- Make It Hot
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Make It Hot Studio album by Nicole Released August 20, 1998
(See Release history)Recorded 1997-1998 Genre R&B, hip hop Length 58:30 Label The Goldmind/Elektra Producer Missy Elliott, Timbaland, Brian Alexander Morgan, Suga Mike, Smokey of Playa, Gerard "Soundman" Thomas, Donald "Lenny" Holmes, Dent, Kevin Hicks, Big Baby Professional ratings Review scores Source Rating Allmusic [1] Rolling Stone [2][dead link] For other uses, see Make It Hot (disambiguation).Make It Hot is the 1998 debut album by R&B singer Nicole. The album was released in August 1998 through Missy Elliott's Elektra-distributed vanity label, The Goldmind. The album was produced by Missy Elliott and Timbaland.
Contents
Track listing
# Title Time 1. "The Time Is Now"
Writers: Missy Elliott
Producers: Dent1:39 2. "Seventeen" (Featuring Missy Elliott)
Writers: Missy Elliott
Producers: Missy Elliott, Gerard "Soundman" Thomas, Donald "Lenny" Holmes4:53 3. "In da Street" (Featuring Mocha and Missy Elliott)
Writers: Missy Elliott, Nicole Wray
Producers: Missy Elliott, Gerard "Soundman" Thomas, Donald "Lenny" Holmes4:02 4. "Traffic Jam"
Writers:
Producers: Dent1:22 5. "Curiosity" (Featuring Lil' Mo and Dent)
Writers: Cynthia Loving & Anthony Dent
Producers: Dent & Kevin Hicks4:12 6. "Make It Hot" (Featuring Mocha and Missy Elliott)
Writers: Missy Elliott, Tim Mosley
Producers: Timbaland4:27 7. "Prelude (I Can't See)"
Writers: Brian Alexander Morgan & Cynthia Loving
Producers: Brian Alexander Morgan0:44 8. "I Can't See"
Writers: Brian Alexander Morgan & Cynthia Loving
Producers: Brian Alexander Morgan4:46 9. "Nervous"
Writers: Missy Elliott, Nicole Wray
Producers: Missy Elliott, Gerard "Soundman" Thomas, Donald "Lenny" Holmes3:51 10. "Pressure"
Writers:
Producers: Dent & Kevin Hicks1:14 11. "Boy You Should Listen"
Writers: Missy Elliott, Nicole Wray
Producers: Missy Elliott, Gerard "Soundman" Thomas, Donald "Lenny" Holmes4:24 12. "Eyes Better Not Wander"
Writers: S. Garrett & J. Peacock
Producers: Smokey4:33 13. "Radio DJ"
Writers: Darryl McClary & Michael Allen
Producers: Big Baby & Suga Mike1:04 14. "Silly Love Songs"
Writers: Darryl McClary, Cynthia Loving & Michael Allen
Producers: Big Baby & Suga Mike4:39 15. "Raise Your Frown"
Writers: J. Peacock, S. Garrett, B. Bush
Producers: Smokey4:10 16. "Borrowed Time"
Writers: Darryl McClary, Cynthia Loving & Michael Allen
Producers: Big Baby & Suga Mike5:01 17. "Testing Our Love (Suga)"
Writers: S. Garrett & J. Peacock
Producers: Smokey3:36 Limited Edition bonus disc
- Clipse - "We Get Money (Got Caught, Pt. 2)"
- Flipmode Squad - "Everything"
- Yo-Yo - "Do You Wanna Ride?"
- Missy Elliott - "Get Contact"
- Coko - "He Be Back"
- En Vogue - "No Fool No More"
- Missy Elliott - "What U Say" 1
1 released to Japanese imports of bonus disc
Charts
Chart (1998) Peak
positionU.S. Billboard 200 42[3] U.S. Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums 19[3] Personnel
- Davis Barnett - viola
- Larry Gold - cello
- Donald "Lenny" Holmes - bass, guitar
- Emma Kummrow - violin
- Brian Morgan - keyboard
- Nat The Great- beatbox
- Igor Sewic - violin
Production
- Executive producers: Missy Elliott, Merlin Bobb, Sylvia Rhone
- Producers: Big Baby, Merlin Bobb, Missy Elliott, Kevin Hicks, Donald Holmes, Brian Alexander Morgan, Tim Mosley, Sylvia Rhone, Smokey, Suga Mike, Timbaland
- Vocal producer: Nicole Wray
- Vocal assistance: Missy Elliott
- Engineers: Claude "Swifty" Achille, Jimmy Douglas, Paul Falcone, Nat Foster, Eddie Hudson, Ted Reiger, Jon Smeltz, Stevie Sola
- Assistant engineers: Chuck Bailey, Steve Macauley, Rob Murphy, Jason Rea
- Mixing: Claude "Swifty" Achille, Kevin Davis, Jimmy Douglas, Paul Falcone, Nat Foster, Senator Jimmy D
- Programming: Timbaland
- Mastering: Herb Powers
- Arranger: Missy Elliott, Nat Foster, Larry Gold, Brian Morgan,
Release history
Country Date Japan August 20, 1998 [4] United Kingdom August 24, 1998 United States August 25, 1998 Germany September 14, 1998 Chart performance
Make It Hot reached number forty-two on the Billboard 200 and number nineteen on the R&B album chart.[5][6] The first single, "Make It Hot", reached number five on the Hot 100 chart,[7] number two on the R&B singles chart,[8] and was certified gold.[9] The second single, "I Can't See", reached number thirty-six on the Rhythmic Top 40 chart.[10] In 1999, the third and final single from the album, "Eyes Better Not Wander", reached number seventy-one on the R&B singles chart.[11] The album was certified Platinum by the RIAA.
References
- ^ Allmusic review
- ^ Rolling Stone review[dead link]
- ^ a b [1]
- ^ Amazon.co.jp: Make It Hot: Nicole: 音楽
- ^ Make It Hot (The Billboard 200 chart), Billboard,[November 7, 1998.
- ^ Make It Hot (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart), Billboard, December 5, 1998.
- ^ "Make It Hot" (Hot 100 chart), Billboard, November 28, 1998.
- ^ "Make It Hot" (Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart), Billboard, December 26, 1998.
- ^ RIAA database (search "nicole" under "artist")
- ^ "I Can't See" (Rhythmic Top 40 chart), Billboard, November 21, 1998.
- ^ "Eyes Better Not Wander" (Hot R&B/Hip-Hop songs chart), Billboard, June 19, 1999.
Categories:- 1998 albums
- Albums produced by Missy Elliott
- Albums produced by Timbaland
- Debut albums
- Nicole Wray albums
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