1999 Coko – Hot Coko
Hot Coko is the debut solo studio album by American R&B singer Coko. It was released by RCA Records on August 10, 1999. Hot Coko served as the singer’s debut effort following the release of her band SWV’s third album Release Some Tension (1997), which led towards the group’s first disbandment in 1998. Guest appearances on the album are made by rapper Eve and singer Tyrese. Hot Coko features production from the likes of Damon Thomas, Rodney Jerkins, Marc Anthony, Missy Elliott, Timbaland and Brian Alexander Morgan, whom Coko worked with while a member of SWV earlier in the decade.
The album debuted at number 68 on the US Billboard 200 and entered the top 20 of the US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums. It received generally mixed to positive reviews from music critics upon its release. Hot Coko spawned two singles that found minimal Billboard chart success, with its lead single “Sunshine”, reaching the lower ranks of the US Billboard Hot 100 chart, where it reached the top seventy, becoming her sole appearance on that chart to date. Shortly after the album’s underperformance on the Billboard charts, Coko departed RCA in late 1999.
Tracks
1 Intro (Jake Carter; Trevor Job) 00:40
2 Don’t Take Your Love Away (Cheryl Gamble; Rodney Jerkins; Fred Jerkins III; Lashawn Daniels) 04:10
3 Sunshine (Cheryl Gamble; Rodney Jerkins; Fred Jerkins III; Lashawn Daniels) 03:52
4 You And Me (Cheryl Gamble; Rodney Jerkins; Fred Jerkins III; Lashawn Daniels) 04:27
5 Bigger Than We (Brian Alexander Morgan) 04:37
6 Try-Na Come Home (Cheryl Gamble; HIM; Lashawn Daniels; Tiffany Wilson) 04:08
7 Triflin’ (Brian Alexander Morgan; Cheryl Gamble; Eve Jihan Jeffers; Roosevelt Harrell; Tamara Powell; Trina Powell) 04:47
8 I Ain’t Feelin You (Cheryl Gamble; Rodney Jerkins; Fred Jerkins III; Isaac Phillips; Lashawn Daniels; Mary Christine Brockert; Richard Rudolph) 04:27
9 Everytime (Brian Alexander Morgan; Cheryl Gamble; Lalah Hathaway) 05:07
10 All My Lovin’ (Cheryl Gamble; Rodney Jerkins; Fred Jerkins III; Lashawn Daniels) 05:02
11 If This World Were Mine (Marvin Gaye) 05:21
12 So Hard To Say Goodbye (Bob Newt; Damon Thomas; Eric Jackson; Johnnie Newt) 04:22
Musicians
1 Intro
| Bass | Trevor Job |
| Drums | Trevor Job |
| Guitar | Jake Carter |
| Keyboards | Jake Carter |
2 Don’t Take Your Love Away
| All Instruments | Rodney Jerkins |
| Rap | Rodney Jerkins |
| Vocals | Coko |
3 Sunshine
| Keyboards | Loren Dawson |
| All Other Instruments | Rodney Jerkins |
| Vocals | Coko |
4 You And Me
| All Instruments | Rodney Jerkins |
| Vocals | Coko |
5 Bigger Than We
| Bass | Brian Alexander Morgan |
| Drums | Brian Alexander Morgan |
| Background Vocals | Brian Alexander Morgan |
| Keyboards | Brian Alexander Morgan |
| Guitar | Kevin Scott |
| Vocals | Coko |
6 Try-Na Come Home
| All Instruments | John Daniels |
| Vocals | Coko |
7 Triflin’
| Bass | Brian Alexander Morgan |
| Bass | Roosevelt Harrell |
| Drums | Brian Alexander Morgan |
| Drums (programming) | Roosevelt Harrell |
