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Released
  
June 4, 2002

Artist
  
Meshell Ndegeocello

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Comfort Woman(2003)

Release date
  
4 June 2002

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Producer
  
Meshell Ndegeocello, Allen Cato, Missy Elliott, Rockwilder, Supa Dave West

Label
  
Maverick Recording Company

Genres
  
Hip hop music, Contemporary R&B, Rhythm and blues, Neo soul

Nominations
  
Grammy Award for Best Contemporary R&B Album, GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding Music Album

Similar
  
Meshell Ndegeocello albums, Contemporary R&B albums

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Cookie: The Anthropological Mixtape is an album by Meshell Ndegeocello. It was released on 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 also peaked at #21 on the Billboard R&B Album chart and #67 on Billboard's Top Internet Albums chart.

Contents

Two singles were released from the LP. A remixed version of "Pocketbook" charted on Billboard's R&B Bubbling Under the Hot 100 chart, for several weeks, also appearing on the R&B Airplay and Sales charts. "Earth" was remixed by Ben Watt and peaked at #14 on Billboard's Dance Music/Maxi Single Sales chart.

The album contains short clips of spoken word performances by writers and artists such as Angela Davis, Gil-Scott Heron and Etheridge Knight.

Track listing

  1. "Dead Nigga Blvd., Pt. 1" (Meshell Ndegeocello, Allen Cato) – 3:03
  2. "Hot Night" (Supa Dave West, Ndegeocello, Talib Kweli, Héctor Lavoe) – 4:32
  3. "Interlude: Blah Blah Blah, Dyba Dyba Dyba" (Ndegeocello, Cato) – :40
  4. "Priorities 1-6" (Ndegeocello, Cato) – 3:43
  5. "Pocketbook" (Ndegeocello) – 4:00
  6. "Barry Farms" (Ndegeocello) – 5:20
  7. "Trust" (Ndegeocello) – 5:25
  8. "Akel Dama (Field of Blood)" (Ndegeocello, Michael Cain) – 7:27
  9. "Earth" (Ndegeocello, Cato) – 5:14
  10. "Better By the Pound" (George Clinton, Grace Cook) – 5:23
  11. "Criterion" (Ndegeocello) – 4:27
  12. "GOD.FEAR.MONEY" (Ndegeocello) – 3:31
  13. "Jabril" (Ndegeocello) – 6:06
  14. "Dead Nigga Blvd., Pt. 2" (Ndegeocello, Cato) – 3:13
  15. "Interlude: 6 Legged Griot Trio (Weariness)" (Ndegeocello) – 4:53
  16. "Pocketbook (Rockwilder and Missy Elliott Remix)" (Ndegeocello, Missy Elliott, Dana Stinson, Reggie Noble) – 3:59

Musicians

  • Meshell Ndegeocello – vocals, bass guitar, additional instruments
  • Allen Cato – guitar, vocals, vocal arrangement, drum programming
  • Michael Hampton – guitar
  • Marcus Miller – bass clarinet, fretless bass
  • Jacques Schwarz-Bart – tenor saxophone
  • Grégoire Maret – harmonica
  • 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

    • Production

  • Meshell Ndegeocello – producer
  • Allen Cato – producer, engineer
  • Missy Elliott – producer
  • Rockwilder – producer
  • Supa Dave West – producer, track programmer
  • Andrew Brooks – engineer
  • Eric Dyba – engineer
  • Bob Power – mixing
  • Rail Jon Rogut – production editing
  • Tom Coyne – mastering
  • Frank Maddocks – art direction, design
  • David Fenton – photography
  • Damu Mtume – A&R
  • Danny Strick – A&R

    • Songs

    1Dead Nigga Blvd Part 13:03
    2Hot Night4:32
    3Interlude: Blah Blah Blah - Dyba Dyba Dyba0:40

    References

    Cookie: The Anthropological Mixtape Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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