Mahogany Soul Angie Stone . It was first released in the United States on October 16, 2001, by J Records . In the US, the album sold 71,000 copies in its first week of release. The album spawned five singles: "Brotha ", "Brotha Part II", "Wish I Didn't Miss You ", "More Than a Woman ", and "Bottles & Cans".
Mahogany Soul Released October 16, 2001 (2001-10-16 ) Studio Battery, New York City[ a] Chung King , New York City[ b] Jammin', New York City[ c] Skip Saylor Recording, Northridge , California[ d] Enterprise, Burbank, California [ e] The Record Plant , Hollywood, California[ f] The Hit Factory , New York City[ g] Playground/MiniMansion, Closter, New Jersey [ h] The Tracken Place, Hollywood, California[ i] Motion Sound Recording, New York City[ j] The Studio, Philadelphia[ k] Glowy, West Orange, New Jersey [ l] Circle of 5ths Digital, New York City[ m] KrucialKeys, New York City[ n] Quad, New York City[ n] Genre
Length 74 :58 Label J Producer
AllMusic editor Jose F. Promis called the album "one of the best R&B albums of 2001". He found that Mahogany Soul "delivers more of the organic, gritty, rootsy yet sophisticated soul which put her on the map as a solo artist. The production is great and the songs are funky, mature, and intelligent, but when she truly shines is when she actually spreads her wings and glides away from her neo-soul trappings, which she manages effortlessly."[ 7] Los Angeles Times soul music . One of the year's most commanding works."[ 9] Billboard Mahogany Soul oozes with heart-warming energy that's simultaneously contemporary and old-school. Stone once again rolls her gospel-honed vocals around real-life issues and emotion-filled lyrics."[ 14]
Reviewing for PopMatters Mark Anthony Neal hailed Mahogany Soul as "an accomplished piece of R&B music" in a year with other impressive debut albums by singers in the genre, including Alicia Keys ' Songs in A Minor Bilal 's 1st Born Second Res 's How I Do samples in the context of authentic soul music. In response to the popular reception for the lead single "Brotha", Neal said he regards it as a "passionate and thoughtful defense" of African-American men, while pointing out "brutally trenchant" perspectives of men elsewhere in the album's relationship songs.[ 2] Rolling Stone ' s Barry Walters found that "like its title suggests, Mahogany Soul isn't flashy [or] even all that catchy [...] Like D'Angelo , Stone specializes in dramatic moods expressed with mellow methods. Give her understated passion time to marinate, and Stone's soul picnic will satisfy."[ 13]
Entertainment Weekly Mahogany falls into the same artistic cul-de-sac that made D'Angelo ' s Voodoo Mahogany more so-so than soulful."[ 8] The Village Voice Robert Christgau was less enthusiastic, singling out "Brotha" and "Bottles and Cans" as highlights while finding the album in general to be "longer on groove than song" and "longer on song than the brothas".[ 15] NME MOR ."[ 11] BBC Online , Daryl Easlea said Mahogany Soul "remains her masterpiece" and called it "a confident musical statement of what it means to be African-American [that] came to define the neo-soul movement of the early 21st century".[ 1]
Mahogany Soul track listingTitle Writer(s) Producer(s) 1. "Soul Insurance" 5:00 2. "Brotha " 4:28 3. "Pissed Off"
Stone
Tabib
Rufus Moore
Stephanie Bolton 4:41 4. "More Than a Woman" (duet with Calvin ) 4:53 5. "Snowflakes"
Jason Hariston
Moore
Dino Fekaris
Nick Zesses
