James Todd Smith
lyricist and composer:
David “Hawk” Wolinski
publisher:
Full Keel Music
version of:
Ain’t Nobody
LL Cool J4:31
11I Shot the Sheriff (album version)Warren G4.44:07
12We Trying to Stay Alive (LP version)
recording of:
We Trying to Stay Alive
additional lyricist:
J. Forte, S. Michel and N. Jean (Haitian rapper, musician and actor)
writer:
B. Gibb, M. Gibb and R. Gibb (Robin Gibb)
publisher:
Careers–BMG Music Publishing, Inc., Copyright Control (not for release label use! this is only for copyrights and publishing relationships), Gibb Brothers Music, Sony/ATV Tunes LLC (ASCAP) and Tete San Ko Publishing
is based on:
Top Billin'
Wyclef Jean feat. Refugee Allstars3:04
13I’ll Be (main mix)
recording of:
I’ll Be
writer:
Samuel Barnes, C.Stein, D.Harry, J.C.Olivier (hip hop producer Jean Olivier, of Poke and Tone), René Moore, S.Carter (US rapper) and Angela Winbush
publisher:
A La Mode Music, Inc. and EMI Virgin Music Inc.
Foxy Brown3:15
14Romeo & Juliet (original single edit)
Poetry'n'Motion3:39
15Cold Rock a Party (Bad Boy remix) (radio edit clean)
recording of:
Cold Rock a Party
MC Lyte4:07
16Paparazzi (radio version) (clean)Xzibit3:54
17Time Is Tickin’ Away (radio edit)C‐Block4:02
18Bang‐Bang (2 Shots in the Head) (Bang the radio)
recording of:
Bang Bang (2 Shots in the Head!)
lyricist:
Karsten Dreyer, Torsten Dreyer and Butch Mosby
composer:
Karsten Dreyer and Torsten Dreyer
publisher:
Hanseatic Musikverlag GmbH (1964–2001), Warner/Chappell (Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.) and X-tatic
Black Attack3:56
19Golden Brown
recording of:
Golden Brown
writer:
Jet Black (UK drummer Brian Duffy, member of The Stranglers), Jean‐Jacques Burnel, Hugh Cornwell (English rock musician) and Dave Greenfield
publisher:
Complete Music, Complete Music Ltd., EMI Music (do not use as release label! this is a music publisher), EMI Music Publishing (do not use as a release label!), EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated), EMI Songs Ltd. and Plumbshaft-Ltd.
Kaleef44:03
20Step Into a World (Rapture’s Delight) (remix)
vocals:
KRS‐One and Puff Daddy (Sean Combs, aka Puff Daddy, P. Diddy)
recording of:
Step Into a World (Rapture’s Delight)
additional composer:
Deborah Harry and Chris Stein
publisher:
Chrysalis Music (music publisher, ASCAP-affiliated)
KRS‐One feat. Puff Daddy4:36
2CD
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1I Believe I Can FlyR. Kelly24:43
2You Might Need Somebody (DJ Classic radio mix)
cover recording of:
You Might Need Somebody
composer:
Nan O’Byrne (American songwriter and composer) and Tom Snow (US keyboardist/songwriter)
Shola Ama33:50
34 Seasons of Loneliness (radio edit)
recording of:
4 Seasons of Loneliness
writer:
James Harris III (James Harris of Jam & Lewis) and Terry Lewis (US hip-hop/soul songwriter, producer & label owner)
publisher:
EMI April Music Inc.
Boyz II Men2.54:28
4I Wanna Be the Only One
mixer:
Andy Bradfield
guest vocals:
BeBe Winans (American gospel/soul singer, R&B producer and radio presenter)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
EMI Records Ltd. (not for release label use! UK parent of EMI‐owned labels until Sept 2012) (in 1997)
recording of:
I Wanna Be the Only One
lyricist:
BeBe Winans (American gospel/soul singer, R&B producer and radio presenter)
composer:
Rhett Lawrence and BeBe Winans (American gospel/soul singer, R&B producer and radio presenter)
publisher:
Benny’s Music (BeBe Winans publisher), BMG Songs Inc., EMI Blackwood Music Inc. and Rhettrhyme Music
Eternal feat. BeBe Winans2.53:34
5Every Time I Close My Eyes (radio edit)
Babyface4:12
