Bout It

Bout It is the debut album by American Gospel singer Willie Norwood. It was released on October 23, 2001 and received little commercial success.

Content

It encompasses a gamut of musical styles: soul and pop as well as traditional gospel. Featured are covers of the Stevie Wonder gospel composition "Have a Talk With God," along with the Jackie DeShannon-penned inspirational classic, "Put a Little Love in Your Heart." The hymn "Have Thine Own Way" pairs Norwood with Hip hop artist Ray J vocally. Popular gospel group the Williams Brothers penned and contributed backing vocals to the tracks "The Search Is Over" and "No Limit." The gospel classic "I'd Trade a Lifetime" takes Norwood back to his early years in the church. The track features a guest appearance from keyboardist Billy Preston. He also teams up with R&B/pop singer Brandy on the lushly produced inspirational track "A Love Shared." The track also features sax work from Kirk Whalum.

Tracklisting

1. "Bout It" (featuring Brandy & Ray J) (Carter) – 4:48
2. "Have A Talk With God" (Hardaway, Wonder) – 3:54
3. "A Love Shared" (featuring Brandy & Kirk Whalum) (Caldwell, Caldwell, Winans) – 4:01
4. "Put A Little Love In Your Heart" (DeShannon, Holiday, Myers) – 3:48
5. "I'm Gonna Make It" (Caldwell, Caldwell, Winans) – 4:12
6. "No Limit" (Williams, Williams) – 4:26
7. "Have Thine Own Way" (featuring Ray J) (Caldwell, Caldwell) – 4:23
8. "I'd Trade A Lifetime" (Bradley) (featuring Billy Preston) – 4:05
9. "The Search Is Over" (Horne, Williams ) – 5:21
10. "All That I Need" (Lu, Norwood) – 3:54
11. "'Bout It" (Reprise) (Carter) – 0:40

Personnel

• Chris Bellman – Mastering
• Brandy – Vocals (bckgr)
• Thomas Bricker – Art Direction, Design
• Cedric Caldwell – Arranger, Multi Instruments, Producer, Engineer, Mixing
• Victor Caldwell – Arranger, Multi Instruments, Producer, Engineer, Mixing
• Pharis "June Bug" Evans, Jr. – Producer, Drum Programming, Percussion Programming
• Carl Gorodetzky – String Contractor
• Darwin Hobbs – Vocals (bckgr)
• Dee Dee Holt – Drums
• Bob Horn – Mixing
• Derrick Horne – Multi Instruments
• Ronn Huff – String Arrangements, String Conductor
• Paul Jackson, Jr. – Guitar
• Barry Landis – Executive Producer
• Stephen Lu – Producer
• Mark Lusk – Artist Development
• Ann McCrary – Vocals (bckgr)
• W.T. Norwood, Sr. – Performer
• William Norwood – Vocals, Vocals (bckgr), Mixing
• Tiffany Palmer – Vocals (bckgr)
• LeAnne Palmore – Vocals (bckgr)
• Shandra Penix – Vocals (bckgr)
• Billy Preston – Organ (Hammond)
• Ray J – Performer
• Dana Reed – Guitar
• Duane Starling – Vocals (bckgr)
• Demetrus Alexander Stewart – Executive Producer
• Kirk Whalum – Sax (Tenor)
• Doug Williams – Vocals, Producer, Mixing
• Melvin Williams – Vocals, Producer, Mixing
• Jerard Woods – Vocals (bckgr)
• Jovaun Woods – Vocals (bckgr)

Charts

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