User:Guitarplaya1525/Platinum (The Headhunters album)

Platinum is the 2011 Owl Studios debut from legendary Jazz/Funk group The Headhunters. The album follows The Headhunters' tendency to blend genres and instrumentation, deftly moving from Jazz to Hip Hop to R&B and back again throughout each track and the series of interludes and segues which joins them together.

The album is in part a response to The Headhunters immense influence on Hip Hip through the sampling of The Headhunters track God Made Me Funky off of Survival of the Fittest, which has been sampled by everyone from Eric B. and Rakim to De La Soul to Mobb Deep to the Fugees and Prince, among others. With Platinum, The Headhunters embraced this influence through their inclusion of Hip Hop and Funk artists such as Snoop Dogg, George Clinton, Killah Priest, and Jaecyn Bayne.

Track listing

 * 1) "Platinum Intro" (:50)
 * 2) "Mission Statement" (4:01) feat Jaecyn Bayne
 * 3) "Reality Of It" (:17)
 * 4) "Salamander" (7:09)
 * 5) "I Predict A Good year" (:11)
 * 6) "D-Funk (Funk With Us)" (4:48) feat Snoop Dogg, George Clinton, Killah Priest, Cynthia Layne, & Jaecyn Bayne
 * 7) "I Feel Really Good About" (:10)
 * 8) "Tracie" (6:01)
 * 9) "Rehearse Everybody" (:13)
 * 10) "Paging Mr. Wesley" (5:31)
 * 11) "M Trane" (8:48)
 * 12) "Apple Tree" (5:18) feat Jaecyn Bayne
 * 13) "Palm Nut" (6:53)
 * 14) "Years Of Touring" (:10)
 * 15) "Congo Place" (4:55) feat Donald Harrison
 * 16) "On The Road" (:16)
 * 17) "Head Hunting" (4:48)
 * 18) "Skizness" (3:50) feat Private Pile
 * 19) "Soul Glow" (5:29)
 * 20) "Platinum Outro" (:42)

Personnel
Produced by Mike Clark and Bill Summers Co-Produced by – Rob Dixon and Gary Mielke Executive Producer – J. Allan Hall All songs engineered, mixed and mastered by Gary Mielke Category:Owl Studios albums Category:2011 albums Category:jazz albums
 * Mike Clark: Drums
 * Bill Summers: Percussion, Vocals
 * Richie Goods: Bass
 * Kyle Roussel: Keyboards
 * Donald Harrison: Alto Saxophone, MOOG Bass, Keyboards
 * Rob Dixon: Soprano Saxophone, Alto Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone, Keyboard
 * Derrick Gardner: Trumpet
 * Snoop Dogg: Rap
 * Killah Priest: Rap
 * Jaecyn Bayne; Rap
 * Private Pile: Rap
 * George Clinton: Philosophical Interjection
 * Cynthia Layne: Vocals
 * Alexei Marti: Timbales, Vocals
 * Patrice Rushen: Keyboards
 * Bennie Maupin: Soprano Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone
 * Azar Lawrence: Soprano Saxophone
 * Gary Mielke: Bass, MOOG Bass, Keyboards
 * PJ Yinger: Trumpet
 * Jerry Stucker: Guitar.