Off the Hook

by Now Presents: Off The Hook / Va

Overview

The success of the Now series of compilations, which have responded to the decline of singles by providing radio fans with collections of near-contemporary hits, naturally has inspired imitators, and this album is one of them. Released by Sony, it is in fact a joint venture with Universal, EMI, and Zomba, and the only distinction between it and a Now disc is the more limited range of musical styles: Off the Hook is an R&B/hip-hop album. Among its 20 tracks, clocking in at over 79 minutes, are 13 songs that were still lodged in the Billboard Hot 100 and/or the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks chart on the day of release, although the selections date back as far as early 2001, the oldest tune being India.Arie's "Video." Only a few of these numbers were really big hits -- J-Lo featuring Ja Rule's "I'm Real" (presented here in the "Murder Remix") was a number one pop hit, while Mr. Cheeks' "Lights, Camera, Action" topped the R&B charts and Aaliyah's "More than a Woman," Mystikal's "Bouncin' Back (Bumpin' Me Against the Wall)," Glenn Lewis' "Don't You Forget It," KeKe Wyatt featuring Avant's "Nothing in This World," and Petey Pablo's "Raise Up" (heard here in the "All Cities Remix") made the R&B Top Ten. The rest, except for the non-charting "City High Anthem" by City High, placed lower in the charts, although such major stars as Jermaine Dupri, Jagged Edge, and Janet Jackson are included. The music ranges from hard-edged rap (from which the curse words have been surgically removed in the peculiar Swiss-cheese process known as the "clean edit") to creamy love ballads, giving a good sense of the sound of contemporary R&B, circa 2001-2002. Listening to Off the Hook is like hearing nearly 80 minutes' worth of an urban radio station without the commercials. ~ William Ruhlmann

Product Details

Release Date:	05/21/2002
Label:	Columbia / Sony Music Distribution
UPC:	0696998659124

Tracks

1. Welcome to Atlanta  - Jermaine Dupri  -  Ludacris  - Freddie Perren  - L. Michael Smith  - C. Yarian
2. Uh Huh  -  B2K  - Malik Crawford  - T.W. Hale  - C. Stewart
3. I Got It 2  -  Jagged Edge  -  Nas
4. Take Ya Home  -  Bow Wow  - Chad Hugo
5. More Than a Woman  -  Aaliyah  - Stephen Garrett  - Timothy Mosley
6. Bouncin' Back (Bumpin' Me Against the Wall)  - Chad Hugo  -  Mystikal
7. Let's Stay Home Tonight  - J.J. Campbell  - Allen Jr. Gordon  -  Joe
8. I'm Real  - Jeffrey Atkins  - Irv Gotti  -  Ja Rule  - Rick James  - Jennifer Lopez  - Troy Oliver  - Cory Rooney
9. One Mic  -  Nas
10. Don't You Forget It  - A. Harris  -  Off the Hook
11. Someone to Love You  - Cory Rooney  -  Ruff Endz
12. Nothing in This World  -  Avant  - Steve Huff  - KeKe Wyatt
13. City High Anthem  -  City High  - Claudette Ortiz  - Ryan Toby
14. Video  - Carlos Broady  -  India.Arie  - S. Sanders
15. Wish I Didn't Miss You  - Leon Huff  - Andrea Martin  - Ivan Matias  - Gene McFadden  - Angie Stone
16. Son of a Gun  - Missy Elliott  - James III Harris  - J.J. Jackson  -  Jagged Edge  - Janet Jackson  - Carly Simon
17. Lapdance  - Chad Hugo  -  N.E.R.D  - Gene Thornton  - Pharrell Williams
18. Lights, Camera, Action  - Roosevelt Harrell  -  Mister Cheeks
19. Raise Up  - Petey Pablo
20. Feels Good (Don't Worry Bout a Thing)  -  3LW  - Teron Beal  - V. Brown  - Anthony Criss  - Allen Jr. Gordon  -  Naughty by Nature  - Raphael Saadiq  - D'Wayne Wiggins

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Off the Hook   Primary Artist
Carly Simon   Primary Artist
Ruff Endz   Primary Artist
Janet Jackson   Primary Artist
Jennifer Lopez   Primary Artist
N.E.R.D   Primary Artist
Naughty by Nature   Primary Artist
3LW   Primary Artist,Featured Artist
Angie Stone   Primary Artist,Co-Producer
Bow Wow   Primary Artist
Joe   Primary Artist
Aaliyah   Primary Artist
Ja Rule   Primary Artist,Featured Artist
B2K   Primary Artist,Vocals
India.Arie   Primary Artist
Mystikal   Primary Artist
Glenn Lewis   Primary Artist,Vocals
Petey Pablo   Primary Artist
Missy Elliott   Primary Artist,Featured Artist
Avant   Primary Artist,Featured Artist
Mr. Cheeks   Primary Artist
Nas   Primary Artist,Featured Artist
KeKe Wyatt   Primary Artist
Jermaine Dupri   Primary Artist,Co-Producer
Ludacris   Primary Artist
Jagged Edge   Primary Artist
City High   Primary Artist
Fundisha   Vocals
Bryan-Michael Cox   Co-Producer
Vita   Featured Artist
Lee Harvey   Featured Artist
Pharrell Williams   Vocals
Ashanti Douglas   Vocals (Background)
Kirk Lyons   Bass
Brian Frye   Recorder
Marty Osterer   Bass
Swizz Beatz   Co-Producer

