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My Melody is the debut album by American rapper Queen Pen, released on December 16, 1997 by Lil' Man Records, a distribution by Interscope Records and was executive produced by Teddy Riley. The album went to number 78 on the Billboard 200, number 13 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums and number one on the Top Heatseekers, and had three charting singles "Man Behind the Music", "All My Love" and "Party Ain't a Party".

My Melody
Studio album by Queen Pen
Released	December 16, 1997
Recorded	1996–1997
Studio	Future Recording Studios, Virginia Beach, Virginia
Genre	Hip hop, R&B, new jack swing
Length	51:58
Label	Lil' Man, Interscope
Producer	Teddy Riley, Knobody, Kaseem "Mixture" Coleman, William "Skylz" Stewart
Queen Pen chronology
My Melody (1997) Conversations with Queen (2001)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]

Track listing

Credits adapted from the album's liner notes.[2]

Sample credits[2]

• "Queen of the Click" contains an interpolation of "Put The Music Where Your Mouth Is", written by Pete Wingfield and Jo Wright.
• "Man Behind the Music" contains interpolations of:
  • "I Know You Got Soul", written by Bobby Byrd, Charles Bobbit, and James Brown.
  • "Your Love", written by James Brown.
• "All My Love" contains a sample of "Never Too Much", written and performed by Luther Vandross.
• "My Melody" contains an interpolation of "'Cause You Love Me Baby", written by Deniece Williams.
• "Party Ain't a Party" contains a sample of "On Your Face", written by Maurice White, Charles Stepney, and Philip Bailey; as recorded by Earth, Wind & Fire.
• "It's True" contains an interpolation of "True", written by Gary Kemp.
• "The Set Up" contains a sample of "Let Me Love You", written by Ray Parker Jr. and Michael Henderson, as recorded by Michael Henderson.
• "Get Away" contains a sample of "In The Air Tonight", written and performed by Phil Collins.
• "I'm Gon Blow Up" contains an interpolation of "Hollywood", written by David Wolinski and Louis Fischer.
• "Girlfriend" contains interpolations of:
  • "If That's Your Boyfriend (He Wasn't Last Night)", written by Michelle Johnson.
  • "It's Ecstasy When You Lay Down Next to Me", written by Ekundayo Paris and Nelson Pigford.
• "No Hooks" contains a sample of "My Friend in the Sky", written by Robert DeBarge and Bunny DeBarge, as recorded by Switch.

Personnel

• Keyboards and drum programming: Teddy Riley, Kaseem "Mixture" Coleman, Knobody, William "Skylz" Stewart
• Bass: Serban Ghenea
• Background vocals: Richard Stites, Freaky Tah, Teddy Riley, Chauncey Hannibal
• Recording engineers: George Mayers, Serban Ghenea, Coleman Dagget, Earl Thomas
• Mixing: George Mayers, Serban Ghenea
• Executive Producer: Teddy Riley
• Co-Executive Producer: Markell Riley, Madeline Nelson
• Mastering: Herb Powers
• Photography: Dorothy Low

Charts

Sales chart performance for My Melody

Chart (1998)	Peak position
US Billboard 200[3]	78
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[4]	13

References

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