''Can'tneverdidnothin is the second studio album by

Nikka Costa Domenica "Nikka" Costa (born 4 June 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. Early ...

. The album was released May 24, 2005, by

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. It received generally favorable reviews from critics.

Track listing

2005 retail release

2004 promotional release

Personnel

Credits for ''Can'tneverdidnothin adapted from

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* ?uestlove - drums ("Happy in the Morning") *

Charlie Bisharat Charlie Bisharat is an American violinist known as a member of Shadowfax and for his work in film and with other New Age Jazz artists. He was born in Inglewood, CA in 1963 to parents who immigrated to the United States from Palestine in the 1950 ...

- violin *

John Blackwell John Blackwell may refer to: * John Blackwell (Alun) (1797–1840), Welsh poet * John Blackwell (engineer) (c. 1775–1840), English civil engineer * John Blackwell (musician) (1973–2017), drummer in the New Power Generation * John Blackwell (ref ...

- drums ("Around the World") *

Printz Board Priese Prince Lamont "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 Johnson. In addition, Board has ...

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

Jon Brion Jon Brion 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 producer and film score comp ...

- organ ("I Gotta Know"), synthesizer ("Happy in the Morning") *Aillene Bullock - composer ("Funkier Than a Mosquita's Tweaker") * David Campbell - string arrangements ("I Gotta Know", "Around the World") *Dave Chegwidden - bongos, conga ("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 danc ...

- mastering *Ranjit Grewal - photography *Chris Holmes - engineer ("I Gotta Know", "Around the World") *Stan "Chance" Howard - Moog bass, Moog synthesizer, organ * Lenny Kravitz - bass, drums, bass * Abe Laboriel, Jr. - drums *Felix Lau - assistant engineer *

Brian LeBarton Brian LeBarton is a musician from Los Angeles, California. Notable contributions include his work on Beck's Grammy-nominated 2007 self-released single " Timebomb", the score to ''Nacho Libre''. Played drums and bass on Beck's cover of Bob Dylan' ...

- clavinet, organ *Tim LeBlanc - engineer *Joshua "Trumpet Solo" Lopez - guitar, guitar (electric), shaker * Roger Joseph Manning, Jr. - clavinet *

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 ...

- 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 ("Can'tneverdidnothin", "Funkier Than a Mosquita's Tweaker") *Len Peltier - art direction, design *

James Poyser James Jason Poyser is an American songwriter, record producer, musician and current member of the hip hop band The Roots. Poyser has written and produced songs for various legendary and award-winning artists such as Erykah Badu, Mariah Carey, ...

- 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 performing and recording with Lenny Kravitz. Early life Craig Ross was born and raised in Los Angeles, California. He has two daughters named Mia and Devon with his first wife Anna. Sin ...

- 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

Singles

* "I Don't Think We've Met" (Promo only) * "Till I Get to You" (Promo only)

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.

References

2005 albums Nikka Costa albums Virgin Records albums Albums produced by Justin Stanley {{2000s-R&B-album-stub