Brand New (Salt-n-Pepa album)
Brand New is the fifth and final studio album by American hip hop girl group Salt-N-Pepa. It was released on October 21, 1997, by London Records. The group's international label at the time, Red Ant Entertainment, filed for bankruptcy before the album was officially released. Salt-n-Pepa toured in support of the album, although the album had no other promotion whatsoever. Brand New spawned two singles: "R U Ready" and "Gitty Up". The album was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America on November 25, 1997.Track listing
Notes
- signifies an additional producer
- signifies a co-producer
Samples credits
- "R U Ready" contains excerpts from "Watch Out" by Brass Construction.
- "Say Ooh" contains a sample from "Turn Off the Lights" by Larry Young.
- "Brand New" contains an interpolation of "Love Is Alive" by Gary Wright.
Personnel
- Prince Charles Alexander – Mixing
- Eddie Anzueto, Jr. – Percussion
- Steven Augustine – Bass
- Kent Belden – Creative Director
- Blue Denim – Background vocals
- Mike Campbell – Guitar
- Melvin Chandler – Keyboards
- Lewis Christian – Percussion
- Day Ta Day – Background vocals
- Andre Debourg – Engineer, Mixing
- James Denton – Photography
- Sandy "Pepa" Denton – Producer
- DJ Flexx – Background vocals
- Chad "Dr. Seuss" Elliott – Programming, Producer, Engineer, Mixing
- Glenn Ellis – Bass
- Esmail – Producer
- Alan Forney – Photo Imaging
- Kirk Franklin – Performer
- Wayne Garrick – Keyboards
- Khari Green – Guitar
- Bernard Grobman – Guitar
- Andrew Hellier – Guitar, Background vocals
- Cheryl "Salt" James – Producer
- Jon Jones – Guitar
- Gerhard Joost – Mixing
- Carol Kirkendall – Executive Producer
- LaTrece – Background vocals
- Michael Lockwood – Guitar
- Al Machera – Mixing
- Sean "Mystro" Mather – Producer
- Gary Montoute – Synthesizer
- Michael Moore – Photography
- Rufus Moore – Background vocals, Performer
- Joseph Powell – Programming, Background vocals, Producer, Engineer, Mixing
- Wayne Rickard – Guitar
- Alicia Rushing – Background vocals
- Ken Schubert – Engineer, Mixing
- Dawne Shivers – Background vocals
- Peggy Sirota – Photography
- Sounds of Blackness – Performer
- Spinderella – Performer
- Kevin Thomas – Engineer
- Al West – Producer
- Jimmy White – Bass
- David Wynn – Producer
- George Belton - Bass
Charts
Certifications
