''My Heart'' is the debut album by American R&B singer

Donell Jones Donell Jones (born May 22, 1973) is an American singer, songwriter, and record producer. He is most notable for the Hit song, hits "U Know What's Up", "Where I Wanna Be (Donell Jones song), Where I Wanna Be", and his cover version, cover of Ste ...

. It was released by

LaFace Records LaFace Records was an American record label based in Atlanta, Georgia, that operated as a unit of Sony Music Entertainment from 2008 to 2011 and was historically a part of Bertelsmann Music Group from 1989 to 2004. It was most active and achiev ...

on June 4, 1996 in the United States. After the dissolution of his group Porché, Jones turned to songwriting and production, writing songs for R&B group Jade from their 1994 second album '' Mind, Body & Song'' as well as co-writing for Usher's self-titled debut album in that same year. He signed a recording contract as a solo performer with LaFace under Untouchables Entertainment, a production company and record label founded by Heavy D. & The Boyz member Edward "Eddie F." Ferrell. Most of the album was produced by Jones himself with additional help from Ferrell's Untouchables Entertainment production team. The album featured three singles, including "In the Hood", "

Knocks Me Off My Feet "Knocks Me Off My Feet" is a song written and performed by American recording artist Stevie Wonder, from his 1976 album '' Songs in the Key of Life''. It was not released as a single, though it was released as a B-side to " I Ain't Gonna Stand for ...

" and "You Should Know".

Track listing

Sample credits * "Waitin' on You" contains samples of "

The Way We Were ''The Way We Were'' is a 1973 American romantic drama film directed by Sydney Pollack and starring Barbra Streisand and Robert Redford. Arthur Laurents wrote both the novel and screenplay based on his college days at Cornell University and his ...

", as performed by

Gladys Knight & The Pips Gladys Knight & the Pips were an American R&B, soul and funk family music group from Atlanta, Georgia, that remained active on the music charts and performing circuit for over three decades starting from the early 1950s. Starting out as simply ...

and "Can It Be All So Simple", as performed by

Wu-Tang Clan Wu-Tang Clan is an American hip hop group formed in Staten Island, New York City, in 1992. Its original members include RZA, GZA, Ol' Dirty Bastard, Method Man, Raekwon, Ghostface Killah, Inspectah Deck, U-God, and Masta Killa. Close aff ...

* "All About You" contains a sample of "Summer Madness", as performed by

Kool & the Gang Kool & the Gang is an American R&B/soul/funk band formed in Jersey City, New Jersey, in 1964 by brothers Robert "Kool" Bell and Ronald Bell, with Dennis "Dee Tee" Thomas, Robert "Spike" Mickens, Charles Smith, George Brown, and Ricky West. ...

* "You Should Know" contains a sample of "Player's Anthem", as performed by Junior M.A.F.I.A. * "In the Hood (Remix)" contains a sample of "Computer Love", as performed by Zapp * "The Only One You Need" contains a sample of

Shook Ones (Part II) "Shook Ones (Part II)" is the lead single from Mobb Deep's 1995 album ''The Infamous, The Infamous...''. The song is a sequel to the group's 1994 promotional single "Shook Ones (song), Shook Ones", with similar lyrics, but less profanity. The orig ...

", as performed by Mobb Deep

Personnel

Credits adapted from

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. * Keyboards: Donell Jones, Eddie F., Darin Whittington, Mookie, Mark Sparks, Kenny Tonge *

Drum Programming Programming is a form of music production and performance using electronic devices and computer software, such as sequencers and workstations or hardware synthesizers, sampler and sequencers, to generate sounds of musical instruments. These ...

: Donell Jones, Eddie F., Darin Whittington, Mookie, Mark Sparks, Kenny Tonge *

Trumpet The trumpet is a brass instrument commonly used in classical and jazz ensembles. The trumpet group ranges from the piccolo trumpet—with the highest register in the brass family—to the bass trumpet, pitched one octave below the standard ...

: Joseph Morant *

Background vocals A backing vocalist is a singer who provides vocal harmony with the lead vocalist or other backing vocalists. A backing vocalist may also sing alone as a lead-in to the main vocalist's entry or to sing a counter-melody. Backing vocalists are us ...

: Donell Jones, Shelene Thomas, Tia Whittington,

Chico DeBarge Jonathan Arthur "Chico" DeBarge (born June 23, 1966) is an American R&B singer and musician. DeBarge was formally a member (for their final album) of the family musical group DeBarge. As a solo artist he scored a 1986 US Top Forty hit with the s ...

, Patria, Erik Milteer * Recording engineer: Scott Hollingsworth, Darin Whittington, Joe Quinde, Jason DeCosta, Kenny Ifill, Kenny Tonge * Mixing: Scott Hollingsworth, Kenny Ortiz, Paul Logus, Rich Travali, Dave Daschinger, Chris Tergersun * Executive producer: Edward "Eddie F." Ferrell, Antonio M. Reid, Kenneth B. Edmonds * Mastering: Herb Powers at

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