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1999 Coko – Hot Coko


Hot Coko é o álbum de estreia solo de estúdio da cantora americana de R&B Coko . Foi lançado pela RCA Records em 10 de agosto de 1999. Hot Coko serviu como o esforço de estreia da cantora após o lançamento do terceiro álbum de sua banda SWV, Release Some Tension (1997), que levou à primeira dissolução do grupo em 1998. Participações especiais no álbum são feitas pela rapper Eve e pelo cantor Tyrese. Hot Coko apresenta produção de nomes como Damon Thomas, Rodney Jerkins, Marc Anthony, Missy Elliott, Timbaland e Brian Alexander Morgan, com quem Coko trabalhou enquanto membro do SWV no início da década.

O álbum estreou na posição 68 na Billboard 200 dos EUA e entrou no top 20 dos principais álbuns de R&B/Hip-Hop dos EUA. Recebeu críticas geralmente mistas a positivas de críticos musicais após seu lançamento. Hot Coko gerou dois singles que encontraram sucesso mínimo nas paradas da Billboard, com seu single principal "Sunshine", alcançando as classificações mais baixas da parada Billboard Hot 100 dos EUA, onde alcançou o top setenta, tornando-se sua única aparição naquela parada até o momento. Pouco depois do desempenho abaixo do esperado do álbum nas paradas da Billboard, Coko deixou a RCA no final de 1999.

Tracks

1  Intro (Jake Carter; Trevor Job) 00:40
2  Don’t Take Your Love Away (Cheryl Gamble; Rodney Jerkins; Fred Jerkins III; Lashawn Daniels) 04:10
3  Sunshine (Cheryl Gamble; Rodney Jerkins; Fred Jerkins III; Lashawn Daniels) 03:52
4  You And Me (Cheryl Gamble; Rodney Jerkins; Fred Jerkins III; Lashawn Daniels) 04:27
5  Bigger Than We (Brian Alexander Morgan) 04:37
6  Try-Na Come Home (Cheryl Gamble; HIM; Lashawn Daniels; Tiffany Wilson) 04:08
7  Triflin’ (Brian Alexander Morgan; Cheryl Gamble; Eve Jihan Jeffers; Roosevelt Harrell; Tamara Powell; Trina Powell) 04:47
8  I Ain’t Feelin You (Cheryl Gamble; Rodney Jerkins; Fred Jerkins III; Isaac Phillips; Lashawn Daniels; Mary Christine Brockert; Richard Rudolph) 04:27
9  Everytime (Brian Alexander Morgan; Cheryl Gamble; Lalah Hathaway) 05:07
10  All My Lovin’ (Cheryl Gamble; Rodney Jerkins; Fred Jerkins III; Lashawn Daniels) 05:02
11  If This World Were Mine (Marvin Gaye) 05:21
12  So Hard To Say Goodbye (Bob Newt; Damon Thomas; Eric Jackson; Johnnie Newt) 04:22

Musicians

1 Intro

BassTrevor Job
DrumsTrevor Job
GuitarJake Carter
KeyboardsJake Carter


2 Don’t Take Your Love Away

All InstrumentsRodney Jerkins
RapRodney Jerkins
VocalsCoko


3 Sunshine

KeyboardsLoren Dawson
All Other InstrumentsRodney Jerkins
VocalsCoko


4 You And Me

All InstrumentsRodney Jerkins
VocalsCoko


5 Bigger Than We

BassBrian Alexander Morgan
DrumsBrian Alexander Morgan
Background VocalsBrian Alexander Morgan
KeyboardsBrian Alexander Morgan
GuitarKevin Scott
VocalsCoko


6 Try-Na Come Home

All InstrumentsJohn Daniels
VocalsCoko


7 Triflin’

BassBrian Alexander Morgan
BassRoosevelt Harrell
DrumsBrian Alexander Morgan
Drums (programming)Roosevelt Harrell
GuitarKevin Scott
KeyboardsBrian Alexander Morgan
ProgrammingBrian Alexander Morgan
HarpRoosevelt Harrell
RapEve Jihan Jeffers
VocalsCoko


