Born & Raised (Joy Denalane album)

Born & Raised
Studio album by Joy Denalane
Released August 11, 2006
Recorded 2004—2006
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  • Nesola
  • Four Music
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Joy Denalane chronology

Mamani Live
(2004)		 Born & Raised
(2006)		 The Dresden Soul Symphony
(2008)
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Born & Raised is the second studio album by German recording artist Joy Denalane. It was released by Nesola Records and Four Music on August 11, 2006 in German-speaking Europe, featuring production by No I.D., Jake One, BAB Gardeat and executive producer Max Herre. American rappers Lupe Fiasco, Raekwon and Governor appear as guest vocalists on the album. The album reached number 2 on the Media Control albums chart, making it Denalane's highest-charting record to date, and spawned four singles: "Let Go", Raekwon-cover "Heaven or Hell", "Sometimes Love" and "Change". The song Change was featured twice in the blockbuster film Taken. Taken is a 2008 English-language French action thriller film directed by Pierre Morel, written by Luc Besson and Robert Mark Kamen, and starring Liam Neeson, Maggie Grace, Leland Orser, Jon Gries, David Warshofsky, Holly Valance, Katie Cassidy, Xander Berkeley, Olivier Rabourdin, Gérard Watkins, and Famke Janssen. It was played twice, once during the birthday party and again during the concert.

Track listing

No. TitleWriter(s)Producer(s) Length
1. "Change" (featuring Lupe Fiasco)
 4:18
2. "Let Go"  
  • Lewis
  • Herre
  • Neblett
  • Denalane
  • Buster Poindexter
  • Jackie Members
 4:32
3. "Be Real"  
  • Herre
  • Neblett
  • Anthony Tidd
  • Denalane
  • Herre
 4:16
4. "Heaven or Hell" (featuring Raekwon)
  • Herre
 4:35
5. "One in a Million"  
  • Hassan Annouri
  • Richard James Moore
 3:46
6. "For the Love"  
  • Paul "Gooch" Cantor
 4:07
7. "7 Year Itch"  
  • Herre
  • Neblett
  • Denalane
  • Chris Sholar
  • A.L. Barret
  • Chris Sholar
 5:00
8. "Caught Up"  
  • Herre
  • Neblett
  • Tidd
  • Denalane
  • J. Glaser
  • T. Glaser
  • Herre
  • Tidd
 3:31
9. "Stranger in This Land"  
  • Herre
  • Neblett
  • Denalane
  • Herre
 5:38
10. "Start Over"  
  • Herre
  • Neblett
  • Denalane
  • Herre
 4:02
11. "Born & Raised"  
  • No I.D.
 4:08
12. "Something Stirrin' Up" (featuring Governor)
  • SaschliQ
 5:50
13. "Despite It All"  
  • Noizetrip
 3:53
14. "Soweto '76 – '06"  
  • Herre
 4:55
15. "Sometimes Love"  
  • Herre
  • Neblett
  • Denalane
  • A.L. Barret
  • Herre
  • Josh David
 3:11

Credits and personnel
  • Klaus Marquardt - violin
  • Claudia Pfister - violin
  • Don Phillipe - wurlitzer
  • Raphael Sacha - viola
  • Christoph Sauer - bass
  • Violina Sauleva - viola
  • Lillo Scrimali - piano, organ, synthesizer
  • Tim Ströble - cello
  • Sebastian Studinitzky - horn
  • Myriam Trück - violin
  • Matthias Trück - cello
  • Tommy W. - drums

Production

Charts

Chart (2006) Peak
position
Austrian Albums Chart 42
German Albums Chart 2
Swiss Albums Chart 5

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