''The Latch-Key Child'' is the debut studio album by American rapper
A+. It was released on August 27, 1996 through
Kedar Entertainment
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Universal Records. Recording sessions took place at Battery Studios in
New York
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* '' ...
. Production was handled by Smith Brothers Entertainment,
Buckwild, Fabian Hamilton, Miladon, Carl Carr and Ike Lee, with
Kedar Massenburg serving as executive producer. It features guest appearances from
AZ,
Prodigy,
Q-Tip and Shakira Atily. The album peaked at #36 on the
Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums and #17 on the
Top Heatseekers in the United States.
Track listing
;Sample credits
*Track 2 contains samples of "Stop Before We Start" written by Cynthia Girty and Arenita Walker and performed by
Bobby Womack &
Candi Staton
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and "Voyage to Atlantis" written by
Rudolph Isley,
Ronald Isley,
Marvin Isley,
Ernie Isley and
Chris Jasper and performed by
The Isley Brothers
*Track 6 contains elements of "Touch" written by
Pamela Sawyer and
Frank Wilson
*Track 7 contains elements of "Let's Get Closer" written by Harold Johnson
*Track 9 contains a sample of "Living Without You" written by Michael Hepburn and Fred Reed, Jr. and performed by
Pleasure
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*Track 11 contains a sample of "No One's Gonna Love You" written by
Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis and performed by
The S.O.S. Band
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Personnel
*Andre "
A+" Levins – main artist
*Jonathan "
Q-Tip" Davis – vocals
(track 3)
*Shakira Atily – vocals
(track 4)
*Albert "
Prodigy" Johnson – vocals
(track 5)
*Anthony "
AZ" Cruz – vocals
(track 7)
*Fabian Hamilton – producer
(tracks: 1, 14)
*Charles Smith – producer
(tracks: 1, 2, 6, 9-12)
*Joseph Smith – producer
(tracks: 1, 2, 6, 9-12)
*Elliot Smith – producer
(tracks: 1, 2, 6, 9-12)
*Anthony "
Buckwild" Best – producer
(tracks: 3, 8)
*Carl Carr – producer
(track 4)
*K. "Miladon" Simpkins – producer
(tracks: 5, 10)
*Ike Lee – producer
(track 7)
*Michael Gilbert – recording, mixing
(tracks: 4, 12)
*
Tim Latham
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In 2008 Latham shared a Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album ...
– mixing
(tracks: 1, 3, 5, 7, 8, 10, 13)
*Daniel Wierup – mixing assistant
(tracks: 1, 3, 5, 8, 10, 13), recording assistant
(track 4), tracking assistant engineering
*Jed Hackett – recording
(track 2), mixing assistant
(tracks: 2, 11, 12), recording assistant
(track 12), additional tracking engineering
*
Russell Elevado
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Accolades
Russell Elevado has a catalog of 50 full albums from the over 100 albums in his discography.
Elevado earned a Grammy A ...
– mixing
(tracks: 2, 6, 9, 11)
*Michael Shinn – additional drum programming
(track 4)
*John Kogan – recording
(track 4)
*Charles McCrorey – recording assistant
(tracks: 4, 12), mixing assistant
(track 7), tracking assistant engineering
*Sharon Kearney – recording assistant
(tracks: 5, 10)
*Martin Czembor – mixing assistant
(tracks: 6, 9), additional tracking engineering
*Tim Donovan – recording
(track 12), additional tracking engineering
*Aidania Gonzalez – tracking assistant engineering
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Kedar Massenburg – executive producer
*The Drawing Board – art direction, design
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Michael Lavine Michael Lavine (born October 13, 1963, San Francisco) is a portrait photographer based in New York City. He grew up in Denver, and graduated from Denver's South High School in 1981.
After graduating high school, Lavine headed to the Pacific Northw ...
– photography
*Alita Carter – sample clearances
*Group Home Entertainment, Inc – management
Charts
References
External links
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1996 debut albums
A+ (rapper) albums
Albums produced by Buckwild