''Stone Love'' is the third studio album by American singer

Angie Stone Angela Laverne Brown (born December 18, 1961) known professionally as Angie Stone, is an American singer, songwriter, actress, and record producer. She rose to fame in the late 1970s as member of the hip hop trio The Sequence. In the early 1990s ...

. It was released on July 6, 2004, by

J Records J Records was an American record label owned and operated by Bertelsmann Music Group until it was transferred to Sony Music Entertainment when they acquired all of BMG’s record labels in late 2008. It was distributed through the RCA Music Gro ...

. The album debuted at number 14 on the US ''Billboard'' 200 with 53,000 copies sold in its first week.

Track listing

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(Intro)" is a cover of the 1970 single by

The Supremes The Supremes were an American girl group and a premier act of Motown Records during the 1960s. Founded as the Primettes in Detroit, Michigan, in 1959, the Supremes were the most commercially successful of Motown's acts and the most successful ...

. * "I Wanna Thank Ya" contains re-sung lyrics from "Come into My Life" by

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and interpolations of " All This Love" by

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. * "Lovers' Ghetto" contains elements from "Adventures in the Land of Music" by

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. * "You're Gonna Get It" contains samples from "

La-La (Means I Love You) "La-La (Means I Love You)" is an R&B/Soul music, soul song by American vocal group The Delfonics. Released on January 26, 1968, by Philly Groove Records, the song was written by Thom Bell and William Hart, and produced by Bell and Stan Watson. Ba ...

" by

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. * "Come Home (Live with Me)" contains samples from "Come Live with Me" by

Dorothy Ashby Dorothy Jeanne Thompson (August 6, 1932 – April 13, 1986), better known as Dorothy Ashby, was an American jazz harpist, singer and composer. Hailed as one of the most "unjustly under loved jazz greats of the 1950s" and the "most accomplished ...

. * "You Don't Love Me" contains excerpts from "

We've Only Just Begun "We've Only Just Begun" is a single by the Carpenters, written by Roger Nichols (music) and Paul Williams (lyrics). It was ranked at No. 414 on ''Rolling Stone'' magazine's list of "The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time." Song information The so ...

" by

Curtis Mayfield Curtis Lee Mayfield (June 3, 1942 – December 26, 1999) was an American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and record producer, and one of the most influential musicians behind soul and politically conscious African-American music.

. * "That Kind of Love" contains samples from "(I'm Going By) The Stars in Your Eyes" by Ron Banks and

The Dramatics The Dramatics are an American soul music vocal group, formed in Detroit, Michigan, in 1964. They are best known for their 1970s hit songs " In the Rain" and "Whatcha See Is Whatcha Get", both of which were Top 10 Pop hits, as well as their late ...

Personnel

Credits adapted from the liner notes of ''Stone Love''.

Musicians

– vocals ; background vocals ; additional keyboards *

Snoop Dogg Calvin Cordozar Broadus Jr. (born October 20, 1971), known professionally as Snoop Dogg (previously Snoop Doggy Dogg and briefly Snoop Lion), is an American rapper. His fame dates back to 1992 when he featured on Dr. Dre's debut solo single, " ...

– vocals *

Jazze Pha Phalon Anton Alexander, (born April 15, 1974), professionally known as Jazze Pha ( ), is an American record producer, singer, songwriter and rapper from Memphis, Tennessee. He is the founder and chief executive officer of Sho'nuff Records, to wh ...

– vocal ad-libs *

Floetry Floetry were an English contemporary R&B, R&B duo comprising Marsha Ambrosius ("The Songstress") and The Floacist, Natalie Stewart ("The Floacist"). The group recorded two studio albums and one live album and sold over 1,500,000 records worldwi ...

– vocals *

Warryn "Baby Dubb" Campbell Warryn Stafford Campbell, Jr. (born August 21, 1975) is an American record producer. He has worked with a number of gospel, hip hop and R&B artists. Campbell originally got his start as a session musician and producer under the tutelage of DJ Q ...

– instruments, programming * Sean Cooper – sound design * Harold Lilly – background vocals *

Nisan Stewart Nisan Cumming Stewart (born 31 March 1974) is a noted drummer, record producer and songwriter. Having worked with Timbaland and Missy Elliott on Missy Elliott's earlier work (''This Is Not a Test!''), he co-produced Karen Clark Sheard's 2002 album ...

– all instruments * Craig X. Brockman – all instruments * John "Jubu" Smith – all instruments *

Missy Elliott Melissa Arnette Elliott (born July 1, 1971), better known as Missy Elliott or Missy “Misdemeanor” Elliot, is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, and record producer. She embarked on her music career with R&B girl group Sista in the earl ...

