''The Clarence Greenwood Recordings'' is the third album by American recording artist
Citizen Cope. It was released on September 14, 2004 via
RCA Records
RCA Records is an American record label currently owned by Sony Music Entertainment, a subsidiary of Sony Corporation of America. It is one of Sony Music's four flagship labels, alongside RCA's former long-time rival Columbia Records; also A ...
. Originally, ''The Clarence Greenwood Recordings'' was scheduled to be released under
Arista Records after he was pursued by the company where they bought out his contract with his former label,
DreamWorks Records. Arista CEO
L.A. Reid - who executive produced the album - left the label amid huge losses before it was released. The move made Citizen Cope an RCA signee when Arista was restructured in 2004.
On August 30, 2019, the
RIAA issued a Gold certification for ''The Clarence Greenwood Recordings'' fifteen years after its initial release.
Track listing
All the tracks were written and produced by Clarence Greenwood.
Personnel
* Clarence Greenwood – main artist, producer, drum machine, fender rhodes, guitar, keyboards, programming, synthesizer bass, turntables
* Rev. Brady Blade – drums
* Aaron Burroughs – handclapping
* Dennis Chambers – drums
*
Danny Clinch
Danny Clinch (born 1964) is an American photographer and film director.
Biography
Born in Toms River, New Jersey, Clinch graduated from Toms River High School East in 1982. After attending Ocean County College, he attended the New England S ...
– photography
* Preston Crump – bass
* Paul "Big Bird" Edwards – drums
*
John Ginty
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– keyboards, organ, synthesizer, synthesizer strings
* Bashiri Johnson – percussion
*
Manny Marroquin
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Life and career
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– mixing
* Alex McKinney – web design
*
Meshell Ndegeocello
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– bass
* Michael Neal – bass, mixing
* Daniel Parker – handclapping, keyboards, piano
* Shawn Pelton – drums
*
Neal Pogue – mixing
*
Bob Power – bass
*
James Poyser
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Poyser has written and produced songs for various legendary and award-winning artists such as Erykah Badu, Mariah Carey, ...
– keyboards, piano
* Steve Ralbovsky – A&R
* Keith Robinson – percussion
* Carlos Santana – guitar
* Joshua Sarubin – A&R
* Mike Tocci – mixing
* Steef Van De Gevel – mixing
* Jason Yates – fender rhodes, organ
*
Leon Zervos – mastering
Certifications
References
2004 albums
Citizen Cope albums
RCA Records albums
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