Cookie: The Anthropological Mixtape
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Cookie: The Anthropological Mixtape | |||||
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Studio album by Me'shell Ndegeocello | |||||
Released | June 4, 2002 | ||||
Genre | Hip hop, R&B | ||||
Label | Maverick | ||||
Producer | Me'shell Ndegeocello Allen Cato Missy Elliott Rockwilder Supa Dave West |
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Cookie: The Anthropological Mixtape is an album by Me'shell Ndegeocello. It was released June 4, 2002 on Maverick Records. The album peaked at #67 on the Billboard Top 200 list that year, and was nominated for Best Contemporary R&B Album at the 2003 Grammy Awards.
The album contains short clips of spoken word performances by writers and artists such as Angela Davis, Gil-Scott Heron, and Etheridge Knight.
[edit] Track listing
- "Dead Nigga Blvd., Pt. 1" (Me'shell Ndegeocello, Allen Cato) – 3:03
- "Hot Night" (Supa Dave West, Ndegeocello, Talib Kweli, Héctor Lavoe) – 4:32
- "Interlude: Blah Blah Blah, Dyba Dyba Dyba" (Ndegeocello, Cato) – :40
- "Priorities 1-6" (Ndegeocello, Cato) – 3:43
- "Pocketbook" (Ndegeocello) – 4:00
- "Barry Farms" (Ndegeocello) – 5:20
- "Trust" (Ndegeocello) – 5:25
- "Akel Dama (Field of Blood)" (Ndegeocello, Michael Cain) – 7:27
- "Earth" (Ndegeocello, Cato) – 5:14
- "Better By the Pound" (George Clinton, Grace Cook) – 5:23
- "Criterion" (Ndegeocello) – 4:27
- "GOD.FEAR.MONEY" (Ndegeocello) – 3:31
- "Jabril" (Ndegeocello) – 6:06
- "Dead Nigga Blvd., Pt. 2" (Ndegeocello, Cato) – 3:13
- "Interlude: 6 Legged Griot Trio (Weariness)" (Ndegeocello) – 4:53
- "Pocketbook (Rockwilder and Missy Elliot Remix)" (Ndegeocello, Missy Elliott, Dana Stinson, Reggie Noble) – 3:59
[edit] Personnel
- Me'shell Ndegeocello – vocals, bass, additional instruments
- Gregoire Maret – harmonica
- Marcus Miller – bass clarinet, fretless bass
- Michael Hampton – guitar
- Jacques Schwarz-Bart – tenor saxophone
- Michael Cain – piano
- Federico Gonzalez Peña – piano
- Oliver Gene Lake Jr. – drums
- Kiggo Wellman – drums
- Sean Rickman – drums
- Alfredo Mojica – percussion
- Talib Kweli – rapper
- Redman – rapper
- Tweet – vocals
- Lalah Hathaway – vocals, vocal arrangement
- Caron Wheeler – vocals
- Allen Cato – guitar, vocals, producer, engineer, vocal arrangement, drum programming
- Missy Elliott – producer
- Rockwilder – producer
- Supa Dave West – producer, track programmer
- Rail Jon Rogut – production editing
- Tom Coyne – mastering
- Andrew Brooks – engineer
- Eric Dyba – engineer
- Bob Power – mixing
- David Fenton – photography
- Frank Maddocks – art direction, design
- Damu Mtume – A&R
- Danny Strick – A&R