My Melody (Queen Pen album)

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 #78 on the Billboard 200, #13 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums and #1 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

1. "Intro" – 4:14
2. "Queen of the Click" (Shawn Carter, Teddy Riley, Lynise Walters, Kaseem Colewman) – 3:32
3. "Man Behind the Music" (Teddy Riley, Lynise Walters, Todd Gaither, Menton L. Smith) – 3:49
4. "All My Love" (Shawn Carter, Teddy Riley, Lynise Walters) – 3:25
5. "My Melody" (Lynise Walters, Teddy Riley) – 3:47
6. "Party Ain't a Party" (featuring Mr. Cheeks, Markell Riley & Nutta Butta) (Lynise Walters, Teddy Riley, Terrance Kelly, Aquil Davidson, Idris Davidson, Menton L. Smith) – 4:09
7. "It's True" (Shawn Carter, Teddy Riley, Lynise Walters) – 4:38
8. "The Set Up" (Lynise Walters, Teddy Riley, Jerome Foster) – 4:21
9. "Get Away" (featuring Phil Collins) (Lynise Walters, Teddy Riley) – 4:05
10. "I'm Gon Blow Up" (featuring Ronald Isley) (Lynise Walters, Teddy Riley) – 4:02
11. "Girlfriend" (featuring Me'Shell Ndegeocello) (Lynise Walters, Teddy Riley, Kaseem Coleman) – 4:25
12. "No Hooks" (Lynise Walters) – 3:18
13. "So Many Ways" (Lynise Walters, William Stewart) – 4:13

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[2]	78
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[3]	13

References

1. AllMusic review
2. "Queen Pen Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard.
3. "Queen Pen Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)". Billboard.