Erykah Badu – Worldwide Underground
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Motown – B0000739-01 |
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Vinyl
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US |
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Genre: |
Funk / Soul |
Style: |
Neo Soul |
Tracklist
| A1 | Intro - World Keeps Turnin' | 1:39 | |
| A2 | Bump It | 8:49 | |
| A3 | Back In The Day (Puff) | 4:46 | |
| A4 | I Want You | 10:53 | |
| B1 | Woo | 3:14 | |
| B2 | The Grind | 2:49 | |
| B3 | Danger | 5:49 | |
| B4 | Think Twice | 3:02 | |
| Bonus Track | |||
| B5 | Love Of My Life Worldwide | 5:25 | |
| B6 | Outro - World Keeps Turnin' | 4:01 |
Companies, etc.
- Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Motown Records
- Copyright © – Motown Records
- Distributed By – Universal Music & Video Distribution, Corp.
- Recorded At – Electric Lady Studios
- Recorded At – Com Point Studios
- Recorded At – Luminous Sound
- Recorded At – The Studio
- Recorded At – Palmyra Studios
- Recorded At – Kitchen Studios (2)
- Mixed At – Right Track Recording
- Mixed At – Sound On Sound, New York
- Mixed At – Luminous Sound
- Mastered At – Sterling Sound
- Mastered At – WexTrax Mastering Labs
Credits
- A&R [A&R Manager] – Lyonel "Kay K" Rosemond*
- Executive-Producer – Kedar Massenburg
- Executive-Producer [Co-Executive Producer] – Tom Soares
- Lacquer Cut By – RM*
- Mastered By – Chris Athens (tracks: A1, A2, A4 to B4)
- Performer [Freakquency] – R.S.*
- Producer – Freakquency
- Written-By, Arranged By – E. Badu* (tracks: A1, A2 to B4)
Notes
Track A1 - Recorded & mixed for Reel For Reel.
Recorded at Electric Lady Studios, NYC. Additional recording at The Studio, Philadelphia, PA & Palmyra, Dallas, TX.
Mixed at Right Track Recording Studios, NYC.
Track A2 - Recorded for Reel For Reel. Recorded at Com Point, Nassau, Bahamas.
Mixed for Team B / Loreal Inc. Mixed at Sound On Sound, NYC.
Track A3 - Recorded for Reel For Reel. Recorded at Electric Lady Studio, NYC.
Mixed at 509 Right Track Recording Studio, NYC. Additional Mixing for Reel For Reel.
Track A4 - Recorded for Reel For Reel. Recorded at Luminous, Dallas, TX.
Mixed for Team B / Loreal Inc. Mixed at Sound On Sound, NYC.
Roy Hargrove appears courtesy of Verve Records.
Track B1 - Recorded & mixed for Reel For Reel. Recorded at Luminous, Dallas, TX.
Mixed at Right Track Recording Studios, NYC.
Contains interpolation of "Sometimes" by Erykah Badu.
Track B2 - Recorded & mixed for Reel For Reel. Mixed at Luminous, Dallas, TX.
Recorded at Electric Lady Studios, NYC, The Studio, Philadelphia, PA & Circle House, Miami, FL.
Lenny Kravitz appears courtesy of Virgin Records America, Inc.
Contains an interpolation of "Face To Face" by Flight.
Track B3 - Recorded & mixed for Reel For Reel. Additional recording at Electric Lady Studios, New York, NY & The Studio, Philadelphia, PA.
Mixed at Right Track Recording Studios, NYC.
Track B4 - Recorded & mixed for Reel For Reel.
Recorded at Electric Lady Studios, NYC. Additional recording at The Kitchen, Dallas, TX.
Mixed at Luminous, Dallas, TX.
Contains a sample from "We're Gonna Funk You Right On Up" / sequence of Sugar Hill Records.
This track is a remix of the original composition.
Angie Stone appears courtesy of RCA Music Group.
Queen Latifah appears courtesy of Flava Unit Records, Inc.
All tracks mastered for Sterling Sound; except track A3 mastered at Wex Trax Mastering Labs, TX.
Executive Executive Producer: God
"These songs were inspired by & dedicated to the frustrated artist tour
2003a.d. You gave us so much love out there. Peace big global tribe! thank
you for your energy! Where you there?"
(C) & (P) Motown Records, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Recorded at Electric Lady Studios, NYC. Additional recording at The Studio, Philadelphia, PA & Palmyra, Dallas, TX.
Mixed at Right Track Recording Studios, NYC.
Track A2 - Recorded for Reel For Reel. Recorded at Com Point, Nassau, Bahamas.