8 I Ain’t Feelin You

All InstrumentsRodney Jerkins
VocalsCoko


9 Everytime

DrumsBrian Alexander Morgan
GuitarMatt King
KeyboardsBrian Alexander Morgan
VocalsCoko


10 All My Lovin’

All InstrumentsRodney Jerkins
VocalsCoko


11 If This World Were Mine

BassLawson Turner
GuitarMichael J Powell
KeyboardsMichael Mindingall
PercussionMichael J Powell
VocalsTyrese Gibson
VocalsCoko


12 So Hard To Say Goodbye

BassNathan East
DrumsRicky Lawson
Drums (programming)Damon Thomas
GuitarEric Jackson
KeyboardsDamon Thomas
PianoGreg Phillinganes
Background VocalsBabyFace
Background VocalsKevon Edmonds
Background VocalsSheree Ford
VocalsCoko

Liner Notes

Producer – Rodney Jerkins (Tracks 2, 3, 4, 8, 10)
Producer – LaShawn Daniels (Track 4)
Producer – Brian Alexander Morgan (Tracks 5, 7, 9)
Producer – John Daniels (Track 6)
Producer – Michael J Powell (Track 11)
Producer – Damon Thomas (Track 12)
Producer (Vocal) – LaShawn Daniels (Tracks 2, 3, 8, 10)
Producer (Vocal) – HIM (Track 6)
Co-producer – Bink! (Track 7)
Producer (Executive) – Anthony Morgan, Cheryl “Coko” Gamble
Coordinator – Ivy Skoff (Track 12)
Arranged By – HIM (Track 6)
Arranged By (Orchestra) – Bill Meyers (Track 12)
Arranged By (Strings) – Claire Fischer (Track 5)
Arranged By (Strings) – Larry Gold (Track 9)
Conductor – Claire Fischer (Track 5)
Conductor – Bill Meyers (Track 12)
Engineer (Assistant) – Andy Hasegawa, Dann Thompson, Steve Mazur, Will Donovan (Track 12)
Engineer (Pro-Tools) – Harvey Mason Jr (Tracks 2, 4, 8, 10)
Mastered By – Herb Powers Jr
Mixed By – Jake Carter (Track 1)
Mixed By – Jean-Marie Horvat (Tracks 2, 3)
Mixed By – Rodney Jerkins (Tracks 2, 8)
Mixed By – Dave Pensado (Track 4)
Mixed By – Ben Garrison (Track 6)
Mixed By – Dexter Simmons (Tracks 7, 9, 12)
Mixed By – Brad Gilderman (Track 10)
Mixed By – Michael J Powell, Lil Man (Track 11)
Mixed By (Assistant) – Mike Kopcha (Track 12)
Recorded By – Jake Carter (Track 1)
Recorded By – Lashawn Daniels (Tracks 2, 4, 8, 10)
Recorded By – Harvey Mason Jr (Tracks 2, 4)
Recorded By – Ted Wohlsen (Track 3)
Recorded By – Nat Foster (Tracks 5, 7, 9)
Recorded By – Brian Alexander Morgan (Tracks 5, 9)
Recorded By – Pete Karam (Tracks 5, 12)
Recorded By – Brian Kincaid (Track 6)
Recorded By – Brian Carter (Track 7)
Recorded By – Brad Gilderman (Tracks 8, 10)
Recorded By – Michael J Powell, Lil Man (Track 11)
Recorded By – Andy Haller, Paul Boutin (Track 12)
Recorded By (Orchestra) – Dann Thomas (Track 5)
Recorded By (Orchestra) – Tommy Vicari (Track 12)

Design – Jane Morledge
Photography – Torkil Gudnason

Mastered At Powers House Of Sound
Phonographic Copyright BMG Entertainment
Copyright BMG Entertainment

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