Black Diamond (Angie Stone album)

Black Diamond
Studio album by Angie Stone
Released	September 28, 1999
Recorded	1998–99
Genre	R&B soul neo soul
Length	54:46
Label	Arista
Producer	Cutfather & Joe DJ U-Neek Gerry DeVeaux Russell Elevado Aaron "Freedom" Lyles Ali Shaheed Muhammad Rex Rideout Angie Stone Phil Temple
Angie Stone chronology
Black Diamond (1999) Mahogany Soul (2001)
Singles from Black Diamond
"No More Rain (In This Cloud)" "Life Story" "Everyday"

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Entertainment Weekly	B+[2]
Hot Press	9/12[3]
Rolling Stone	[4]

Black Diamond is the debut studio album by American singer and songwriter Angie Stone, released on September 28, 1999 by Arista Records. The album is named after Stone's then-teenage daughter Diamond Ti'ara.^[5]

Track listing

Standard edition
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Freedom (Intro)"	Angie Stone	Stone	0:42
2.	"No More Rain (In This Cloud)"	Stone Bert Williams Gordon Chambers Jim Weatherly	Stone	4:42
3.	"Green Grass Vapors"	Aaron Lyles Stephanie Bolton	Aaron "Freedom" Lyles Stone	4:14
4.	"Everyday"	Stone D'Angelo	Russell Elevado	3:28
5.	"Coulda Been You"	Stone Sekou Aiken Rex Rideout Phil Temple	Rideout Temple Stone	4:25
6.	"Visions"	Virgil Davis, Jr. Tim Middleton Jon Lind Maurice White	DJ U-Neek	3:31
7.	"Life Story"	Gerry DeVeaux Craig Ross	DeVeaux Cutfather & Joe^[a]	4:07
8.	"Just a Pimp"	Lyles Bolton	Lyles Stone	4:12
9.	"Trouble Man"	Marvin Gaye	Stone Lyles	2:33
10.	"Bone 2 Pic (Wit U)"	Ali Shaheed Muhammad Stone Chalmers Alford	Muhammad	5:19
11.	"Man Loves His Money"	Lyles Bolton	Lyles Stone	4:11
12.	"Love Junkie"	Stone	Stone Lyles	4:18
13.	"Black Diamonds & Blue Pearls (Interlude)"	Stone	Stone	1:35
14.	"Heaven Help" (bonus track)	DeVeaux Terry Britten	DeVeaux	3:19
15.	"Don't Wanna Ride Without You" (hidden track)	Stone		4:10
Total length:				54:46

German edition bonus tracks[6]
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
15.	"Without You"	Stone	3:35
16.	"Thank You"	Stone Robyn Smith	0:23

UK edition[7]
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Freedom (Intro)"	Stone	Stone	0:42
2.	"No More Rain (In This Cloud)"	Stone Williams Chambers Weatherly	Stone	4:42
3.	"Everyday"	Stone D'Angelo	Elevado	3:28
4.	"Bone 2 Pic (Wit U)"	Muhammad Stone Alford	Muhammad	5:19
5.	"Life Story"	DeVeaux Ross	DeVeaux Cutfather & Joe^[a]	4:07
6.	"Visions"	Davis, Jr. Middleton Lind White	DJ U-Neek	3:31
7.	"Coulda Been You"	Stone Aiken Rideout Temple	Rideout Temple Stone	4:25
8.	"Just a Pimp"	Lyles Bolton	Lyles Stone	4:12
9.	"Black Diamonds & Blue Pearls (Interlude)"	Stone	Stone	1:35
10.	"Green Grass Vapors"	Lyles Bolton	Lyles Stone	4:14
11.	"Baby Slow Down"	DeVeaux Stone Charlie Mole	DeVeaux	4:09
12.	"Love Junkie"	Stone	Stone Lyles	4:18
13.	"Trouble Man"	Gaye	Stone Lyles	2:33
14.	"My Lovin' Will Give You Something"	DeVeaux David Gamson Melvin Ragin	DeVeaux	4:33
15.	"Heaven Help"	DeVeaux Britten	DeVeaux	3:19
16.	"Life Story" (Jazz Hop Mix) (includes hidden track "Don't Wanna Ride Without You")	DeVeaux Ross	DeVeaux Full Crew^[a]	8:14