Mixed for Team B / Loreal Inc. Mixed at Sound On Sound, NYC.
Track A3 - Recorded for Reel For Reel. Recorded at Electric Lady Studio, NYC.
Mixed at 509 Right Track Recording Studio, NYC. Additional Mixing for Reel For Reel.
Track A4 - Recorded for Reel For Reel. Recorded at Luminous, Dallas, TX.
Mixed for Team B / Loreal Inc. Mixed at Sound On Sound, NYC.
Roy Hargrove appears courtesy of Verve Records.
Track B1 - Recorded & mixed for Reel For Reel. Recorded at Luminous, Dallas, TX.
Mixed at Right Track Recording Studios, NYC.
Contains interpolation of "Sometimes" by Erykah Badu.
Track B2 - Recorded & mixed for Reel For Reel. Mixed at Luminous, Dallas, TX.
Recorded at Electric Lady Studios, NYC, The Studio, Philadelphia, PA & Circle House, Miami, FL.
Lenny Kravitz appears courtesy of Virgin Records America, Inc.
Contains an interpolation of "Face To Face" by Flight.
Track B3 - Recorded & mixed for Reel For Reel. Additional recording at Electric Lady Studios, New York, NY & The Studio, Philadelphia, PA.
Mixed at Right Track Recording Studios, NYC.
Track B4 - Recorded & mixed for Reel For Reel.
Recorded at Electric Lady Studios, NYC. Additional recording at The Kitchen, Dallas, TX.
Mixed at Luminous, Dallas, TX.
Contains a sample from "We're Gonna Funk You Right On Up" / sequence of Sugar Hill Records.
This track is a remix of the original composition.
Angie Stone appears courtesy of RCA Music Group.
Queen Latifah appears courtesy of Flava Unit Records, Inc.
All tracks mastered for Sterling Sound; except track A3 mastered at Wex Trax Mastering Labs, TX.
Executive Executive Producer: God
"These songs were inspired by & dedicated to the frustrated artist tour
2003a.d. You gave us so much love out there. Peace big global tribe! thank
you for your energy! Where you there?"
(C) & (P) Motown Records, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Barcode and Other Identifiers
- Barcode: 602498604960
- Matrix / Runout (Side A Runout): B0000739-01-A G-1 RM
- Matrix / Runout (Side B Runout): B0000739-01-B G-1 RM
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Worldwide Underground (CD, Album) | Motown | 986 087-5 | UK | 2003 | ||
| Worldwide Underground (CD, Album) | Motown | 0602498609088 | Europe | 2003 | |||
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Worldwide Underground (CD, Album) | Motown | b0000739-02 | US | 2003 | ||
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Worldwide Underground (LP, Album) | Motown | 60249860496 | Europe | 2003 | ||
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World Wide Underground (CD, Album) | Motown | b000073902 | Canada | 2003 |
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Reviews
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Can confirm what others have said about the quality of the pressing: it sounds flat and compressed, almost like it was mastered from a low quality mp3 file. Lots of pops and surface noise - even after a good cleaning - most likely because you have to bump up the volume excessively just to play the record at a normal level. Erykah still shines through though, because Erykah. I’m not mad, just disappointed. -
this pressing is way too quiet to really pull out and DJ at a party. which defeats the purpose of the music.
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Edited 2 years agoSound quality is total GARBAGE on 2003 pressing I got! I'm so mad!! Damn you motown! -
Unbelievably poor quality. Honestly, you’re better off streaming it on YouTube and playing it through your phone speakers. -
I keep hearing Loose Ends when I listen to Bump It. I think they should be given credit -
Upon unpacking, my record was static, dirty and I spotted a few small dents towards the inner grooves. Fortunately, those were not really audible after cleaning the record. My record isn't warped either. It's not an audiophile pressing, but the sound is certainly good overall. -
This is one of my all time favorite albums, unfortunately this is a bad pressing. I have returned it twice to my record store in hopes that I just got a bad copy. But the issue is indeed the pressing. The audio is very low. As the record goes on, Erykah’s vocals sound muffled. Super disappointed. I’m not going to list this album as part of my collection because I don’t feel like it is. It’s just a record I own. -
I agree with what others have said about this pressing: volume is a bit low, decent amount of surface noise. Not impressed. The music, on the other hand, is slamming. -
this is a great album but not really impressed with this pressing... level is very low and there is also some background noise... shame really -
I have purchased this album twice. Both times the album has been warped and unplayable. There is surface noise on the last 2 tracks on both sides. I am in search of a copy that is not warped at least.
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