No Holding Back
Encyclopedia
No Holding Back is a reggae fusion
album by Wayne Wonder
, a Jamaica
n-American
hip hop
musician. The single No Letting Go
contributed to making this album Wonder's most successful. Despite him being from Jamaica, the album has Wonder exploring mixed genres of Hip Hop
and R&B
, with some scattered reminders of reggae
and dancehall
.
Reggae fusion
Reggae fusion is a fusion genre of reggae that mixes reggae or dancehall with other genres, such as pop, rock, hip hop, R&B, house, jazz & drum and bass....
album by Wayne Wonder
Wayne Wonder
Wayne Wonder is a Jamaican reggae fusion artist...
, a Jamaica
Jamaica
Jamaica is an island nation of the Greater Antilles, in length, up to in width and 10,990 square kilometres in area. It is situated in the Caribbean Sea, about south of Cuba, and west of Hispaniola, the island harbouring the nation-states Haiti and the Dominican Republic...
n-American
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
hip hop
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...
musician. The single No Letting Go
No Letting Go
"No Letting Go" is a reggae fusion song recorded by Jamaican singer Wayne Wonder. The song was written by Steven Marsden and V.W. Charles and produced by Marsden. It was included on Wonder's 2003 studio album No Holding Back and was released as the lead single from the album...
contributed to making this album Wonder's most successful. Despite him being from Jamaica, the album has Wonder exploring mixed genres of Hip Hop
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...
and R&B
Rhythm and blues
Rhythm and blues, often abbreviated to R&B, is a genre of popular African American music that originated in the 1940s. The term was originally used by record companies to describe recordings marketed predominantly to urban African Americans, at a time when "urbane, rocking, jazz based music with a...
, with some scattered reminders of reggae
Reggae
Reggae is a music genre first developed in Jamaica in the late 1960s. While sometimes used in a broader sense to refer to most types of Jamaican music, the term reggae more properly denotes a particular music style that originated following on the development of ska and rocksteady.Reggae is based...
and dancehall
Dancehall
Dancehall is a genre of Jamaican popular music that originated in the late 1970s. Initially dancehall was a more sparse version of reggae than the roots style, which had dominated much of the 1970s. In the mid-1980s, digital instrumentation became more prevalent, changing the sound considerably,...
.
Track listing
| Track listing | |||
| Title | Songwriter(s) | Performers | Samples |
|---|---|---|---|
| "Intro" | V. W. Charles Wayne Wonder Wayne Wonder is a Jamaican reggae fusion artist... |
Wayne Wonder Wayne Wonder Wayne Wonder is a Jamaican reggae fusion artist... |
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| "No Letting Go" | V. W. Charles S. Marsden |
Wayne Wonder | |
| "Bounce Along" | V. W. Charles S. Marsden P. Edmund |
Wayne Wonder Dwayne "Deenucka" Johnson (chorus) |
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| "Friend Like Me" | V. W. Charles P. Edmund |
Wanye Wonder | |
| "Nobody But Me" | V. W. Charles P. Edmund |
Wayne Wonder | |
| "Glad You Came My Way" | V. W. Charles S. Marsden |
Wayne Wonder | |
| "Crazy Feeling" | V. W. Charles D. Bennett O. Brian |
Wayne Wonder (chorus and bridge) Elephant Man (1st and 2nd verse) |
|
| "Definitely" | V. W. Charles P. Yubah C. York |
Wayne Wonder | |
| "Just Another Day" | V. W. Charles A. Kelly S. Marsden |
Wayne Wonder | |
| "Close Your Eyes" | V. W. Charles D. Bennett Daseka |
Wayne Wonder | |
| "My Kinda Lady" | V. W. Charles M. Gregory A. Kelly |
Wayne Wonder | |
| "The Mood Is Right" | V. W. Charles C. Parks |
Wayne Wonder | |
| "Slowly But Surely" | V. W. Charles O. Renalls |
Wayne Wonder | |
| "Perfect Proposal" | V. W. Charles A. Kelly S. Marsden |
Wayne Wonder | |
| "Enemies" | V. W. Charles D. Thompson T. Rami |
Wayne Wonder Supriz (chorus) |
|
| "Metal And Steel" | V. W. Charles D. Johnson |
Wayne Wonder Demo Delgado Showki Ru |
|
| "Saddest Day" | V. W. Charles C. Browne W. Johnson |
Wayne Wonder | |
Personnel
| Contributors | |
| Producers | |
|---|---|
| Producers | Steven Marsden, Joel Chin, Von Wayne Charles Wayne Wonder Wayne Wonder is a Jamaican reggae fusion artist... , Donovan "Vendetta" Bennett, Collin "Bulby" York, Lynford "Fatta" Marshall, Tony "CD" Kelly, Craig "Lef Side" Parks, Mathew "Esco" Thompson, O. McNaught & O. Rennalls, Troyton Rami, Dwayne "Deenucka" Johnso, Donovan Germain Donovan Germain Donovan Germain is a reggae producer, one of the most successful of the digital era.-Biography:Germain's entry into the music industry was via his record shop in New York City in the 1970s. He began production in 1972, visiting Jamaica for recording sessions, working in both roots reggae and... |
| Executive Producers | Christopher Chin, Joel Chin |
| Performers | |
| Lead vocals and rapping | Wayne Wonder Wayne Wonder Wayne Wonder is a Jamaican reggae fusion artist... , Elephant Man, Supriz, Demo Delgado, Showki Ru |
| Background vocals | Dwayne "Deenucka" Johnson |
| Guitar Guitar The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with... |
Dalton Browne |
| Percussion Percussion instrument A percussion instrument is any object which produces a sound when hit with an implement or when it is shaken, rubbed, scraped, or otherwise acted upon in a way that sets the object into vibration... |
Paul "Teetimus" Edmund (drums Drum kit A drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person .... ) |
| Synthesizer Synthesizer A synthesizer is an electronic instrument capable of producing sounds by generating electrical signals of different frequencies. These electrical signals are played through a loudspeaker or set of headphones... |
Steven "Lenky" Marsden (keyboard Electronic keyboard An electronic keyboard is an electronic or digital keyboard instrument.The major components of a typical modern electronic keyboard are:... ) |
| Technicians | |
| Engineers | Joel Chin, Tony Kelly, Michael MacDonald, A. "Rookie" Tyrell, Collin "Bulbie" York |
| Assistant Engineers | Backra, Dwayne "Deenucka" Johnson, Michael MacDonald, Richard "12" Brown, Denise "Bandit" Shields, Kevin Evil, Baddable |
| Mastering | Joel Chin, Chris Scott |
| Mixing | Joel Chin, Tony Kelly, Michael MacDonald, Troyton Rami, Claude "Weakhand" Reynolds, A. "Rookie" Tyrell, Collin "Bulbie" York |
| Mixing Assistant | Claude "Weakhand" Reynolds |
| Art Direction, Design | Kiku Yamaguchi |
| Photography | William Richards |
Chart positions
| Billboard Music Charts (North America) - No Holding Back | ||
| Year | Chart Name | Peak Position |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | The Billboard 200 | No. 29 |
| 2003 | Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums | No. 10 |
| 2003 | Top Reggae Albums | No. 2 |