The British deejay-as-superstar mentality meets the global domination of American R&B and hip-hop on this compilation that celebrates Radio 1 presenter (the UK term for disc jockey) Trevor Nelson as he fills two disc with the multiple shades of crooning R&B, contemporary diva soul, and party laden hip-hop. Disc one focuses on upbeat jams by hip-hop superstars Noriega, Big Punisher and Jay-Z dispersed between entertaining productions by Monifah, which samples the beat from Laid Back's "White Horse," and Mc Lyte who gets her own cutting edge beats courtesy of the Neptunes. Disc two is more smoothed out affair with butter soft Brian McKnight failing to compete with old and new diva queens Aretha Franklin and Lauryn Hill, who join forces on "A Rose is Still a Rose." House music makes a slight appearance with Masters at Work's "I Can't Get No Sleep," although the featured mix is slowed down to standard R&B tempo. The idea of R&B being presented as something more than Top 40 fodder is a novel concept. Unfortunately, the tracks are sequenced with standard two-second CD breaks between them and one track doesn't necessarily lead to the next with any sort of continuity. When compared to INCredible's other releases, including the masterfully assembled mix by Gilles Peterson, this particular edition has all the impact of Now, Vol. 325. In fact, the thinly veiled illusion that Trevor Nelson will somehow bring out something special in these standard urban music cuts makes the whole sham more insulting. Perhaps it's a British thing, but any compilation featuring "Whoop, There It Is" is in need of serious re-evaluation. ~ Joshua Glazer, All Music Guide
INCredible Sound of Trevor Nelson
04/13/1999
All Music Guide Review
Track Listing
Credits
- Andy Metcalfe
- Production Service
- Harry O'Brien
- Production Service
- Billy Osborne
- Producer
- Q-Tip
- Producer, Mixing
- David Rideau
- Mixing
- Andrew Smith
- Guitar
- Tag Team
- Vocals
- Bob Thomas
- Vocals (Background)
- Kevin Thomas
- Mixing
- Richard Travali
- Engineer, Mixing
- "Little" Louie Vega
- Producer, Mixing
- Jon B.
- Vocals
- Funkmaster Flex
- Producer, Executive Producer
- Gary Hines
- Producer
- Ken Ifill
- Producer
- Don McKinzie
- Digital Editing, Production Service, Digital Sequencing
- Tammy Payne
- Vocals
- Johnathan Shorten
- Keyboards
- Deborah Cox
- Vocals
- Groove Theory
- Vocals
- Fat Joe
- Executive Producer
- Monifah
- Vocals
- Men of Vizion
- Performer
- Gerry DeVeaux
- Executive Producer
- Jay Dee
- Instrumentation
- Jay-Z
- Performer
- Screwface
- Producer
- Kenny "Dope" Gonzalez
- Producer, Mixing
- Bradley Yost
- Engineer
- Corey Rooney
- Keyboards, Producer
- The Ummah
- Producer
- Lauryn Hill
- Arranger, Producer, Vocals (Background)
- Poke & Tone
- Producer, Drum Programming
- Ann Bennett-Nesby
- Vocals
- Paul J. Falcone
- Producer
- Femi Fem
- Producer
- Terrence Frierson
- Vocals (Background)
- Patricia Lacy
- Vocals
- Matt Life
- Executive Producer
- Jessica Rosenblum
- Executive Producer
- Troy Werth
- Assistant Engineer
- Ted Wohlsen
- Mixing
- Destiny's Child
- Performer
- Pharrell Williams
- Producer
- Soundboy
- Engineer
- Damon Dash
- Producer
- Big Punisher
- Executive Producer
- KP & Envyi
- Vocals
- Noreaga
- Vocals
- Ghost Town DJ's
- Performer
- Russ Elavado
- Producer
- Black Eyed Peas
- Performer
- Lynden David Hall
- Vocals, Producer
- Mark the 45 King
- Producer
- Trevor Nelson
- Main Performer
- Tatyana Ali
- Vocals
- Shawn Carter
- Producer
- Jack Knight
- Producer
- TQ
- Vocals
- Michelob
- Producer
- Chad Hugo
- Producer
- Paul Poli
- Producer
- Kleshay
- Performer
- Sam Bryant
- Groomer
- Kareem "Biggs" Burke
- Producer
- Will Adams
- Producer
- Envyi
- Performer
- Wayne Lawes
- Bass, Producer, Engineer, Mixing, Drum Programming
- Wendy Ingram
- Vocals (Background)
- Kyambo "Hip Hop" Joshua
- Producer
- Miranda Robson
- Stylist
- Lenny Santiago
- Producer
- Kenton Nix
- Arranger, Producer
- Dodge
- Producer, Engineer, Mixing
- Comme Ci Comme Ca
- Vocal Arrangement
- Devox
- Vocals
- Kobie
- Producer
- Bon Garçon
- Performer
- The Brand New Heavies
- Vocals
- Mint Condition
- Clapping
- Brian McKnight
- Vocals
- Masters at Work
- Performer
- Mervyn Africa
- Keyboards
- Darrell "Delite" Allamby
- Producer
- Tina Arena
- Concept
- Dallas Austin
- Arranger, Producer
- Core Cotton
- Vocals
- El DeBarge
- Producer
- Brian Gardner
- Mastering
- Steve Hodge
- Mixing
- Jimmy Jam
- Producer, Executive Producer
- P. Jervier
- Producer
- Steve Jervier
- Producer
- Terry Lewis
- Producer, Executive Producer
- Sounds of Blackness
- Vocals (Background)
- Chico DeBarge
- Vocals, Producer
- Aretha Franklin
- Vocals
- Gerald LeVert
- Performer
- Gwen McCrae
- Vocals
- Mica Paris
- Vocals












