The Associate (soundtrack)

The Associate is the original motion picture soundtrack of the self-titled movie from 1996, starring Whoopi Goldberg, the winner of a Grammy, seven Emmy Awards, two Golden Globes, a Tony, as well as an Oscar. It was released on October 15, 1996 from Motown Records. Apart from the Grammy Award winner Queen Latifah, to the soundtrack contributed other three Grammy Award nominees, Sophie B. Hawkins, American country singer Wynonna Judd, and Canadian-American recording artist Tamia. Besides them, CeCe Peniston, Kate Pierson and Cindy Wilson (both of The B-52s), Jamaican reggae singer Patra, and Swedish musician Louise Hoffsten perform on the compilation.

The cover version of "Yes We Can Can", originally released by the American R&B girl group The Pointer Sisters as their first hit single (No.#11 on the US Hot 100) in 1973, was re-recorded for the soundtrack by Taral Hicks, Chantay Savage, LaShanda Reese and The Sisters themselves. Kate Pierson along with Cindy Wilson contributed with the new version of the McFadden & Whitehead's disco track "Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now" (No.#1 in the US R&B, at #5 in UK Top 75 in 1979). From the classics, James Brown's composition "It's a Man's Man's Man's World" (No.#1 on the US R&B in 1966), and Elton John's gospel ballad "The Border Song" (No.#92 in the US Hot 100 in 1970 were also present.

Track listing

 * 1) "All That I Need" (written by Christopher Tyng, Taylor Tyng) - CeCe Peniston
 * 2) "Makin' My Way (Any Way That I Can)" (written by Diane Warren) - Wynonna Judd
 * 3) "The Border Song" (written by Bernie Taupin, Elton John) - Sophie B. Hawkins
 * 4) "Keep Hope Alive" (written by Narada Michael Walden, Sally Jo Dakota) - Tamia 	#"Eventually" (written by Christopher A.Stewart, Sean K.Hall, London D.Jones) - Shades
 * 5) "Mr. Big Stuff" (written by J.Broussard, R.Williams, C.Washington, Queen Latifah, Free, DJ Clark Kent) - Queen Latifah, Shades and Free
 * 6) "Yes We Can Can" (written by Allen Toussaint) - Taral Hicks, Chantay Savage, LaShanda Reese and The Pointer Sisters
 * 7) "Are You Ready for Me" (written by Dorothy Smith, Clifton Dillon, Roy Jobe) - Patra
 * 8) "The Turning Point" (written by Narada Michael Walden, Erik Hicks) - LaShanda Reese
 * 9) "It's a Man's Man's Man's World" (written by James Brown and Betty Jean Newsome) - James Brown
 * 10) "Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now" (written by Jerry Cohen, McFadden & Whitehead) - Kate Pierson and Cindy Wilson
 * 11) "Nice Doin' Business" (written by Louise Hoffsten) - Louise Hoffsten

Notes
 * Mr. Big Stuff contains a sample of the self-titled song by Jean Knight

Credits and personnel

 * CeCe Peniston - lead vocal
 * Wynonna Judd - lead vocal
 * Sophie B. Hawkins - lead vocal
 * Tamia Hill - lead vocal


 * Shades - lead and back vocals
 * Queen Latifah - lead vocal, additional lyrics
 * Free - lead vocal, additional lyrics
 * Taral Hicks - lead vocal
 * Chantay Savage - lead vocal
 * LaShanda Reese - lead vocal
 * Anita Pointer - lead vocal
 * The Pointer Sisters - back vocals
 * Patra - lead vocal
 * James Brown - lead vocal, writer, producer
 * Kate Pierson - lead vocal
 * Cindy Wilson - lead vocal
 * Louise Hoffsten - lead vocal, writer, harmonica
 * The Tri-City Singers - back vocals
 * Tanya Smith - back vocal
 * Shonda Howard - back vocal
 * Vicki Mc Kisic - back vocal
 * Timmy Maia - back vocal
 * Sonja - back vocal
 * Claytoven Richardson - back vocal
 * Skyler Jett - back vocal
 * Sandy Griffith - back vocal
 * Nikita Germaine - back vocal
 * Al Beretta - rap
 * Christopher Tyng - writer, producer, synthesizer, drum programming
 * Taylor Tyng - writer, guitar
 * Diane Warren - writer
 * Bernie Taupin - writer
 * Elton John - writer
 * Narada Michael Walden - writer, producer, background vocal arrangement, drums, paste cymbals
 * Sally Jo Dakota - writer
 * Christopher Stewart - writer, producer, keyboards, programming and sequencing
 * Sean K.Hall - writer, producer, keyboards, programming and sequencing
 * London D.Jones - writer, co-producer
 * J.Broussard - writer
 * R.Williams - writer
 * C.Washington - writer
 * DJ Clark Kent - producer, additional lyrics, drum and sample programming
 * Allen Toussaint - writer
 * Dorothy Smith - writer
 * Clifton "Specialist" Dillon - writer, producer


 * Roy Jobe - writer, all instruments (on "Are You Ready for Me?")
 * Erik "E-Smooth Luke" Hicks - writer, co-producer, background vocal arrangement
 * Betty Jean Newsome - writer
 * Jerry Cohen - writer
 * McFadden & Whitehead - writers
 * Daryl Simmons - producer, keyboards, drums
 * Donald Lawrence - producer, back vocal
 * Vassal Benford - producer
 * Steve Russell - producer, vocal arrangement
 * Steve Lindsey - producer
 * Leif Larson - producer, guitar, keyboards, programming
 * Cedric Thompson - co-producer
 * Jimi "The Sweet" Fischer - co-producer, keyboards, guitar and bass, drums programming
 * David "Frazeman" Frazer - associate producer
 * Ronnie Garrett - bass
 * Tarus Mateen - bass
 * Vance Taylor - acoustic piano
 * Jeremy Haynes - drums
 * Jamie Hoover - guitar
 * Louis Biancaniello - keyboards, drums, bass, programming
 * Ernie Hayes - piano
 * Dud Bascomb - trumpet
 * Waymond Reed - trumpet
 * Lamarr Wright - trumpet
 * Heywood Henry - saxophone
 * Billy Butler - guitar
 * Bernard "Pretty" Purdie - drums
 * Sammy Lowe - arranger, conductor
 * John Robinson - drums
 * Freddy Washington - bass
 * Aaron Zigman - keyboards
 * Dean Parks - guitar
 * Waddy Wachtel - guitar
 * Staffan Astner - guitar
 * Nicci Wallin - drums, percussion
 * Leonard Ostlund - percussion
 * Eric Anest - programming
 * James Bunton - project coordinator
 * Marla Winston - production coordinator
 * Lorenzo "Cornbread" Tranberg - production assistant
 * Janice Lee - production coordinator
 * Cherise Miller - production coordinator
 * Cynthia Shiloh - production coordinator
 * Kulan Kevin Walden - production coordinator