6If I Ruled the World (Imagine That) (main mix)
recording of:
If I Ruled the World (Imagine That) (Nas, from album "it was written")
lyricist:
Lauryn Hill and Nas (US rapper)
composer:
Poke (hip hop producer Jean Olivier, of Poke and Tone) and Tone (hip-hop producer Samuel Barnes (Poke & Tone/Trackmasters))
Nas4:42
7Loungin’ (Who Do Ya Love) (radio remix edit)
recording of:
Loungin (Who Do Ya Luv)
composer:
LL Cool J, Rashad Smith (US hip-hop & R&B record producer), Lenny White and Bernard Wright
revision of:
Loungin
LL Cool J3:41
8Lonely (radio mix)
recording of:
Lonely
writer:
Nana Kwame Abrokwa, Bülent Aris and Toni Cottura
publisher:
Booya Music, Hanseatic (publisher) and Warner Chappell (Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.)
Nana3:48
9Light in Me
A.K. S.W.I.F.T.3:51
10I Need You (album version)
recording engineer:
Michael Vail Blum, Max Martin (Swedish record producer) and Denniz PoP
producer and mixer:
Max Martin (Swedish record producer) and Denniz PoP
background vocals:
3T (Taj, Taryll and TJ Jackson) and Michael Jackson (“King of Pop”)
lead vocals:
TJ Jackson (Tito of Jackson 5's son (Tito Joe Jackson))
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
MJJ Music (in 1995) and MJJ Productions Inc. (rights holder, not an imprint) (in 1996)
produced for:
Cheiron Productions
recorded at:
Cheiron Studios in Stockholm, Stockholms län (Stockholm county), Sweden and Titan Studios in Sherman Oaks, Los Angeles, California, United States
mixed at:
Cheiron Studios in Stockholm, Stockholms län (Stockholm county), Sweden
cover recording of:
I Need You
lyricist and composer:
Eric Carmen
publisher:
C.A.M.-USA, Inc., Eric Carmen Music and PolyGram International Publishing, Inc. (renamed Universal PolyGram International Publishing, Inc. circa 1998)
3T23:56
11Stairway to Heaven (radio mix)
cover recording of:
Stairway to Heaven
writer:
Jimmy Page and Robert Plant (of Led Zeppelin)
publisher:
Superhype Music, Inc. (ended), Flames of Albion Music, Inc., Superhype Publishing, Warner Bros. (holding: file NO releases), Warner Brothers (publisher, not an imprint), Warner Chappell (Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.), Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996) and Warner Chappell North America Limited (UK-registered publishing company, affiliated with PRS)
sub-publisher:
Warner/Chappell Music Japan, Synch division (Warner/Chappell Music Japan K.K., Synch Division) (ended), Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc. (holding company – do not use as release label) (ended) and Neue Welt Musikverlag GmbH München
G’s Incorporated3:56
12Tha Crossroads (DJ U‐Neek’s No Thug remix)
recording of:
Tha Crossroads (DJ U‐Neek’s Mo Thug remix)
writer:
Byron McCane, Charles Scruggs, Anthony Henderson (aka Krayzie Bone), Ernie Isley, Marvin Isley, O’Kelly Isley, Ronald Isley (a.k.a. Mr. Biggs), Rudolph Isley, Chris Jasper and Steve Howse
dedicated to:
Eazy‐E
publisher:
Bovina Music Inc., EMI April Music Inc., Keenu Songs, Mo Thugs Muzik and Ruthless Attack Muzick
is based on:
Crossroad (different from "Tha Crossroads")
Bone Thugs & Harmony3:45
13No Woman No Cry (remix with Steve Marley)
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 1996)
cover recording of:
No Woman, No Cry
lyricist and composer:
Vincent Ford
publisher:
Almo Music Corp. (USA, affiliated with ASCAP), Bob Marley Music Inc., Copyright Control (not for release label use! this is only for copyrights and publishing relationships), Global Musikverlag (Global Musik GmbH & Co. KG), PolyGram International Publishing, Inc. (renamed Universal PolyGram International Publishing, Inc. circa 1998), Blue Mountain Music (in 1974), Fifty Six Hope Road Music Limited (in 1974), Odnil Music Ltd. (in 1974) and Global (publisher) (in 1976)
