Michael Cain | musicalphabet

On June 4, 2002, “Maverick” label released “Cookie: The Anthropological Mixtape”, the fourth Meshell Ndegeocello studio album. It contains short clips of spoken word performances by writers and artists Angela Davis, Gil-Scott Heron and Etheridge Knight, and was produced by Meshell Ndegeocello, Allen Cato,Missy Elliott, Rockwilder and Supa Dave West.

Personnel:

Meshell Ndegeocello– vocals, bass guitar, additional instruments
Allen Cato – vocals, guitar, vocal arrangement, drum programming
Michael Hampton –guitar
Michael Cain– piano
Federico Gonzalez Peña – piano
Grégoire Maret– harmonica
Oliver Gene Lake Jr. –drums
Kiggo Wellman – drums
Sean Rickman– drums
Alfredo Mojica –percussion
Jacques Schwarz-Bart– tenor saxophone
Marcus Miller– bass clarinet, fretless bass
Talib Kweli– rapper
Redman – rapper
Tweet– vocals
Lalah Hathaway– vocals, vocal arrangement
Caron Wheeler– vocals
Allen Cato – engineer
Andrew Brooks – engineer
Eric Dyba – engineer
Bob Power –mixing
Tom Coyne– mastering
Frank Maddocks – art direction, design
David Fenton –photography
Supa Dave West– track programmer
Rail Jon Rogut – production editing

Track listing:

Dead Nigga Blvd., Pt. 1 – Meshell Ndegeocello, Allen Cato
Hot Night – Supa Dave West, Meshell Ndegeocello, Talib Kweli, Héctor Lavoe
Interlude: Blah Blah Blah, Dyba Dyba Dyba – Meshell Ndegeocello,Allen Cato
Priorities 1-6 – Meshell Ndegeocello, Allen Cato
Pocketbook – Meshell Ndegeocello
Barry Farms – Meshell Ndegeocello
Trust – Meshell Ndegeocello
Akel Dama (Field of Blood) – Meshell Ndegeocello, Michael Cain
Earth – Meshell Ndegeocello,Allen Cato
Better By the Pound – George Clinton, Grace Cook
Criterion – Meshell Ndegeocello
God.Fear.Money – Meshell Ndegeocello
Jabril – Meshell Ndegeocello
Dead Nigga Blvd., Pt. 2 – Meshell Ndegeocello, Allen Cato
Interlude: 6 Legged Griot Trio (Weariness) – Meshell Ndegeocello
Pocketbook (Rockwilder and Missy Elliott Remix) – Meshell Ndegeocello, Missy Elliott, Dana Stinson, Reggie Noble