My Melody (Queen Pen album) explained

My Melody is the debut studio album by American rapper Queen Pen, released on December 16, 1997, by Lil' Man Records, a distribution by Interscope Records and was executive produced by Teddy Riley. The album went to number 78 on the Billboard 200, number 13 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums and number one on the Top Heatseekers, and had three charting singles "Man Behind the Music", "All My Love" and "Party Ain't a Party".

Track listing

Credits adapted from the album's liner notes.^[1]

Sample credits^[1]

• "Queen of the Click" contains an interpolation of "Put The Music Where Your Mouth Is", written by Pete Wingfield and Jo Wright.
• "Man Behind the Music" contains interpolations of:
  • "I Know You Got Soul", written by Bobby Byrd, Charles Bobbit, and James Brown.
  • "Your Love", written by James Brown.
• "All My Love" contains a sample of "Never Too Much", written and performed by Luther Vandross.
• "My Melody" contains an interpolation of "'Cause You Love Me Baby", written by Deniece Williams.
• "Party Ain't a Party" contains a sample of "On Your Face", written by Maurice White, Charles Stepney, and Philip Bailey; as recorded by Earth, Wind & Fire.
• "It's True" contains an interpolation of "True", written by Gary Kemp.
• "The Set Up" contains a sample of "Let Me Love You", written by Ray Parker Jr. and Michael Henderson, as recorded by Michael Henderson.
• "Get Away" contains a sample of "In The Air Tonight", written and performed by Phil Collins.
• "I'm Gon Blow Up" contains an interpolation of "Hollywood", written by David Wolinski and Louis Fischer.
• "Girlfriend" contains interpolations of:
  • "If That's Your Boyfriend (He Wasn't Last Night)", written by Michelle Johnson.
  • "It's Ecstasy When You Lay Down Next to Me", written by Ekundayo Paris and Nelson Pigford.
• "No Hooks" contains a sample of "My Friend in the Sky", written by Robert DeBarge and Bunny DeBarge, as recorded by Switch.

Personnel

• Keyboards and drum programming: Teddy Riley, Kaseem "Mixture" Coleman, Knobody, William "Skylz" Stewart
• Bass: Şerban Ghenea
• Background vocals: Richard Stites, Freaky Tah, Teddy Riley, Chauncey Hannibal
• Recording engineers: George Mayers, Şerban Ghenea, Coleman Dagget, Earl Thomas
• Mixing: George Mayers, Şerban Ghenea
• Executive Producer: Teddy Riley
• Co-Executive Producer: Markell Riley, Madeline Nelson
• Mastering: Herb Powers
• Photography: Dorothy Low

Notes and References

1. My Melody . 1997 . booklet . Lil' Man, Interscope.