Technical Credits

Christine Yarian   Composer,Lyricist
Chucky Thompson   Composer,Lyricist,Producer
Terry Lewis   Composer,Lyricist,Producer,Remixing,Executive Producer
Larry Smith   Composer,Lyricist
Jalil Hutchins   Composer,Lyricist
Carlos Broady   Composer,Lyricist
Carly Simon   Composer,Lyricist
Chad Hugo   Composer,Lyricist
Gene McFadden   Composer,Lyricist
Carl Wheeler   Composer,Lyricist
All-Star   Producer
Serban Ghenea   Mixing Engineer
Senator Jimmy D   Engineer
Allen Gordon   Composer,Lyricist,Producer
Troy Oliver   Composer,Lyricist,Producer
Steve Huff   Composer,Lyricist
Andre Harris   Composer,Engineer,Lyricist,Producer
Thabiso Nkhereanye   Composer,Lyricist
Andrea Martin   Composer,Lyricist,Producer
Angie Stone   Performer
Ludacris   Composer,Lyricist,Performer
Jennifer Lopez   Composer,Lyricist,Executive Producer
Brian Thomas   Engineer
Jermaine Dupri   Composer,Lyricist,Producer,Performer,Mixing Engineer,Executive Producer
Rick James   Composer,Lyricist
KeKe Wyatt   Performer
Nas   Composer,Producer,Performer
Naughty by Nature   Performer
Pablo Arraya   Assistant Engineer
The Neptunes   Arranger,Producer,Mixing Engineer,Executive Producer
Raphael Saadiq   Composer,Lyricist
Anita Poree   Composer,Lyricist
Petey Pablo   Performer
J.D. Andrew   Assistant Engineer
J.J. Jackson   Composer
Irving Lorenzo   Composer,Lyricist
Joe   Producer
City High   Performer
Ivan Matias   Composer,Lyricist,Producer
L.E.S.   Composer,Lyricist
Ja Rule   Performer
Cory Rooney   Composer,Lyricist,Producer,Executive Producer
Kevin Crouse   Engineer
India.Arie   Composer,Lyricist
Bow Wow   Performer
Mystikal   Performer
Brian Springer   Engineer,Mixing Engineer
Brian Casey   Composer,Lyricist
C. Stewart   Composer
Caleb Shreve   Mixing Engineer
Glenn Lewis   Composer,Lyricist,Performer
Bryan-Michael Cox   Composer,Lyricist
Christopher "Tricky" Stewart   Composer,Lyricist,Producer
T.W. Hale   Composer
Paul Gregory   Assistant Engineer
Irv Gotti   Composer,Producer,Mixing Engineer
Barry Hankerson   Executive Producer
Claudette Ortiz   Composer,Lyricist
James Harris III   Composer,Lyricist
D'Wayne Wiggins   Composer,Lyricist
Freddie Perren   Composer,Lyricist
Gene Thornton   Composer,Lyricist
John Austin   Composer,Lyricist
Leon Huff   Composer,Lyricist
Rob Walker   Executive Producer
Rob Williams   Engineer
Jeffrey Atkins   Composer,Lyricist
Phil Tan   Mixing Engineer
Jimmy Jam   Producer,Remixing,Executive Producer
Eddie Kendricks   Engineer
Joel Campbell   Composer,Lyricist,Producer
Ryan Toby   Lyricist,Producer,Composer
Pharrell Williams   Composer,Lyricist
Vernon Brown   Composer,Lyricist
Leonard Caston   Lyricist,Composer
Janet Jackson   Composer,Lyricist,Producer,Executive Producer
Allen Gordon, Jr.   Composer,Lyricist
Andy Blakelock   Mixing Engineer
A. Harris   Composer
John Fletcher   Composer,Lyricist
C. Yarian   Composer
Roosevelt Harrell   Composer,Lyricist
J.J. Campbell   Composer
Robby Pardlo   Composer,Lyricist
L. Michael Smith   Composer
John Horesco IV   Engineer,Mixing Engineer
Timothy Christian Riley   Composer,Lyricist
Liz Garner   Project Coordinator
Brian Frye   Engineer
Frank Wilson   Composer,Lyricist
Angelo Quaglia   Engineer
Malik Crawford   Composer,Lyricist
Jomo Hankerson   Executive Producer
Rebecca Tuinei   Assistant Engineer
Off the Hook   Performer
Andrew Coleman   Engineer
Tadd Mingo   Assistant Engineer
Milwaukee Buck   Engineer
Teron Beal   Composer,Lyricist
Traci Hale   Composer,Lyricist
S. Sanders   Composer
John Hill   Mixing Engineer
Nasir Jones   Composer,Lyricist
Moses Barrett III   Composer,Lyricist
Robby Pardio   Producer
Dreux Frederic   Composer,Lyricist
Steve Penny   Assistant Engineer
Bernie Grundman   Mastering Engineer
Avant   Composer,Lyricist
Aaliyah   Executive Producer,Performer
Anthony Criss   Composer,Lyricist
Timothy Mosley   Composer,Lyricist
Timbaland   Producer,Mixing Engineer
Jimmy Douglass   Mixing Engineer
Shannon Sanders   Composer,Lyricist
John Whitehead   Composer,Lyricist
Ruff Endz   Performer
Jay Goin   Assistant Engineer
Mr. Cheeks   Composer
Brandon Casey   Composer,Lyricist
Kevin Davis   Mixing Engineer
Donnie Scantz   Composer,Lyricist
Tom Coyne   Mastering Engineer
Reginald Hargis   Composer,Lyricist
7   Producer
Terrance Kelly   Composer,Lyricist
Stephen Garrett   Composer,Lyricist
Jarell Houston   Composer,Lyricist
Malik Tyler   Composer,Lyricist
Manelich Sotolango   Engineer
Nastacia "Nazz" Kendall   Composer,Lyricist
Allstar   Engineer,Mixing Engineer