Ramiyah

by Ramiyah

Overview

The PAJAM production team of Walter Kearney, Paul D. Allen, and J. Moss makes no bones about who's in charge of this recording -- them. It is their voices that are heard at the outset, discussing the project, before they bother to mention the four teenage girls from Detroit they have chosen as vocalists, in Monkees or Backstreet Boys fashion, for stereotyped qualities that they freely enumerate. Sherise Staten is "hyper," Tracy Bryant "soulful," Stephanie Bonner "street," and DeLaurian Burton "glamorous." That established, the producers apply familiar hip-hop musical tracks for the girls to sing over in standard hip-hop fashion, with chanted choruses interlaced with expressive solos. The genre for this music is "gospel" in the sense that the lyrics refer to God instead of a boyfriend, although much of the time that's hard to tell. The girls can sing, of course, but not so distinctively that any of them stick out from the others or from the musical style in general. This is utterly formulaic music from the factory constructed by Mathew Knowles for his daughter Beyonce's group, Destiny's Child, and released on his Music World Music imprint. His younger daughter, Solange Knowles, gets writing and production credits here and there, and his wife, Tina, is credited as stylist, a job that is of utmost importance on this kind of project. God does get praised, but religion is largely a side issue here. ~ William Ruhlmann

Product Details

Release Date:	01/20/2004
Label:	Epic / Columbia
UPC:	0696998695221
Rank:	167182

Tracks

1. Intro (Spoken Word)
2. Here We Go (Holla)
3. Just Stop
4. The Reason
5. Turn It Out
6. I Told You
7. Power from God
8. Don't Nobody Know
9. Interlude
10. Waiting
11. Don't Look Any Further
12. Things We Want
13. Covered
14. Interlude (Spoken Word)
15. You Never Left Me
16. Interlude (Spoken Word)
17. Turn It Out

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Ramiyah   Primary Artist
Dorinda Clark-Cole   Primary Artist,Vocals
Karen Clark-Sheard   Primary Artist,Vocals
J Moss   Primary Artist,Vocals
Kierra "Kiki" Sheard   Primary Artist,Vocals
Michelle Williams   Guest Artist,Voices
Paul "PDA" Allen   Vocals

Technical Credits

Kevin Blott   Mixing,Engineer,Assistant Engineer
Solange   Composer,Producer,Vocal Producer
Wirlie Morris   Producer
James Moss   Composer
Paul "PDA" Allen   Producer,Executive Producer
Mathew Knowles   Executive Producer
Ramon Morales   Engineer
Public Image Ltd.   Composer
Tom Brick   Mastering
Malcolm Andrew   Photography
Todd Fairall   Mixing
H.R. Crump   Producer,Vocal Producer
J Moss   Producer,Executive Producer
Al Jourgensen   Composer
Alvin Williams   A&R,Mixing,Composer
Gail Marowitz   Design,Art Direction
William Wood   Assistant Engineer
Todd Kozey   Engineer
Krysti Birchett   Administrative Assistant
B. White   Composer
Willie Morris   Composer
Walter Kearney   Executive Producer,Production Supervisor
Rodney Levens   Assistant Engineer
Fred Walker   Engineer
Aaron "Swamp" Holland   Mixing
Tina Knowles   Stylist
Alan Floyd   Composer
PAJAM   Mixing,Engineer,Producer
Michelle Holme   Design,Art Direction
Huy Nguyen   Artist Coordination
Natasha Jen   Design,Art Direction