E-Life (album)
E-Life is the sixth studio album by the band Mint Condition issued in 2008 on Image Entertainment.[2] The album reached No. 8 on the Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart and No. 12 on the Billboard Top Independent Albums chart.[3][4]
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Released | May 8, 2008 | |||
Recorded | 2007 | |||
Genre | R&B | |||
Length | 59:57 | |||
Label | Caged Bird, Image | |||
Producer | Mint Condition | |||
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Overview
E-Life is Mint Condition's second album for the label Image Entertainment.
The first single released from E-Life was the song "Baby Boy, Baby Girl"- with an alternate version sent to radio featuring guest vocals from neo-soul singer Anthony Hamilton. The second single "Nothing Left to Say" featured a music video directed by fellow Minneapolis, Minnesota native and independent filmmaker Wayne H. Johnson, Jr.[5] The music video was created by the faculty and students of Globe University/Minnesota School of Business.[6] Members of the school's Music Business program, digital video and media production programs were primarily responsible for the making of the video.[7]
The song "Why Do We Try" was later covered by Robert Glasper with Mint Condition frontman Stokley Williams on Glasper's 2012 album Black Radio.
Track listing
- Baby Boy, Baby Girl (feat. Anthony Hamilton) (Ricky Kinchen, Stokley Williams, Lawrence Waddell, Anthony Hamilton) (4:27)
- Somethin' (featuring Phonte) (Ricky Kinchen, Stokley Williams, Lawrence Waddell, Phonte Coleman) (4:39)
- Just Can't Believe (Stokley Williams) (4:19)
- Goldigger (Ricky Kinchen, Lawrence Waddell, Stokley Williams) (4:50)
- Gratitude (Stokley Williams, Ricky Kinchen) (3:51)
- Nothing Left to Say (Stokley Williams, Lawrence Waddell) (4:46)
- Right Here (Homer O'Dell, Stokley Williams) (4:49)
- E-Life (Stokley Williams) (1:01)
- Why Do We Try (featuring Ali Shaheed Muhammad) (Ricky Kinchen, Jeffrey Allen, Stokley Williams, Chris Dave) (5:20)
- Back and Forth (Stokley Williams) (6:05)
- Moan (Homer O'Dell, Stokley Williams, Lawrence Waddell) (4:14)
- Queen of Come Here Go Away (Stokley Williams) (2:50)
- Wish I Could Love You (Pimp Juice) (Ricky Kinchen) (4:52)
- Baby Boy Baby Girl (Ricky Kinchen, Stokley Williams, Lawrence Waddell) (3:55)
Personnel
Credits adapted from album's text.[2]
- Stokley Williams - lead and background vocals, drums, drum programming, guitar, bass synth, moog, keyboards, harmonica, steel pan
- Ricky Kinchen - lead and background vocals, bass, keyboards, drum programming, acoustic guitar, photography
- Lawrence Waddell - keyboards, piano
- Jeffrey Allen - background vocals, saxophone
- Homer O'Dell - guitar, keyboards, drum programming
- Chris Dave - drums
- Phonte - rap, background vocals
- Alicia Marie - intro vocals
- Brandon Kinchen - intro vocals
- Ali Shaheed Muhammad - turntables
- Anna - trumpet
- Kat Higgins - background vocals
- Brian Johnson - mixing
- Herb Powers, Jr. - mastering
References
- "Mint Condition: E-Life". allmusic.com. Allmusic.
- Mint Condition: E Life. Image Entertainment. 2008.
- "Mint Condition: E-Life (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)". billboard.com. Billboard.
- "Mint Condition: E-Life (Top Independent Albums)". billboard.com. Billboard.
- "Wayne Johnson, Jr. on Vimeo". profile. vimeo.com. Retrieved 4/6/2014. Check date values in:
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(help) - "Minnesota students create Mint Condition video". article. soultracks.com. Retrieved 4/6/2014. Check date values in:
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(help) - "Popular R&B Group's Music Video Created by Students, Faculty of Minnesota School of Business". article. prweb.com. Retrieved 4/6/2014. Check date values in:
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