Japanese edition and German reissue[8][9]
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
15.	"Thank You"	Stone Smith		0:23
16.	"Heaven Help"	DeVeaux Britten	DeVeaux	3:19
17.	"Life Story" (Jazz Hop Mix)	DeVeaux Ross	DeVeaux Full Crew^[a]	4:16
18.	"Without You"	Stone		3:35

Digital deluxe edition (disc one)[10]
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Freedom (Intro)"	Stone	Stone	0:42
2.	"No More Rain (In This Cloud)"	Stone Williams Chambers Weatherly	Stone	4:42
3.	"Green Grass Vapors"	Lyles Bolton	Lyles Stone	4:14
4.	"Everyday"	Stone D'Angelo	Elevado	3:28
5.	"Coulda Been You"	Stone Aiken Rideout Temple	Rideout Temple Stone	4:25
6.	"Visions"	Davis, Jr. Middleton Lind White	DJ U-Neek	3:31
7.	"Life Story"	DeVeaux Ross	DeVeaux Cutfather & Joe^[a]	4:07
8.	"Just a Pimp"	Lyles Bolton	Lyles Stone	4:12
9.	"Trouble Man"	Gaye	Stone Lyles	2:33
10.	"Bone 2 Pic (Wit U)"	Muhammad Stone Alford	Muhammad	5:19
11.	"Man Loves His Money"	Lyles Bolton	Lyles Stone	4:11
12.	"Love Junkie"	Stone	Stone Lyles	4:18
13.	"Black Diamonds & Blue Pearls (Interlude)"	Stone	Stone	1:35
14.	"Heaven Help"	DeVeaux Britten	DeVeaux	3:19
15.	"Without You"	Stone		3:35
16.	"Thank You"	Stone Smith		0:22
17.	"Baby Slow Down"	DeVeaux Stone Mole	DeVeaux	4:09
18.	"Ear-Responsible"			4:32
19.	"Work It Out"	Stone		3:23
20.	"My Lovin' Will Give You Something"	DeVeaux Gamson Ragin	DeVeaux	4:33
21.	"I Gotta Thing for You"	Stone		5:08

Digital deluxe edition (disc two)[10]
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"No More Rain (In This Cloud)" (StarGate Radio Mix)	Stone Williams Chambers Weatherly	Stone StarGate^[b]	3:57
2.	"No More Rain (In This Cloud)" (Erick Sermon Remix) (featuring Loon)	Stone Williams Chambers Weatherly	Stone Sermon^[b]	4:17
3.	"No More Rain (In This Cloud)" (Wookie Vocal Mix)	Stone Williams Chambers Weatherly	Stone Wookie^[b]	4:48
4.	"Everyday" (Mike City Remix)	Stone D'Angelo	Elevado Mike City^[a]^[b]	3:58
5.	"Everyday" (Neptunes Remix) (featuring Pusha T)	Stone D'Angelo	Elevado The Neptunes^[a]^[b]	4:20
6.	"Everyday" (Suli & Stef Bass Remix) (featuring Mad Snake)	Stone D'Angelo	Elevado Suli & Stef^[a]^[b]	4:49
7.	"Everyday" (Full Crew Rap Mix) (featuring Phoebe 1)	Stone D'Angelo	Elevado Amos Oke^[a]^[b] Orlando Gittens^[a]^[b]	3:52
8.	"Everyday" (Soultown Mix) (featuring Phoebe 1)	Stone D'Angelo	Elevado Oke^[a]^[b] Gittens^[a]^[b]	4:23
9.	"Life Story" (Jazz Hop Mix)	DeVeaux Ross	DeVeaux Full Crew^[a]^[b]	4:15
10.	"Life Story" (Full Crew Hip Hop Mix)	DeVeaux Ross	DeVeaux Full Crew^[a]^[b]	4:21
11.	"Life Story" (Booker T Vocal Mix)	DeVeaux Ross	DeVeaux Booker T^[a]^[b]	5:39
12.	"Life Story" (Club 69 Future Mix)	DeVeaux Ross	DeVeaux Peter Rauhofer^[a]^[b]	3:36
13.	"Life Story" (music video)			4:08
14.	"Everyday" (music video)			3:26
15.	"No More Rain (In This Cloud)" (music video)			4:13
16.	"Behind the Scenes" (video)			8:02
17.	"Everyday" (Neptunes Remix) (music video)			3:29

