Brand New (Salt-n-Pepa album)

Brand New
Studio album by Salt-n-Pepa
Released	October 21, 1997
Recorded	1996–1997
Genre	Hip hop
Length	57:27
Label	Red Ant Records Island Black Music
Producer	DJ Spinderalla Pepa Esmail
Salt-n-Pepa chronology
Very Necessary (1993) Brand New (1997) The Best of Salt-N-Pepa (1999)
Singles from Brand New
"R U Ready" Released: July 29, 1997 "Gitty Up" Released: October 18, 1997

Professional ratings
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Allmusic	[1]

Brand New is the fifth and final studio album by rap trio Salt-n-Pepa. It was released on October 21, 1997, by Red Ant Entertainment. Red Ant filed for bankruptcy before the album was officially released. Salt-n-Pepa toured to support the album, although the album had no other promotion whatsoever. Brand New had two minor hits: "R U Ready" and "Gitty Up", the latter of which samples the Rick James song "Give It to Me Baby". The album was certified gold in the United States.

Track listing

1. "R U Ready" (Rufus Moore, Sandy "Pepa" Denton, Chad James "Dr. Ceuss" Elliott, Cheryl "Salt" James, Randy Muller & Al West) – 3:50
2. "Good Life" (Evans, Bernard Grobman, Cheryl "Salt" James, Maurice Scott & Gavin Wray) – 3:54
3. "Do Me Right" (George Archie, Robert "Funksta" Bacon, David Blake, Cheryl "Salt" James, Wilbert Milow & D.J. Walker) – 4:36
4. "Friends" (Anthony Shawn Criss, Sandy "Pepa" Denton, Dana E. Owens, Joseph Alan Powell & Vanesa Powers) – 4:42
5. "Say Ooh" (Cheryl "Salt" James, Linda Logan, Fernando Saunders & Larry Young) – 4:09
6. "Imagine" (feat. Sheryl Crow) (Cheryl "Salt" James & Joseph Alan Powell) – 5:26
7. "Knock Knock" (Sandy "Pepa" Denton, Earnest Cornell Jr. Hairston, Joseph Alan Powell & David Wynn) – 4:32
8. "Gitty Up" (Cheryl "Salt" James, Rick James & Rufus Moore) – 4:00
9. "Boy Toy" (Sandy "Pepa" Denton, Chad James "Dr. Ceuss" Elliott, Otwane Roberts & Norman Whitfield) – 4:24
10. "Brand New" (Sandy "Pepa" Denton, Cheryl "Salt" James & Gary Wright) – 4:05
11. "Silly of You" (Cheryl "Salt" James) – 4:52
12. "The Clock is Tickin" (Cheryl "Salt" James) – 3:51
13. "Hold On" (Cheryl "Salt" James & Joseph Alan Powell) – 5:29

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 (Taz) 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

References

1. Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Salt-N-Pepa: Brand New" at AllMusic. Retrieved 29 August 2011.