''Can'tneverdidnothin is the sixth studio album by

Nikka Costa Domenica "Nikka" Costa (born June 4, 1972) is an American singer whose music combines elements of pop, soul, and blues. She also had a career as a child singer starting in the early 1980s. She is the daughter of music producer Don Costa. Ear ...

, released on May 24, 2005, by

Virgin Records Virgin Records is a British record label owned by Universal Music Group. They were originally founded as a British independent record label in 1972 by entrepreneurs Richard Branson, Simon Draper, Nik Powell, and musician Tom Newman (musician), ...

as her second and final album with the label. It received generally favorable reviews from critics but was a commercial disappointment, peaking at #157 on the ''Billboard'' 200.

Track listing

2005 retail release

2004 promotional release

Notes *"Till I Get to You", "Can'tneverdidnothin'", "Swing It Around", "Happy in the Morning", "I Gotta Know", and "Hey Love" are some of the tracks that were remixed and reorganized for the retail release.

Personnel

Credits for ''Can'tneverdidnothin adapted from

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* ?uestlove – drums on ("Happy in the Morning") *

Charlie Bisharat Charlie Bisharat (born March 15, 1963) is an American violinist known as a member of Shadowfax and for his work in film and with other new age jazz artists. Life and career He was born in Inglewood, California, in 1963 to Palestinian parents w ...

– violin * John Blackwell – drums ("Around the World") *

Printz Board Priese Prince Lamonte "Printz" Board (born September 11, 1982) is an American record producer, songwriter, and singer best known for his work with Black Eyed Peas and being a member of the production group Bucky Jonson. In addition, Board has ...

– horn on ("Can'tneverdidnothin", "Funkier Than a Mosquita's Tweaker") *

Jon Brion Jon Brion (born December 11, 1963) is an American singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, record producer, and composer. He performed with the Excerpts, the Bats, 'Til Tuesday and The Grays (band), the Grays before becoming an established pro ...

– organ on ("I Gotta Know"), synthesizer on ("Happy in the Morning") *Aillene Bullock – composer ("Funkier Than a Mosquita's Tweaker") * David Campbell – string arrangements on ("I Gotta Know", "Around the World") *Dave Chegwidden – bongos, conga on ("Fooled Ya Baby", "Funkier Than a Mosquita's Tweaker") *Larry Corbett – cello *Nikka Costa – audio production, composer, Fender Rhodes, keyboard, Korg synthesizer, piano, producer, tambourine, vocals *Shawn Davis – composer, bass, guitar (bass) * Joel Derouin – violin *Bruce Dukov – violin *Berj Garabedian – violin *

Brian Gardner Brian Knapp Gardner, also known as Brian "Big Bass" Gardner, is an American mastering engineer. He has worked on a number of recordings since the mid-1960s, including classic rock, funk, disco, alternative rock, R&B, hip hop, pop punk and dance-p ...

– mastering *Ranjit Grewal – photography *Chris Holmes – engineer on ("I Gotta Know", "Around the World") *Stan "Chance" Howard – Moog bass, Moog synthesizer, organ *

Lenny Kravitz Leonard Albert Kravitz (born May 26, 1964) is an American singer, musician, songwriter, record producer, and actor. His debut album ''Let Love Rule (Lenny Kravitz album), Let Love Rule'' (1989) was characterized by a blend of Rock music, rock ...

– bass, drums, bass * Abe Laboriel, Jr. – drums *Felix Lau – assistant engineer *

Brian LeBarton Brian LeBarton is a musician from Los Angeles, California. LeBarton gained some minor recognition in the 2000s by working for better known artists, including his work as an intern for Beck's Grammy-nominated 2007 self-released single " Timebomb", ...

– clavinet, organ *Tim LeBlanc – engineer *Joshua "Trumpet Solo" Lopez – guitar, guitar (electric), shaker *

Roger Joseph Manning, Jr. Roger Joseph Manning Jr. (born May 27, 1966) is an American keyboardist, singer, and songwriter who co-founded the bands Jellyfish (band), Jellyfish, the Moog Cookbook, Imperial Drag, and The Lickerish Quartet. He has also spent several years a ...

– clavinet *

Manny Marroquin Manny Marroquin (born September 21, 1971) is a Guatemalan-American record mixing engineer. He has been credited on albums for high-profile pop, R&B, hip hop and rock acts. He has worked with artists including Rihanna, Kanye West, Katy Perry ...

– mixing *Keith Megna – guitar, guitar (acoustic), guitar (electric), sitar *

Wendy Melvoin Wendy Ann Melvoin (born January 26, 1964) is an American guitarist and singer-songwriter, best known for her work with Prince as part of his backing band the Revolution, and for her collaboration with Lisa Coleman as one half of the duo Wendy ...

– guitar (electric) *Adam Moseley – engineer, mixing *Tim Izo Orindgreff – horn, horn arrangements on ("Can'tneverdidnothin", "Funkier Than a Mosquita's Tweaker") *Len Peltier – art direction, design *

James Poyser James Jason Poyser (b. January 30, 1967) is an American record producer, multi-instrumentalist, and songwriter from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He has been a member of the hip hop band The Roots since 2009, and plays with The Roots in the hous ...

– Moog synthesizer *Satnam Ramgotra – drums, turntables *

Brian Reitzell Brian Reitzell (born December 24, 1965) is an American musician, composer, record producer and music supervisor best known for his work on many film and TV soundtracks. He is notable for working extensively with the American film director Sofia ...

– drums *Steven Rhodes – engineer *

Craig Ross Craig David Ross is an American guitarist, best known for his work with singer Lenny Kravitz. Early life Craig Ross was born and raised in Los Angeles, California. He borrowed a guitar from a neighbor's garage at age eight. He began playing th ...

– composer, guitar, guitar (acoustic), guitar (electric) * Jim Scott – mixing *Sinisha – photography *

Justin Stanley Justin Stanley is an Australian musician, producer and songwriter. He has worked with an eclectic range of musicians including Beck, Prince, Jimmy Cliff, Leonard Cohen, Paul McCartney and Snoop Dogg. Some of the artists Stanley had produced, in ...

– audio production, bass, engineer, fuzz bass, guitar, guitar (bass), guitar (electric), kalimba, Mellotron, mixing, organ, percussion, producer

Charts

References

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