E-Life (album)
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| Released | May 8, 2008 | |||
| Genre | R&B | |||
| Length | 59:57 | |||
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| Producer | Mint Condition | |||
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E-Life is the sixth studio album by the band Mint Condition issued in 2008 on Image Entertainment.[2] The album reached No. 8 on the Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart and No. 12 on the Billboard Top Independent Albums chart.[3][4]
Overview
E-Life is Mint Condition's second album for the label Image Entertainment.
The first single released from E-Life was the song "Baby Boy, Baby Girl"- with an alternate version sent to radio featuring guest vocals from neo-soul singer Anthony Hamilton. The second single "Nothing Left to Say" featured a music video directed by fellow Minneapolis, Minnesota native and independent filmmaker Wayne H. Johnson, Jr.[5] The music video was created by the faculty and students of Globe University/Minnesota School of Business.[6] Members of the school's Music Business program, digital video and media production programs were primarily responsible for the making of the video.[7]
The song "Why Do We Try" was later covered by Robert Glasper with Mint Condition frontman Stokley Williams on Glasper's 2012 album Black Radio.
Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Baby Boy, Baby Girl (feat. Anthony Hamilton)" | Ricky Kinchen, Stokley Williams, Lawrence Waddell, Anthony Hamilton | 4:27 |
| 2. | "Somethin' (feat. Phonte)" | Kinchen, Williams, Waddell, Phonte Coleman | 4:39 |
| 3. | "Just Can't Believe" | Williams | 4:19 |
| 4. | "Goldigger [sic]" | Kinchen, Waddell, Williams | 4:50 |
| 5. | "Gratitude" | Williams, Kinchen | 3:51 |
| 6. | "Nothing Left to Say" | Williams, Waddell | 4:46 |
| 7. | "Right Here" | Homer O'Dell, Williams | 4:49 |
| 8. | "E-Life" | Williams | 1:01 |
| 9. | "Why Do We Try (feat. Ali Shaheed Muhammad)" | Kinchen, Jeffrey Allen, Williams, Chris Dave | 5:20 |
| 10. | "Back and Forth" | Williams | 6:05 |
| 11. | "Moan" | O'Dell, Williams, Waddell | 4:14 |
| 12. | "Queen of Come Here Go Away" | Williams | 2:50 |
| 13. | "Wish I Could Love You (Pimp Juice)" | Kinchen | 4:52 |
| 14. | "Baby Boy Baby Girl" | Kinchen, Williams, Waddell | 3:55 |
Personnel
Credits adapted from album's text.[2]
- Stokley Williams - lead and background vocals, drums, drum programming, guitar, bass synth, moog, keyboards, harmonica, steel pan
- Ricky Kinchen - co-lead and background vocals, bass, keyboards, drum programming, acoustic guitar, photography
- Lawrence Waddell - keyboards, piano
- Jeffrey Allen - background vocals, saxophone
- Homer O'Dell - guitar, keyboards, drum programming
- Chris Dave - drums
- Phonte - rap, background vocals
- Alicia Marie - intro vocals
- Brandon Kinchen - intro vocals
- Ali Shaheed Muhammad - turntables
- Anna - trumpet
- Kat Higgins - background vocals
- Brian Johnson - mixing
- Herb Powers, Jr. - mastering
References
- ^ "Mint Condition: E-Life". allmusic.com. Allmusic.
- ^ a b Mint Condition: E Life. Image Entertainment. 2008.
- ^ "Mint Condition: E-Life (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)". billboard.com. Billboard.
- ^ "Mint Condition: E-Life (Top Independent Albums)". billboard.com. Billboard.
- ^ "Wayne Johnson, Jr. on Vimeo". profile. vimeo.com. Retrieved April 6, 2014.
- ^ "Minnesota students create Mint Condition video". article. soultracks.com. Retrieved April 6, 2014.
- ^ "Popular R&B Group's Music Video Created by Students, Faculty of Minnesota School of Business". article. prweb.com. Retrieved April 6, 2014.