Brand New is the fifth and final studio album by rap

Hip hop music

Hip hop music, also called hip-hop, rap music or hip-hop music, is a musical genre consisting of a stylized rhythmic music that commonly accompanies rapping, a rhythmic and rhyming speech that is chanted...

 trio Salt-n-Pepa

Salt-N-Pepa

Salt-N-Pepa is an American hip hop trio from Queens and Brooklyn, New York, that was formed in 1985. The group, consisting of Cheryl "Salt" Renee James, Sandra "Pepa" Denton, and Deidra "DJ Spinderella" Roper, was one of the first all-female rap crews....

. It was released on October 21, 1997 by Red Ant Entertainment. Red Ant filed bankruptcy before the album was officially released. Salt-n-Pepa toured to support the album, despite the fact the album had no other promotion whatsoever. Brand New had two minor hits: "R U Ready" and "Gitty Up", the latter of which samples the Rick James

Rick James

James Ambrose Johnson, Jr. , better known by his stage name Rick James, was an American singer, songwriter, musician and record producer. James was a popular performer in the late 1970s and 1980s, scoring four number-one hits on the U.S. R&B charts performing in the genres of funk and R&B...

 song "Give it to Me". The album was certified gold in the US.

Track listing

1. "R U Ready" (James Denton, Chad Elliott, Cheryl James, Rufus Moore) – 3:50
2. "Good Life" (Evans, Bernard Grobman, James, Scott) – 3:54
3. "Do Me Right" (Archie, Bacon, Blake, James) – 4:36
4. "Friends" (Criss, Denton, Owens, Joseph Powell) – 4:42
5. "Say Ooh" (James, Logan, Saunders, Young) – 4:09
6. "Imagine" (James, Powell) – 5:26
7. "Knock Knock" (Denton, Hairston, Powell, David Wynn) – 4:32
8. "Gitty Up" (James, James, Moore) – 4:00
9. "Boy Toy" (Denton, Elliott, Roberts) – 4:24
10. "Brand New" (Denton, James, Wright) – 4:05
11. "Silly of You" (James, James) – 4:52
12. "The Clock is Tickin" (James) – 3:51
13. "Hold On" (James, Powell) – 5:29

Personnel

• Prince Charles Alexander
  Prince Charles Alexander
  Born Charles Alexander on April 2, 1958 in Boston, Massachusetts, Prince Charles Alexander is a Grammy Award winning American producer, audio engineer, recording artist and educator....
  
  – Mixing
• Eddie Anzueto, Jr. – Percussion
• Steven Augustine – Guitar (Bass)
• Kent Belden – Creative Director
• Blue Denim – Vocals (bckgr)
• Mike Campbell – Guitar
• Melvin Chandler – Keyboards
• Lewis Christian – Percussion
• Day Ta Day – Vocals (bckgr)
• Andre Debourg – Engineer, Mixing
• James Denton – Photography
• Sandy "Pepa" Denton – Producer
• DJ Flexx – Vocals (bckgr)
• Chad "Dr. Seuss" Elliott – Programming, Producer, Engineer, Mixing
• Glenn Ellis – Guitar (Bass)
• Esmail – Producer
• Alan Forney – Photo Imaging
• Kirk Franklin – Performer
• Wayne Garrick – Keyboards
• Khari Green – Guitar
• Bernard Grobman – Guitar
• Andrew Hellier – Guitar, Vocals (bckgr)
• Cheryl "Salt" James – Producer
• Jon Jones – Guitar
• Gerhard Joost – Mixing
• Carol Kirkendall – Executive Producer
• LaTrece – Vocals (bckgr)
• Michael Lockwood – Guitar
• Al (Taz) Machera – Mixing
• Sean "Mystro" Mather – Producer
• Gary Montoute – Synthesizer
• Michael Moore – Photography
• Rufus Moore – Vocals (bckgr), Performer
• Joseph Powell – Programming, Vocals (bckgr), Producer, Engineer, Mixing
• Wayne Rickard – Guitar
• Alicia Rushing – Vocals (bckgr)
• Ken Schubert – Engineer, Mixing
• Dawne Shivers – Vocals (bckgr)
• Peggy Sirota – Photography
• Sounds of Blackness – Performer
• Spinderella – Performer
• Kevin Thomas – Engineer
• Al West – Producer
• Jimmy White – Guitar (Bass)
• David Wynn – Producer
• Starr Strukk-Producer