Cookie: The Anthropological Mixtape

Cookie: The Anthropological Mixtape
Studio album by Meshell Ndegeocello
Released	June 4, 2002
Genre	R&B neo soul hip hop
Label	Maverick
Producer	Meshell Ndegeocello, Allen Cato, Missy Elliott, Rockwilder, Supa Dave West
Meshell Ndegeocello chronology
Bitter (1999) Cookie: The Anthropological Mixtape (2002) Comfort Woman (2003)

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	(82/100)[1]
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]
The A.V. Club	(favorable)[3]
Robert Christgau	A−[4]
Entertainment Weekly	A[5]
Metro Weekly	(favorable)[6]
Rolling Stone	[7]
Slant	[8]
Spin	(8/10)[1]
Vibe	[9]
Yahoo! Music	(favorable)[10]

Cookie: The Anthropological Mixtape is an album by Meshell Ndegeocello. It was released on June 4, 2002 on Maverick Records. The album peaked at #67 on the Billboard Top 200 list that year, and was nominated for Best Contemporary R&B Album at the 2003 Grammy Awards. The album also peaked at #21 on the Billboard R&B Album chart and #67 on Billboard's Top Internet Albums chart.

Two singles were released from the LP. A remixed version of "Pocketbook" charted on Billboard's R&B Bubbling Under the Hot 100 chart, for several weeks, also appearing on the R&B Airplay and Sales charts. "Earth" was remixed by Ben Watt and peaked at #14 on Billboard's Dance Music/Maxi Single Sales chart.

The album contains short clips of spoken word performances by writers and artists such as Angela Davis, Gil-Scott Heron and Etheridge Knight.

Track listing

1. "Dead Nigga Blvd., Pt. 1" (Meshell Ndegeocello, Allen Cato) – 3:03
2. "Hot Night" (Supa Dave West, Ndegeocello, Talib Kweli, Héctor Lavoe) – 4:32
3. "Interlude: Blah Blah Blah, Dyba Dyba Dyba" (Ndegeocello, Cato) – :40
4. "Priorities 1-6" (Ndegeocello, Cato) – 3:43
5. "Pocketbook" (Ndegeocello) – 4:00
6. "Barry Farms" (Ndegeocello) – 5:20
7. "Trust" (Ndegeocello) – 5:25
8. "Akel Dama (Field of Blood)" (Ndegeocello, Michael Cain) – 7:27
9. "Earth" (Ndegeocello, Cato) – 5:14
10. "Better By the Pound" (George Clinton, Grace Cook) – 5:23
11. "Criterion" (Ndegeocello) – 4:27
12. "GOD.FEAR.MONEY" (Ndegeocello) – 3:31
13. "Jabril" (Ndegeocello) – 6:06
14. "Dead Nigga Blvd., Pt. 2" (Ndegeocello, Cato) – 3:13
15. "Interlude: 6 Legged Griot Trio (Weariness)" (Ndegeocello) – 4:53
16. "Pocketbook (Rockwilder and Missy Elliott Remix)" (Ndegeocello, Missy Elliott, Dana Stinson, Reggie Noble) – 3:59

Personnel

Musicians

• Meshell Ndegeocello – vocals, bass guitar, additional instruments
• Allen Cato – guitar, vocals, vocal arrangement, drum programming
• Michael Hampton – guitar
• Marcus Miller – bass clarinet, fretless bass
• Jacques Schwarz-Bart – tenor saxophone
• Grégoire Maret – harmonica
• Michael Cain – piano
• Federico Gonzalez Peña – piano
• Oliver Gene Lake Jr. – drums
• Kiggo Wellman – drums
• Sean Rickman – drums
• Alfredo Mojica – percussion
• Talib Kweli – rapper
• Redman – rapper
• Tweet – vocals
• Lalah Hathaway – vocals, vocal arrangement
• Caron Wheeler – vocals

Production

• Meshell Ndegeocello – producer
• Allen Cato – producer, engineer
• Missy Elliott – producer
• Rockwilder – producer
• Supa Dave West – producer, track programmer
• Andrew Brooks – engineer
• Eric Dyba – engineer
• Bob Power – mixing
• Rail Jon Rogut – production editing
• Tom Coyne – mastering
• Frank Maddocks – art direction, design
• David Fenton – photography
• Damu Mtume – A&R
• Danny Strick – A&R

References

1. Critic reviews at Metacritic
2. Allmusic review
3. The A.V. Club review
4. Robert Christgau review
5. Entertainment Weekly review
6. Metro Weekly review
7. Rolling Stone review at the Wayback Machine (archived September 30, 2007)
8. Slant review
9. Vibe review
10. Yahoo! Music review at the Wayback Machine (archived February 11, 2007)

External links

• Cookie: The Anthropological Mixtape at Metacritic
• Release history at Discogs