Kimberly: People I Used to Know

by K. Michelle

Overview

In 2017, as ever, it was wise to neither cross nor discredit Kimberly Michelle Pate. Early into wide-ranging fourth album Kimberly: The People I Used to Know, she authoritatively raps "Salute me, lil' bitch, I'm the general." Shortly after that, in the knocking/booming "Kim K" -- one of the 11 songs she co-wrote -- she notes "I date a black man named Idris/You say I'm ghetto, 'He trippin'," before sending off her detractors with "I let God handle you hoes." On "Fuck Your Man," termed an interlude despite its proper song length, she fronts an acoustic jazz trio -- of course -- to taunt a woman with a mix of vulgarity and grace, and saves the coldest lines for the end. Pate also has numbers like "Rounds" and "Birthday" that crush all the similarly woozy and sinuous slow jams on commercial radio. Atlantic might not allow her to record a wholly contemporary country album, but now there's a sturdy EP's worth of countrified material that can be drawn from her output. She asks "how to do it like James Brown," references Gil Scott-Heron, and raises her middle finger in "God, Love, Sex, and Drugs," yet the proud, low-key anthem is almost as Alan Jackson as it is Millie Jackson. Pate has another album remaining on her major-label contract, not that it prevents her from addressing a lack of compensation in another interlude: "For this industry, I no longer want to live/By the time you hear this, I'm already dead." She has too much on her mind -- and has such an imaginative and proficient way of getting it all out -- to truly bail. ~ Andy Kellman

Product Details

Release Date:	12/08/2017
Label:	Atlantic
UPC:	0075678659751

Tracks

1. Welcome to the People I Used to Know
2. Alert
3. God, Love, Sex, and Drugs
4. Make This Song Cry
5. Crazy Like You
6. Kim K
7. Takes Two
8. Rounds
9. Either Way
10. Birthday
11. Fuck Your Man (Interlude)
12. No Not You
13. Giving Up on Love
14. Help Me Grow (Interlude)
15. Heaven
16. Run Don't Walk
17. Industry Suicide (Interlude)
18. Talk to God
19. Brain on Love
20. Woman of My Word
21. Outro

Album Credits

Performance Credits

K. Michelle   Primary Artist,Vocals
Lindsay Gilbert   Vocals (Background)
Philip "Hardwork" Constable   Bass,Keyboards
Roark Bailey   Guitar
Carmen Reece   Vocals (Background)
Chuck Harmony   Organ,Synthesizer
Phil Cornish   Keyboards
Jeremih   Featured Artist
Shalyah Fearing   Vocals (Background)
Clinton C. Peacock   Piano
Victor Ekpo   Violin,Strings
Chris Brown   Featured Artist
Louis Biancaniello   Keyboards
Johnny Blk   Guitar
Annika von Grey   Violin

Technical Credits

Lindsay Gilbert   Vocal Producer,Composer
Kimberly Pate   Composer
Philip "Hardwork" Constable   Composer,Producer
Kevin KD Davis   Mixing
Sam Sumser   Composer
Uforo Ebong   Composer
Roark Bailey   Engineer
Drew Love   Composer
Odis Flores   Composer
Philip Lynah   Engineer
Midian Mathers   Composer
Katalyst   Producer
Carmen Reece   Composer
Eric Hudson   Composer
Mike Piazza   Mixing,Engineer
Lil Ronnie   Producer,Instrumentation
Jaycen Joshua   Mixing
Chuck Harmony   Composer,Programming
Willie Smith   Composer
JFK   Composer
Kevin Kadish   Composer
Rodney "Darkchild" Jerkins   Composer,Producer
Chris Soper   Engineer
Sonyae Elise   Composer
Chris Jones   A&R
Shawn Carter   Composer
Ken Lewis   Mixing,Composer
Lanre Gaba   A&R
Phil Cornish   Composer,Instrumentation
Jeremih   Composer
Courtney Dwight   Composer,Producer,Instrumentation
Gabrielle "Goldie" Nowee   Composer
Alex Vickery   Composer
Natalie Apadula   Project Manager
Deante' Hitchcock   Composer
Sauce Miyagi   Engineer
Clinton C. Peacock   Instrumentation
Jacob Noss   Assistant
Bryant Lewis   Package Design
Christine Kern   Engineer
Eric Sire   Vocal Producer
Jordan Etterlane   Composer
Lakeisha Jessica Phillips   Cover Art
Virgil Jamal Buchanan   Composer
Bryan Anzel   Engineer,Vocal Engineer
Kelly Clarkson   Composer
Goldie   Composer
Chris Brown   Composer
Louis Biancaniello   Engineer,Producer,Programming
Hitmaka   Composer,Producer
Eric "Cire" Crawford   Composer,Vocal Producer
Priscilla Renea   Composer
Michael Kelly   Production Coordination
Robert Kelly   Composer
Brent Kolatalo   Composer
Daniel Bryant   Composer,Producer,Instrumentation
Bianca Atterberry   Composer
Ronnie "Lil Ronnie" Jackson   Composer,Executive Producer
Stuart Schenk   Engineer
Douglas Gibbs   Composer
Justin Lay   Composer,Producer
Safaree Samuels   Composer
Micah Powell   Composer
Davy Nathan   Composer,Producer
Charles Hinshaw   Composer
Matt Champlin   Engineer
Rob Gold   Art Manager
Trehy Harris   Mixing
Darhyl Camper   Composer,Producer
Yung Ladd   Producer
Ralph Johnson   Composer
Jeremiah Bethea   Composer