Cookie: The Anthropological Mixtape
| Cookie: The Anthropological Mixtape | ||||
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| Released | June 4, 2002 | |||
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| Label | Maverick | |||
| Producer | Allen Cato, Meshell Ndegeocello | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 82/100[1] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [2] |
| Blender | [3] |
| Entertainment Weekly | A[4] |
| Rolling Stone | [5] |
| Slant Magazine | [6] |
| Spin | 8/10[7] |
| Vibe | 4/5[8] |
| The Village Voice | A−[9] |
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.
Two singles were released from the LP. The 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 pays homage to the power of the word, written and spoken," Meshell Ndegeocello states in the liner notes of the album. It features short clips of spoken word performances by writers, poets and activists such as Angela Davis, Gil-Scott Heron and Etheridge Knight.
Track listing
- "Dead Nigga Blvd., Pt. 1" (Meshell Ndegeocello, Allen Cato) – 3:03
- "Hot Night" (Supa Dave West, Ndegeocello, Talib Kweli, Héctor Lavoe) – 4:32
- "Interlude: Blah Blah Blah, Dyba Dyba Dyba" (Ndegeocello, Cato) – :40
- "Priorities 1-6" (Ndegeocello, Cato) – 3:43
- "Pocketbook" (Ndegeocello) – 4:00
- "Barry Farms" (Ndegeocello) – 5:20
- "Trust" (Ndegeocello) – 5:25
- "Akel Dama (Field of Blood)" (Ndegeocello, Michael Cain) – 7:27
- "Earth" (Ndegeocello, Cato) – 5:14
- "Better By the Pound" (George Clinton, Grace Cook) – 5:23
- "Criterion" (Ndegeocello) – 4:27
- "GOD.FEAR.MONEY" (Ndegeocello) – 3:31
- "Jabril" (Ndegeocello) – 6:06
- "Dead Nigga Blvd., Pt. 2" (Ndegeocello, Cato) – 3:13
- "Interlude: 6 Legged Griot Trio (Weariness)" (Ndegeocello) – 4:53
- "Pocketbook (Rockwilder and Missy Elliott Remix)" (Ndegeocello, Missy Elliott, Dana Stinson, Reggie Noble) – 3:59
Personnel
Musicians
- Meshell Ndegeocello – vocals, bass guitar, additional instruments ("everything else")
- Allen Cato – guitar, drum programming, vocal arrangement (#2, 9)
- Federico González Peña – Rhodes electric piano (#7), piano (#9, 13, 15)
- Michael Cain – piano (#8)
- Grégoire Maret – harmonica (#9, 13)
- Jacques Schwarz-Bart – tenor saxophone (#10, 11, 13, 15)
- Marcus Miller – bass clarinet and fretless bass (#13)
- Michael Hampton – electric guitar (#14)
- Oliver Gene Lake Jr. – drums (#9, 11-13, 15)
- Kiggo Wellman – drums (#6)
- Sean Rickman – drums (#10)
- Alfredo Mojica – percussion (#7, 9-11, 13)
- Supa Dave West – track programming (#2)
- Talib Kweli – rapper (#2)
- Lalah Hathaway – vocals (#9, 13), vocal arrangement (#9)
- Caron Wheeler – vocals (#7, 9, 10, 11)
- Redman – rapper (#16)
- Tweet – vocals (#16)
- Spoken words by Dick Gregory (#1), Angela Davis (#2), Gil Scott-Heron (#8), Countee Cullen (#8), Etheridge Knight (#8, 15), Claude McKay (#15), June Jordan (#15)
Production
- Produced by Allen Cato and Meshell Ndegeocello
- "Hot Night" (#2) co-produced by Supa Dave West
- "Pocketbook" remix (#16) produced by Rockwilder and Missy Elliott
- Recorded by Eric Dyba and Allen Cato
- Additional post production editing by Rail Jon Rogut
- Mixed by Bob Power
- Assisting and additional mixing by Andrew Brooks
- Mastering by Tom Coyne
- Art direction and design by Frank Maddocks
- Photography by David Fenton
- Kofi Taha – executive producer
- A&R by Damu Mtume and Danny Strick
References
- ^ "Reviews for Cookie: The Anthropological Mix Tape by Me'Shell Ndegéocello". Metacritic. Retrieved October 15, 2018.
- ^ O'Neill, Brian. "Cookie: The Anthropological Mixtape – Meshell Ndegeocello". AllMusic. Retrieved October 15, 2018.
- ^ Scott, Kieran. "Me'Shell NdegéOcello: Cookie: The Anthropological Mix Tape". Blender. Archived from the original on April 17, 2004. Retrieved October 15, 2018.
- ^ Tyehimba, Cheo (June 7, 2002). "Cookie: The Anthropological Mixtape". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on June 16, 2018. Retrieved October 15, 2018.
- ^ Berger, Arion (June 20, 2002). "Me'Shell Ndegeocello: Cookie: The Anthropological Mixtape". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on September 30, 2007. Retrieved October 15, 2018.
- ^ Cinquemani, Sal (June 1, 2002). "Meshell Ndegeocello: Cookie: The Anthropological Mixtape". Slant Magazine. Retrieved October 15, 2018.
- ^ Green, Tony (March 2002). "Meshell Ndegeocello: Cookie: The Anthropological Mixtape / Joi: Star Kitty's Revenge". Spin. 18 (3): 129. Retrieved October 15, 2018.
- ^ Byrd, Ayana (March 2002). "Meshell Ndegeocello: Cookie: The Anthropological Mix Tape". Vibe. 10 (3): 172. Retrieved October 15, 2018.
- ^ Christgau, Robert (September 3, 2002). "A Very Good Year". The Village Voice. Retrieved October 15, 2018.