| Guitar | Kevin Scott |
| Keyboards | Brian Alexander Morgan |
| Programming | Brian Alexander Morgan |
| Harp | Roosevelt Harrell |
| Rap | Eve Jihan Jeffers |
| Vocals | Coko |
8 I Ain’t Feelin You
| All Instruments | Rodney Jerkins |
| Vocals | Coko |
9 Everytime
| Drums | Brian Alexander Morgan |
| Guitar | Matt King |
| Keyboards | Brian Alexander Morgan |
| Vocals | Coko |
10 All My Lovin’
| All Instruments | Rodney Jerkins |
| Vocals | Coko |
11 If This World Were Mine
| Bass | Lawson Turner |
| Guitar | Michael J Powell |
| Keyboards | Michael Mindingall |
| Percussion | Michael J Powell |
| Vocals | Tyrese Gibson |
| Vocals | Coko |
12 So Hard To Say Goodbye
| Bass | Nathan East |
| Drums | Ricky Lawson |
| Drums (programming) | Damon Thomas |
| Guitar | Eric Jackson |
| Keyboards | Damon Thomas |
| Piano | Greg Phillinganes |
| Background Vocals | BabyFace |
| Background Vocals | Kevon Edmonds |
| Background Vocals | Sheree Ford |
| Vocals | Coko |
Liner Notes
Producer – Rodney Jerkins (Tracks 2, 3, 4, 8, 10)
Producer – LaShawn Daniels (Track 4)
Producer – Brian Alexander Morgan (Tracks 5, 7, 9)
Producer – John Daniels (Track 6)
Producer – Michael J Powell (Track 11)
Producer – Damon Thomas (Track 12)
Producer (Vocal) – LaShawn Daniels (Tracks 2, 3, 8, 10)
Producer (Vocal) – HIM (Track 6)
Co-producer – Bink! (Track 7)
Producer (Executive) – Anthony Morgan, Cheryl “Coko” Gamble
Coordinator – Ivy Skoff (Track 12)
Arranged By – HIM (Track 6)
Arranged By (Orchestra) – Bill Meyers (Track 12)
Arranged By (Strings) – Claire Fischer (Track 5)
Arranged By (Strings) – Larry Gold (Track 9)
Conductor – Claire Fischer (Track 5)
Conductor – Bill Meyers (Track 12)
Engineer (Assistant) – Andy Hasegawa, Dann Thompson, Steve Mazur, Will Donovan (Track 12)
Engineer (Pro-Tools) – Harvey Mason Jr (Tracks 2, 4, 8, 10)
Mastered By – Herb Powers Jr
Mixed By – Jake Carter (Track 1)
Mixed By – Jean-Marie Horvat (Tracks 2, 3)
Mixed By – Rodney Jerkins (Tracks 2, 8)
Mixed By – Dave Pensado (Track 4)
Mixed By – Ben Garrison (Track 6)
Mixed By – Dexter Simmons (Tracks 7, 9, 12)
Mixed By – Brad Gilderman (Track 10)
Mixed By – Michael J Powell, Lil Man (Track 11)
Mixed By (Assistant) – Mike Kopcha (Track 12)
Recorded By – Jake Carter (Track 1)
Recorded By – Lashawn Daniels (Tracks 2, 4, 8, 10)
Recorded By – Harvey Mason Jr (Tracks 2, 4)
Recorded By – Ted Wohlsen (Track 3)
Recorded By – Nat Foster (Tracks 5, 7, 9)
Recorded By – Brian Alexander Morgan (Tracks 5, 9)
Recorded By – Pete Karam (Tracks 5, 12)
Recorded By – Brian Kincaid (Track 6)
Recorded By – Brian Carter (Track 7)
Recorded By – Brad Gilderman (Tracks 8, 10)
Recorded By – Michael J Powell, Lil Man (Track 11)
Recorded By – Andy Haller, Paul Boutin (Track 12)
Recorded By (Orchestra) – Dann Thomas (Track 5)
Recorded By (Orchestra) – Tommy Vicari (Track 12)
Design – Jane Morledge
Photography – Torkil Gudnason
Mastered At Powers House Of Sound
Phonographic Copyright BMG Entertainment
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