Notes

• ^{^a} signifies an additional producer
• ^{^b} signifies a remixer

Sampling credits

• "No More Rain (In This Cloud)" contains samples of "Neither One of Us (Wants to Be the First to Say Goodbye)" by Gladys Knight & the Pips.

Personnel

Credits adapted from the liner notes of Black Diamond.^[11]

Angie Stone – vocals (all tracks); production (tracks 1–3, 5, 8, 9, 11–13); collage construction, executive production, mix engineering, recording engineering Ruven Afanador – photography Sekou Aiken – backing vocals Chalmers "Spanky" Alford – musician Coen Antonisse – production coordination Denise Barbarita – assistant engineering Joe Belmaati – musician, programming Stephanie Bolton – backing vocals Kirk Burrowes – management Lesvia Castro – production coordination Aaron Connor – recording engineering Cutfather & Joe – additional production (track 7); mix engineering D'Angelo – musician Kevin "K.D." Davis – mix engineering DJ U-Neek – production (track 6) Lori Demsey – collage construction Gerry DeVeaux – production (tracks 7, 14); backing vocals, executive production, mix engineering, recording engineering Tim Donovan – mix engineering, recording engineering Tenita Jordan Dreher – backing vocals Peter Edge – executive production Russell Elevado – production (track 4) Erik Fryland – assistant engineering Gemini – backing vocals

Miriam Gonzales – production coordination Margery Greenspan – art direction Jeff Gregory – assistant engineering Tim Hunt – recording engineering Iran – musician Jo Jones – production coordination Phil Knott – back cover photography Jonas Krag – musician Lenny Kravitz – musician Sheri G. Lee – art direction, design Eli Lishinsky – recording engineering Aaron "Freedom" Lyles – production (tracks 3, 8, 9, 11, 12); musician, recording engineering Tony Maserati – mix engineering Charles McCrorey – assistant engineering Joe Quinde – musician Ali Shaheed Muhammad – production (track 10); mix engineering, musician, recording engineering Mads Nilsson – mix engineering Herb Powers, Jr. – mastering Breyon Prescott – management Rex Rideout – production (track 5); assistant engineering, programming Juliet Roberts – backing vocals Craig Ross – musician Susanne Savage – production coordination Soul Spin – mix engineering Phil Temple – production (track 5)

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (2000) Peak position Norwegian Albums Chart[12] 38 UK Albums Chart[13] 62 UK R&B Albums Chart[14] 4 US Billboard 200[15] 46 US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums[16] 9 Chart (2002) Peak position Dutch Albums Chart[17] 28

Year-end charts Chart (2000) Position US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums[18] 31

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/Sales
United Kingdom (BPI)[19]	Gold	100,000^^
United States (RIAA)[20]	Gold	500,000^^
^^shipments figures based on certification alone

Release history

Region	Date	Label	Edition	Ref.
United States	September 28, 1999	Standard	Arista	[21]
Germany	November 8, 1999		BMG	[22]
Canada	February 8, 2000			[23]
Japan	February 16, 2000		EMI	[9]
United Kingdom	February 28, 2000		Arista	[7]
Germany	March 20, 2000	Reissue	BMG	[24]
Worldwide	September 18, 2012	Deluxe (digital download)	BRM Peace Bisquit	[10]

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