My Heart (Donell Jones album)

My Heart
Studio album by Donell Jones
Released	June 4, 1996
Recorded	1996 Playground Studios New Jersey Quad Recording Studios Axis Studios D&D Studios Platinum Island Studios New York City, New York The Hit Quarters White Plains, New York
Genre	R&B
Length	66:13
Label	LaFace
Producer	Donell Jones, Edward "Eddie F." Ferrell, Darin "Piano Man" Whittington, Mookie, Mark Sparks, Kenny Tonge
Donell Jones chronology
My Heart (1996) Where I Wanna Be (1999)

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My Heart is the debut album by R&B singer Donell Jones, released on June 4, 1996. After the dissolution of his group Porché, Donell turned to songwriting and production. He wrote songs for the R&B group Jade from their 1994 second album Mind, Body & Song as well as co-writing "Think Of You" from Usher's self-titled debut album in that same year. He signed a recording contract as a solo performer with LaFace Records under Untouchables Entertainment- a production company and record label founded by Heavy D. & The Boyz member Edward "Eddie F." Ferrell. Most of the album was produced by Donell himself with additional help from Ferrell's Untouchables Entertainment production team. The album featured three singles- "In the Hood", "Knocks Me Off My Feet" and "You Should Know".

Track listing

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• All lyrics and music by Donell Jones, except as noted.

1. "In the Hood" [Playas Version] (Donell Jones, Gregory Tobar, Paul Richardson) (4:22)
2. "Knocks Me Off My Feet" (Stevie Wonder) (3:43)
3. "No Interruptions" (5:01)
4. "Waiting on You" (Jonathan "Mookie" Morant, Edward "Eddie F." Ferrell, Donell Jones) (4:02)
5. "I Want You to Know" (4:33)
6. "My Heart" (3:39)
7. "Yearnin'" (Donell Jones, Gregory Tobar) (4:16)
8. "Wish You Were Here" (Tia Whittington, Darin Whittington) (4:24)
9. "All About You" (Donell Jones, Edward "Eddie F." Ferrell, Mark Sparks) (4:44)
10. "You Should Know" (Donell Jones, Edward "Eddie F." Ferrell, Jonathan "Mookie" Morant) (4:14)
11. "Natural Thang" (5:10)
12. "Believe in Me" (Donell Jones, Felicia Adams, Kenny Tonge) (4:42)
13. "In the Hood" [Remix] (Donell Jones, Jonathan "Mookie" Morant, Unit 3A) (5:01)
14. "Don't Cry" (Donell Jones, Kenny Tonge) (4:25)
15. "The Only One You Need" (Donell Jones, Jonathan "Mookie" Morant, Edward "Eddie F." Ferrell) (3:46) (CD bonus track)

Singles

1. "In the Hood"
2. "Knocks Me Off My Feet"
3. "You Should Know"

Personnel

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• Keyboards: Donell Jones, Eddie F., Darin Whittington, Mookie, Mark Sparks, Kenny Tonge
• Drum Programming: Donell Jones, Eddie F., Darin Whittington, Mookie, Mark Sparks, Kenny Tonge
• Trumpet: Joseph Morant
• Background vocals: Donell Jones, Shelene Thomas, Tia Whittington, Chico DeBarge, Patria, Erik Milteer
• Recording engineer: Scott Hollingsworth, Darin Whittington, Joe Quinde, Jason DeCosta, Kenny Ifill, Kenny Tonge
• Mixing: Scott Hollingsworth, Kenny Ortiz, Paul Logus, Rich Travali, Dave Daschinger, Chris Tergersun
• Executive producer: Edward "Eddie F." Ferrell, Antonio M. Reid, Kenneth B. Edmonds
• Mastering: Herb Powers at The Hit Factory
• Photography: John F. Cooper
• Art direction: D.L. Warfield
• Design: Ron Jaramillo

Samples

• "Waitin' on You" contains samples of "The Way We Were", as performed by Gladys Knight & The Pips and "Can It Be All So Simple", as performed by Wu-Tang Clan
• "All About You" contains a sample of "Summer Madness", as performed by Kool & the Gang
• "You Should Know" contains a sample of "Player's Anthem", as performed by Junior M.A.F.I.A.
• "In the Hood (Remix)" contains a sample of "Computer Love", as performed by Zapp
• "The Only One You Need" contains a sample of Shook Ones (Part II)", as performed by Mobb Deep

References