My Melody (Queen Pen album)
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ReleasedDecember 16, 1997
Recorded1996–1997
StudioFuture Recording Studios, Virginia Beach, Virginia
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| Released | December 16, 1997 | |||
| Recorded | 1996–1997 | |||
| Studio | Future Recording Studios, Virginia Beach, Virginia | |||
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| Length | 51:58 | |||
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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".
Credits adapted from the album's liner notes.[3]
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Intro" | 4:14 | ||
| 2. | "Queen of the Click" |
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| 3:32 |
| 3. | "Man Behind the Music" |
| Riley | 3:49 |
| 4. | "All My Love" |
| Riley | 3:25 |
| 5. | "My Melody" |
| Riley | 3:47 |
| 6. | "Party Ain't a Party" (featuring Mr. Cheeks, Markell Riley & Nutta Butta) |
| Riley | 4:09 |
| 7. | "It's True" |
| Riley | 4:38 |
| 8. | "The Set Up" |
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| 4:21 |
| 9. | "Get Away" (featuring Phil Collins) |
| Riley | 4:05 |
| 10. | "I'm Gon Blow Up" (featuring Ronald Isley) |
| Riley | 4:02 |
| 11. | "Girlfriend" (featuring Me'Shell Ndegeocello) |
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| 12. | "No Hooks" |
| Riley | 3:18 |
| 13. | "So Many Ways" |
| William "Skylz" Stewart | 4:13 |
Sample credits[3]
- "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", by Spandau Ballet.
- "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.
