North on South St.

North on South St. is a hip-hop influenced album by Herb Alpert released in 1991 and his last vinyl release on A&M Records before he released Midnight Sun (available on CD and cassette only) in 1992. The album was a commercial success and produced two singles: "Jump Street" and "North on South St." Both of the singles had a video, yet "North on South St." got a bit of popularity because the video was featured on Beavis and Butt-head several years later. There was a promotional plastic compass that was created as a marketing advertisement piece to commemorate the album release.

Track listing

 * 1) "Jump Street" (Greg Smith, Herb Alpert) - 4:47
 * 2) "It's the Last Dance" (Herb Alpert, Greg Smith) - 4:37
 * 3) "Passion Lady" (Troy Staton, Herb Alpert, Marc Jay Goodman, Mike Schlesinger) - 4:47
 * 4) "North on South St." (Herb Alpert, Greg Smith) - 3:37
 * 5) "Paradise 25" (Robert Jerald, Herb Alpert) - 4:21
 * 6) "Na Na Na" (Greg Smith, Herb Alpert) - 4:16
 * 7) "Funky Reggae" (Jimmy B, Herb Alpert) - 4:51
 * 8) "Where's Tommy?" (Herb Alpert, Jimmy B, Eddie del Barrio) - 4:01
 * 9) "City Terrace" (Herb Alpert, Greg Smith) - 4:11
 * 10) "I Can't Stop Thinking About You" (Herb Alpert) - 5:09

Critical reception
Shelly Weiss of Cashbox praised the album as “the tightest, most finely crafted quality album I've heard all year… across-the-board appeal, and will get the street crowd as well as the yuppies..”

Personnel

 * Herb Alpert – all trumpets, voice (4), drum programming (8, 10), keyboards (10)
 * Greg Smith – keyboards (1, 10), programming (1, 2, 4, 6, 9), guitars (1), bass (1)
 * Joe Rotondi, Jr. – acoustic piano (1, 5, 7), acoustic piano solo (3)
 * Troy Staton – keyboard programming (3), bass and drum programming (3)
 * Marc J. Goodman – additional keyboards (3), interlude solos (3)
 * Michael Schlesinger – synthesizer programming (3)
 * Robert Jerald – programming (5)
 * Eddie del Barrio – keyboards (8, 10), bass (8), strings (10)
 * Kenny McCloud – guitars (7), drum programming (10)
 * Anthony Sapp – bass (7)
 * Jimmy "B" Bakker – drum programming (7)
 * Chris Boyd – drum programming (8)
 * Steve Smith – drum programming (8)
 * Kevin Ricard – percussion (1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 10)
 * Brenda Andrews – sampled voice (8)

Voices on "Funky Reggae"
 * Jimmy B, Stayce Branché, Karen "K-Dean" Cover, Karime Harris, Michelle James, Janeen Jewett, Vatrena King, Lynette Lewis and Linda Williams

Production

 * Chris Boyd – executive producer
 * Herb Alpert – producer
 * Greg Smith – producer (1, 2, 4, 6, 9, 10)
 * Troy Staton – producer (3)
 * Robert Jerald – producer (5)
 * Jimmy B – producer (7)
 * Eddie del Barrio – producer (8)
 * Steve Smith – producer (8), engineer, remixing
 * Mike Baumgartner – assistant engineer
 * Michael Morongell – remixing, technical advisor
 * Tom Hardisty – remix assistant
 * Brian Gardner – mastering at Bernie Grundman Mastering (Hollywood, California)
 * Chuck Beeson – art direction, design
 * Caroline Greyshock – photography
 * Kip Cohen – management direction