''New Orleans'' is the major-label debut

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by American singer-songwriter

PJ Morton P.J. Morton (born Paul Morton Jr.; March 29, 1981) is an American Grammy winning musician, singer, songwriter and record producer. Since 2012, he has been one of the keyboardists, alongside Jesse Carmichael, for the pop rock band Maroon 5. Mort ...

. The album was released on May 14, 2013, under

Young Money Young Money Entertainment is an American record label founded by rapper Lil Wayne. Young Money's president is Lil Wayne's lifelong friend and fellow rapper Mack Maine. The label was an imprint of Cash Money Records and is distributed by Republ ...

, Cash Money and

Republic Records Republic Records is a New York City–based American record label owned by Universal Music Group (UMG). It was founded by Avery Lipman and Monte Lipman as an independent label in 1995, and was acquired by UMG in 2000. Republic was initially an ...

. The album is primarily produced by PJ Morton and features

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s by

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, Tweet,

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and

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Accolades

The album's lead single, "Only One," which features

, was nominated for the

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at the

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in 2014.

Track listing

Personnel

* PJ Morton - vocals, bass, keyboards, drum programming * Warryn Campbell - additional drum programming, additional keyboards * Mike Moore - drums * Chris "Daddy" Dave - drums * Jesse Bond - guitar * James Valentine - guitar * Brian Cockerham - bass * Ed Clark - drums * Curt Chambers - guitar * James King, Dontae Winslow - trumpet * Dwayne Dugger, Kamasi Washington - saxophone * Stephanie Matthews, Brittany Cotto, Marisa Sorajja, Adrienne Woods, Clair Courchene - strings * Noah "Mailbox" Passavoy, Ron Benner, Bruce Buechner - recording engineers * Fabian Marascuillo,

Manny Marroquin Manny Marroquin (born September 21, 1971) is an American mixing engineer.Daley, Dan (May 2005).Manny Marroquin. ''Sound on Sound''. Retrieved February 10, 2007 He has received ten Grammy awards for his professional audio work. Life and career M ...

- mixing * Chris Athens - mastering *

Dwayne Carter Dwayne Michael Carter Jr. (born September 27, 1982), known professionally as Lil Wayne, is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, and record executive. His career began in 1995, at the age of 12, when he was signed by rapper Birdman, joining ...

, Jermaine Preyan,

Ronald "Slim" Williams Ronald Jay "Slim" Williams (born November 11, 1964) is an American entrepreneur and record executive who co-founded the record label Cash Money Records along with his younger brother, rapper Bryan "Birdman" Williams. As with his younger brothe ...

, Bryan "Birdman" Williams - executive producers * Steven Taylor - photography * Joe Spix - art direction * Joe Spix, Olivia Smith - package design

Charts

References

{{Authority control Cash Money Records albums Young Money Entertainment albums 2013 debut albums PJ Morton albums