– background vocals * Tweet – background vocals * Diamond Stone – background vocals ; vocals *

Betty Wright Bessie Regina Norris (December 21, 1953 – May 10, 2020), better known by her stage name Betty Wright, was an American soul and R&B singer, songwriter and background vocalist. Beginning her professional career in the late 1960s as a teena ...

– background vocals ; vocals * Anthony Hamilton – vocals * Jonathan Richmond – all instruments (as Jon Rych) ; background vocals ; additional vocal performance * Eric Walls – guitar *

Juanita Wynn Juanita may refer to: Names/places *Diminutive of Juana, a female given name in Spanish *Mummy Juanita, or "The Ice Maiden", 15th-century Inca mummy discovered in 1995 *Juanita, Kirkland, Washington, a neighborhood of the city of Kirkland *Juanita ...

– background vocals *

Baby Paul Da Beatminerz are a hip-hop production crew from Bushwick, Brooklyn, and are known for their dark, gritty sound that is very popular with the underground hip-hop scene. History The crew, originally composed of brothers Mr. Walt (born June 2, 196 ...

– drum programming * Rufus Blaq – drum programming * Jamel "Melekeyz" Oliver – keyboards *

Prince Charles Alexander Charles Alexander (born April 2, 1958), known professionally as Prince Charles Alexander, is an American record producer and audio engineer. He received a Grammy for Best Contemporary Soul Gospel Album in 2003. Background Alexander was born in B ...

– keyboards * Khadejia Bass – background vocals * Stephanie Bolton – background vocals * Walter (DJ Walt) Millsap III – instruments, programming *

Tamara Savage Tamara Savage is an American songwriter born in 1979 in California, who started writing songs in 1998 at the age of 19. She has written for Tamia, Monica, Faith Evans, Nicole Wray, Mary Mary, Heather Headley, Shanice, Whitney Houston, Mýa and Tr ...

– background vocals * Joi Campbell – background vocals * Supa Ugly K-Love – additional programming * Jamal Peoples –

Fender Rhodes The Rhodes piano (also known as the Fender Rhodes piano) is an electric piano invented by Harold Rhodes, which became popular in the 1970s. Like a conventional piano, the Rhodes generates sound with keys and hammers, but instead of strings, th ...

* Steve Bethany – guitar * Crystal Johnson – background vocals * T.H.C. – vocals * Andreao "Fanatic" Heard – all instruments, programming

Technical

* Angie Stone – production ; executive production * Jonathan Richmond – production * Jazze Pha – production * Arnold Wolfe – recording * Tim Donovan – recording ; mixing * Yutaka Kawana – recording assistance ; recording ; mixing assistance * Serban Ghenea – mixing * John Hanes – additional

Pro Tools Pro Tools is a digital audio workstation (DAW) developed and released by Avid Technology (formerly Digidesign) for Microsoft Windows and macOS. It is used for music creation and production, sound for picture (sound design, audio post-productio ...

engineering * Tim Roberts – engineering assistance * Warryn "Baby Dubb" Campbell – production * Harold Lilly – co-production * Bruce Buechner – recording * Ann Mincieli – recording *

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 * Sandra Campbell – project coordination * Missy Elliott – production * Nisan Stewart – co-production * Craig X. Brockman – co-production * John "Jubu" Smith – co-production * Carlos Bedoya – recording *

Marcella Araica Marcella Christina Araica is an American recording and mixing engineer, who has recorded and mixed tracks for artists including Britney Spears, Duran Duran, K. Michelle, Keri Hilson, Madonna, P!nk and Timbaland. Biography Araica started her prof ...

– recording assistance * Paul Falcone – mixing * Daniel "Boom" Wierup – recording * Rob Barahona – recording assistance * Rufus Blaq – production, recording * Prince Charles Alexander – production, recording, mixing * Jamel "Melekeyz" Oliver – associate production * Louis Alfred III – recording * Elai Tubo – recording * Walter (DJ Walt) Millsap III – production, recording * David Lopez – recording * Rabeka Tunei – mixing assistance * Supa Ugly K-Love – production * Andre Netto – recording assistance * Bill Importico – recording * Andreao "Fanatic" Heard – production * Sherrod Barnes – production * Eddie Krakaur – recording * Herb Powers Jr. – mastering *

Peter Edge Peter Edge is an English-American record executive. He is the chairman and CEO of RCA Records. Early life and education Edge was born near Coventry, England. Fueled in part by his sister’s record collection – which included influential ...

– executive production

Artwork

* Alli – art direction, design * Marc (Poppa) Baptiste – photography * Chris LeBeau – art department production

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Release history

Notes

References

{{Authority control 2004 albums Albums produced by Craig Brockman Albums produced by Jazze Pha Albums produced by Missy Elliott Albums produced by Warryn Campbell Albums recorded at Westlake Recording Studios Angie Stone albums Arista Records albums J Records albums