THE BOY IS MINE

Personnel: Monica, Brandy (vocals); Isaac Phillips, Tomi Martin, Michael Thompson, Sonny Lallerstedt (guitar); The Darkchild Orchestra Strings (strings); Colin Wolfe (piano, bass); Dean Gant (piano); Dallas Austin (Wurlitzer piano); Daryl Simmons (keyboards, drum programming); David Foster (keyboards); Ronnie Garrett (bass); Tom Knight (drums); Scott Meeder (percussion); Felipe Elgueta, Glen Woodward, Simon Franglen (keyboard programming); John Robinson (drum programming); DJ Sol Messiah (scratches); Debra Killings, 112, Darcy Aldridge, Pamela Major, Chedlle Davis, Susan Ann Carwel, Jeff Pescetto (background vocals); Atlanta Symphony Orchestra. Producers include: Rodney Jerkins, Dallas Austin, David Foster, Jermaine Dupri, Daryl Simmons. Engineers include: Leslie Braithwaite, Carlton Lynn, Rico Lumpkins. "The Boy Is Mine" won the 1999 Grammy Award for Best R&B Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal, and was nominated for Record Of The Year and Best R&B Song. This College Park, Atlanta native began singing in her church choir when she was merely four years old. If you look at it from that perspective, the young singer is practically a veteran. She certainly sounds it on THE BOY IS MINE, a spicy R&B offering that brims with precociousness. Though Monica's got the vocal chops to carry the album alone, she's not afraid to expand the sonic palette a bit by working with a couple of carefully chosen guest artists. The title tune finds her in a duet with another young R&B sensation, Brandy, and the two women's voices make a perfect match. On "Gone Be Fine," Monica injects a little hip-hop into the mix, calling upon the substantial rapping talents of Outkast. Clive Davis himself co-produced THE BOY IS MINE, proof positive that Monica's talents have inspired as much confidence from the music industry as they have created admirers among R&B listeners.