Stone
Rufus Blaq[a]
Hariston[c] 3:49 6. "Wish I Didn't Miss You " 4:30 7. "Easier Said Than Done" Warryn "Baby Dubb" Campbell 3:56 8. "Bottles & Cans" Gerald Isaac Gerald "Da Clean Up Man" Isaac 3:54 9. "The Ingredients of Love" (duet with Musiq Soulchild )
Carvin "Ransum" Haggins
Ivan "Orthodox" Barias 3:56 10. "What U Dyin' For" Muhammad 5:26 11. "Makings of You (Interlude)" Curtis Mayfield Stone 2:30 12. "Mad Issues" 4:49 13. "If It Wasn't"
Stone
Aaron "Freedom" Lyles 4:22 14. "20 Dollars" Isaac 4:42 15. "Life Goes On" 3:57 16. "The Heat (Outro)" 1:54 17. "Brotha Part II" (featuring Alicia Keys and Eve )
Stone
Saadiq
Lilly
Standridge
Ozuna
Jerry Beach 4:02 18. "Time of the Month" Isaac Isaac 4:09 Total length: 74:58
Japanese edition bonus track[ 24] Title Writer(s) Producer(s) 19. "Makin' Me Feel"
Saadiq
Stone
Kelvin Wooten
Standridge
Ozuna
Saadiq
Jake and the Phatman[a] 4:08 Total length: 79:06
Notes
^a ^b ^c ^d Sample credits
Credits adapted from the liner notes of Mahogany Soul .[ 25]
Angie Stone – vocals (all tracks) ; bass, percussion (track 1) ; background vocals (tracks 1–3, 7, 9, 10–13, 16) ; Rhodes piano (tracks 3, 13) ; arrangement (tracks 6, 11) ; vocal arrangement (track 9) ; Wurlitzer (tracks 12, 15) ; crowd participation (track 13) Sherena Wynn – background vocals (tracks 1, 11)
Tenita Dreher – background vocals (tracks 1, 3, 11, 13)
Stephanie Bolton – background vocals (tracks 1, 3, 11, 13)
Eran Tabib – drum programming, keyboards (track 1) ; acoustic guitar (tracks 1, 12, 15) ; guitars (tracks 3, 13) ; classical guitar (track 11) ; drums (track 12) ; electric guitar (tracks 12, 15) ; strings (track 15) ; all instruments (track 16)
Aubrey Dayle – percussion (track 1)
Raphael Saadiq – guitars, bass (track 2) Harold Lilly – keyboards (track 2) ; background vocals (tracks 2, 7)
Jake and the Phatman – turntables, drum programming (track 2) Chucky T – drums, bass (tracks 3, 15) Daniel Sadownick – percussion (track 3)
Calvin – vocals (track 4) Clifton Lighty – background vocals (track 4)
Balewa Muhammad – background vocals (track 4) Swizz Beatz – arrangement (track 6) Joe Kwimbee – bass, guitars (track 6)
Andrea Martin – background vocals (track 6) Warryn "Baby Dubb" Campbell – all instruments (track 7) John "Jubu" Smith – guitar (track 7)
Gerald "Da Clean Up Man" Isaac – arrangement (tracks 8, 14, 18)
Jonathan DuBose Jr. – guitar (track 8)
Dewey "Bassman" Browder – bass (track 8)
Ray Chew – string arrangements, string conducting (track 8) Musiq Soulchild – vocals, background vocals, vocal arrangement (track 9) Carvin Haggins – vocal arrangement (track 9) Jamar Jones – organ, Rhodes piano (track 9)
Frankie "Rocco" Romano – guitar (track 9)
Ali Shaheed Muhammad – all instruments (except lead guitar) (track 10) Bob Power – lead guitar (track 10) Larry Peoples Sr. – bass (track 11) ; crowd participation (track 13)
Jamal Peoples – Rhodes piano (track 11) ; organ (track 13)
Larry Peoples Jr. – percussion (track 11)
Rufus Blaq – background vocals (track 12)
Ivan Neville – Hammond B-3 (track 12) Robert Eldridge – tenor saxophone (track 12)
Reginald Hines – alto saxophone (track 12)
Paul Litteral – trumpet (track 12)
Aaron "Freedom" Lyles – Wurlitzer, drums, percussion, crowd participation (track 13)
E. Serrano – crowd participation (track 13)
Rodney Davis – additional keyboards (track 14)
Alicia Keys – vocals (track 17) Eve – vocals (track 17) Kerry "Krucial" Brothers – all instruments (except bass), digital programming (track 17) Rufus Jackson – bass (track 17)