Fugees4:19
14The Way That You Talk (clean LP version)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony Music Entertainment (NOT FOR RELEASE LABEL USE! company owned by Sony Corporation of America since Oct 1, 2008; operates worldwide except in JP) (in 1997)
recording of:
The Way That You Talk
writer:
Da Brat, Brandon Casey (member of Jagged Edge), Brian Casey (member of Jagged Edge) and J. Dupri (American rapper, record producer, actor & DJ)
publisher:
Air Control Music, EMI April Music, Them Damn Twins and Town Tantrum Music
Jagged Edge feat. Da Brat & JD3:40
15Return of the Mack (C & J radio edit)
additional producer:
Cutfather & Joe
producer:
Phil Chill and Mark Morrison (r&b vocalist)
remixer:
Cutfather & Joe
recording of:
Return of the Mack
lyricist and composer:
Mark Morrison (r&b vocalist)
Mark Morrison3.53:29
16Remember Me
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Guidance Records (in 1997)
samples:
Woman of the Ghetto by Marlena Shaw
recording of:
Remember Me
writer:
Lex Blackmore, Richard Evans (US jazz/soul bassist, composer, arranger and producer), Bobby Miller (US songwriter & record producer) and Marlena Shaw
publisher:
EMI Music Publishing Ltd (PRS‐affiliated)
quotes lyrics from:
Woman of the Ghetto
The Blueboy33:48
17It’s Like That (Drop the Break – radio edit)
additional producer:
Jason Nevins
producer:
Larry Smith (US hip hop producer) and Russell Simmons
remixer:
Jason Nevins
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Profile Records Ltd. and Smile Communications
produced for:
Rush Groove Productions
recording of:
It’s Like That
writer:
Darryl McDaniels (rapper Darryl McDaniels), Joseph Simmons (US rapper Rev. Run of Run-D.M.C) and Larry Smith (US hip hop producer)
publisher:
Protoons Inc., Rush-Groove and Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996)
Run‐D.M.C. vs. Jason Nevins3.34:10
18Cosmic Girl (radio edit)
engineer and mixer:
Al Stone (UK engineer)
co-producer:
Jay Kay (English singer, Jamiroquai) and Al Stone (UK engineer)
conductor:
Simon Hale
strings arranger:
Simon Hale and Jay Kay (English singer, Jamiroquai)
arranger:
Jay Kay (English singer, Jamiroquai)
recording of:
Cosmic Girl
writer:
Jay Kay (English singer, Jamiroquai) and Derrick McKenzie
publisher:
EMI Blackwood Music Inc. and EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated)
Jamiroquai43:43
19You Are the Universe (radio version)
recording of:
You Are the Universe
writer:
Siedah Garrett and Andrew Levy
publisher:
Black Chick Music and SM Publishing (UK) Limited (Sony Music, 2009–2020)
sub-publisher:
ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング A事業部 (Sony Music Publishing (Japan) Inc., A Division)
The Brand New Heavies3:38
20Runaway
cover recording of:
Runaway
writer:
Janice Gugliuzza, Ronnie James (US funk/disco artist, member of Salsoul Orchestra) and Vincent Montana, Jr.
Nu Yorican Soul4:09

Credits

Release

design:AD Five
rights society:BIEM (international rights organization representing member societies from 58 countries)
MCPS (UK rights society; do not use this as a label or work publisher!)
copyrighted (©) by and phonographic copyright (℗) by:PolyGram GmbH (not for release label use!) (in 1997)
glass mastered by:PMDC (Germany)
Discogs:https://www.discogs.com/release/1544019 [info]
ASIN:DE: B00000B7Y8 [info]
other databases:http://www.musik-sammler.de/media/130237 [info]

Release group

part of:Best of Black (number: 1997) (order: 1)