''Kollage'' is the debut studio album by the American

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artist

Bahamadia Antonia D. Reed (born April 22, 1966), known professionally as Bahamadia, is an American Hip hop music, hip hop artist and singer. Bahamadia released her debut album, ''Kollage (album), Kollage'', in 1996, followed by the independently released ...

. It was released on March 19, 1996, via

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. The recording sessions took place at Firehouse Studio,

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, Studio G and Battery Studios, in New York. The album was produced by

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, DJ Red Handed,

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, and

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. It features

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s from Lil' Cess, DJ Red Handed,

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, K-Swift, Mecca Star, Nou, P.A.N., Ski Beatz and X-Cetra. The album peaked at number 126 on the ''Billboard'' 200, number 13 on the

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and number 3 on the

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charts in the United States. It was supported with three singles: "Total Wreck", " Uknowhowwedu" and "I Confess".

Track listing

;Sample credits *Track 3 contains samples from "Uzuri" written by Tyrone Brown and performed by

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. *Track 6 embodies portions of "

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" written by

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. *Track 15 embodies portions of "Lay Me Down Easy" written by

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and

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Personnel

*Antonia D. "

" Reed – vocals, co-producer (track 11) *Lil' Cess – additional vocals (tracks: 3, 13, 15) *P.A.N. – additional vocals (track 3) *X-Cetra – additional vocals (track 6) *David "

" Willis – additional vocals & producer (track 7) *Juan "DJ Red Handed" Cordova – additional vocals & producer (track 7) *Nou – additional vocals (track 11) *Karen M. "K-Swift" Williams – additional vocals (track 14) *Kreda "Mecca Star" Akins – additional vocals (track 14) *

– backing vocals (track 15) *Joseph "

" Johnson – keyboards, producer, mixing (tracks: 6, 15) *Preston "P-Funk" Middleton – bass (track 6) *Corey "Funky Fingers" Stoot – guitar & bass (track 15) *Jojo – keyboards (track 15) *Christopher "

" Martin – producer (tracks: 1, 4, 5, 13, 14) *Keith "

" Elam – producer (tracks: 2, 9), co-producer (track 11) *Walter " Mr. Walt" Dewgarde – producer (tracks: 3, 8, 10, 12) *Ewart "

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" Dewgarde – producer (tracks: 3, 8, 10, 12) *

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– producers (track 11) *Carlos Bess – engineering (tracks: 2, 9) *Kieran Walsh – engineering (tracks: 3, 10) *Eddie Sancho – engineering (tracks: 4, 13, 14) *

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– engineering (track 6) *Flip Osman – engineering assistant (track 6) *Joe Quinde – engineering (track 7) * Tim Latham – engineering (track 11) *Skip Holman – engineering (track 15) *Michael Gilbert – additional mixing (track 15) *Herb Powers Jr. – mastering (tracks: 1-14) *

Chris Gehringer Chris Gehringer (born May 27, 1962) is an American mastering engineer at Sterling Sound in New Jersey. Gehringer is known for having mastered recordings by popular artists such as AJR, Dua Lipa, Drake, Ed Sheeran, Gwen Stefani, Harry Styles, ...

– mastering (track 15) *Ceceley Chapman – executive producer, A&R, management *Henry Marquez – art direction *Ari Forman – design *Lu Ann Graffeo – design *Piotr Sikora – photography *Lindsey Williams – A&R

Charts

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Kollage (Album) Bahamadia albums 1996 debut albums Albums produced by Guru Chrysalis Records albums East Coast hip-hop albums Albums produced by N.O. Joe Albums produced by Ski Beatz Albums produced by DJ Premier Albums produced by Da Beatminerz