Eric Lorde – additional keyboards (track 18)
Angie Stone – production (tracks 1, 3, 5, 11–13, 15, 16) ; co-production (track 6) ; executive production
Eran Tabib – production (tracks 1, 3, 12, 15, 16)
Tim Donovan – engineering (tracks 1, 3, 12, 15, 16) ; recording (tracks 5, 8, 11, 13, 14) ; mixing (tracks 11, 13, 15, 16)
Jon Shriver – engineering (tracks 1, 3, 12, 15, 16)
Jeremy Mitchell – engineering assistance (tracks 1, 12, 16)
Rowie Nameri – engineering assistance (track 1)
Steven Maldonado – engineering assistance (track 1)
"Prince" Charles Alexander – mixing (tracks 1, 2, 14, 18) Richard Furch – mixing assistance (track 1)
Raphael Saadiq – production (tracks 2, 17)
Jake and the Phatman – co-production (tracks 2, 17)
Danny Romero – recording, additional recording (track 2)
Regula Merz – recording assistance (track 2)
Rich Palmer – recording assistance (track 2)
Derek Carlfon – additional recording assistance (track 2)
Chucky T – programming production (tracks 3, 15)
Flip Osman – engineering (track 3) ; mixing assistance (tracks 3, 5, 6, 8, 12)
Paul Oliveira – engineering assistance (track 3) ; recording assistance, mixing assistance (track 11)
Zach Prewitt – engineering assistance (tracks 3, 12, 15, 16)
Kyle W. – engineering assistance (track 3)
Tony Maserati – mixing (tracks 3, 5, 6, 8, 12) Eddie F – production (track 4) Darren Lighty – production (track 4) "You Can Ask" Giz – recording, mixing (track 4) Erick Ferrell – mixing assistance (track 4)
Kevin Perry – mixing assistance (track 4)
Rufus Blaq – co-production (track 5)
Jason Hariston – associate production (track 5)
Ivan Matias – production (track 6) Andrea Martin – production (track 6)
Swizz Beatz – co-production (track 6)
Warryn "Baby Dubb" Campbell – production (track 7)
Jan Fairchild – recording (track 7)
Manny Marroquin – mixing (track 7) Farah Fima – mixing assistance (track 7)
Sandra Campbell – project coordination (track 7)
Gerald "Da Clean Up Man" Isaac – production, recording (tracks 8, 14, 18)
Edwin Ramos – recording (tracks 8, 14, 18)
Ivan "Orthodox" Barias – production (track 9) Carvin "Ransum" Haggins – production (track 9)
Charles "Storm" Martinez – recording (track 9)
Jeff Chestek – recording (track 9)
Serban Ghenea – mixing (track 9)
Ali Shaheed Muhammad – production (track 10)
Claudio Cueni – recording (track 10)
Ian Blanch – recording assistance (track 10)
Bob Power – mixing (track 10)
Aaron "Freedom" Lyles – production, recording (track 13)
Michael Conrader – engineering (track 15)
Jay Nicholas – engineering assistance (track 15)
Halsey Quemere – engineering assistance (track 15)
Jason Tumminello – mixing assistance (tracks 15, 16)
Kerry "Krucial" Brothers – remix, additional production (track 17)
Tony Black – recording, mixing (track 17) Peter Edge – executive productionBreyon Prescott – executive production
Herb Powers Jr. – mastering
Warwick Saint – photographyAlli – art direction, design
Eric Altenburger – digital imaging
Kenny Gravillis – CD label logo and art
Chris LeBeau – photo session production
^ Tracks 1, 3, 5, 11, 13 and 15
^ Tracks 1, 5, 6, 8, 12, 14–16 and 18
^ Tracks 1, 3, 12, 15 and 16
^ Tracks 2 and 10
^ Track 2
^ Additional recording on track 2
^ Tracks 3 and 4
^ Track 4
^ Track 7
^ Tracks 8, 14 and 18
^ Track 9
^ Track 10
^ Track 13
^ a b Track 17
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