Platinum (The Headhunters album)

Platinum
Studio album by The Headhunters
Released	June 14, 2011
Recorded	Spring 2011 The Static Shack, (Indianapolis, IN) Baba Bill's Studio, (New Orleans, LA) Nolan Smith Studios, (Los Angeles, CA)
Genre	Jazz fusion, jazz-funk
Length	70:44
Label	Owl Studios
Producer	Mike Clark, Bill Summers
The Headhunters chronology
Evolution Revolution (2003) Platinum (2011)

Platinum is the 2011 Owl Studios debut from legendary Jazz/Funk group The Headhunters. The album follows The Headhunters' tendency to blend genres and instrumentation, deftly moving from Jazz to Hip Hop to R&B and back again throughout each track and the series of interludes and segues which joins them together.

The album is in part a response to The Headhunters immense influence on Hip Hop through the sampling of The Headhunters track God Made Me Funky off of Survival of the Fittest, which has been sampled by everyone from Eric B. and Rakim to De La Soul to Mobb Deep to the Fugees and Prince, among others. With Platinum, The Headhunters embraced this influence through their inclusion of Hip Hop and Funk artists such as Snoop Dogg, George Clinton, Killah Priest, and Jaecyn Bayne.^[1]

Track listing

1. "Platinum Intro" (:50)
2. "Mission Statement" (4:01) feat Jaecyn Bayne
3. "Reality Of It" (:17)
4. "Salamander" (7:09)
5. "I Predict A Good year" (:11)
6. "D-Funk (Funk With Us)" (4:48) feat Snoop Dogg, George Clinton, Killah Priest, Cynthia Layne, & Jaecyn Bayne
7. "I Feel Really Good About" (:10)
8. "Tracie" (6:01)
9. "Rehearse Everybody" (:13)
10. "Paging Mr. Wesley" (5:31)
11. "M Trane" (8:48)
12. "Apple Tree" (5:18) feat Jaecyn Bayne
13. "Palm Nut" (6:53)
14. "Years Of Touring" (:10)
15. "Congo Place" (4:55) feat Donald Harrison
16. "On The Road" (:16)
17. "Head Hunting" (4:48)
18. "Skizness" (3:50) feat Private Pile
19. "Soul Glow" (5:29)
20. "Platinum Outro" (:42)

Personnel

• Mike Clark: Drums
• Bill Summers: Percussion, Vocals
• Richie Goods: Bass
• Kyle Roussel: Keyboards
• Donald Harrison: Alto Saxophone, MOOG Bass, Keyboards
• Rob Dixon: Soprano Saxophone, Alto Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone, Keyboard
• Derrick Gardner: Trumpet

• Snoop Dogg: Rap
• Killah Priest: Rap
• Jaecyn Bayne; Rap
• Private Pile: Rap
• George Clinton: Philosophical Interjection
• Cynthia Layne: Vocals
• Alexei Marti: Timbales, Vocals
• Patrice Rushen: Keyboards
• Bennie Maupin: Soprano Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone
• Azar Lawrence: Soprano Saxophone
• Gary Mielke: Bass, MOOG Bass, Keyboards
• PJ Yinger: Trumpet
• Jerry Stucker: Guitar.
• Kentyah Fraser: Production

Produced by Mike Clark and Bill Summers
Co-Produced by – Rob Dixon and Gary Mielke
Executive Producer – J. Allan Hall
All songs engineered, mixed and mastered by Gary Mielke,^[2]

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