Can'tneverdidnothin'

Can'tneverdidnothin'
Studio album by Nikka Costa
Released	May 24, 2005
Recorded	Stellasound
Length	45:53
Label	Virgin
Producer	Justin Stanley Nikka Costa
Nikka Costa chronology
Everybody Got Their Something (2001) Can'tneverdidnothin' (2005) Pebble to a Pearl (2008)
Singles from Hurt No More
"I Don't Wanna Know" Released: February 17, 2004 [1] "I Don't Think We've Met" Released: 2005 "Till I Get to You" Released: 2005

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	67/100 [2]
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[3]
Blender	[4]
Entertainment Weekly	D [5]
Slant Magazine	[6]
Rolling Stone	[7]
The Village Voice	[8]

Can'tneverdidnothin' is the sixth studio album by Nikka Costa, released on May 24, 2005, by Virgin Records as her second and final album with the label. It received generally favorable reviews from critics ^[2] but was a commercial disappointment, peaking at #157 on the Billboard 200.

Track listing

2005 retail release

#	Title
1.	"Till I Get to You" Writers: Nikka Costa, Justin Stanley, Craig Ross	3:17
2.	"Can'tneverdidnothin'" Writers: Costa, Stanley	3:10
3.	"Fooled Ya Baby" Writers: Costa, Stanley	4:33
4.	"I Gotta Know" Writers: Costa, Stanley	4:46
5.	"Around the World" Writers: Costa, Stanley	5:22
6.	"Swing It Around" Writers: Costa, Stanley, Shawn Davis	3:15
7.	"Funkier Than a Mosquita's Tweeter" Writers: Aillene Bullock	3:46
8.	"On & On" Writers: Costa, Stanley, Ross	2:53
9.	"Happy in the Morning" Writers: Costa, Stanley	3:33
10.	"Hey Love" Writers: Costa, Stanley, R.J. Manning Jr.	4:02
11.	"Fatherless Child" Writer: Costa	4:20
12.	"Sugar in My Bowl" (hidden track) Writer: Nina Simone	2:11

2004 promotional release

#	Title
1.	"I Don't Think We've Met" Writers: Nikka Costa, Justin Stanley	3:43
2.	"Till I Get to You" Writers: Costa, Stanley, Craig Ross	3:24
3.	"I Gotta Know" Writers: Costa, Stanley	4:30
4.	"Around the World" Writers: Costa, Stanley	5:43
5.	"Swing It Around" Writers: Costa, Stanley, Shawn Davis	3:04
6.	"Happy in the Morning" Writers: Costa, Stanley	3:37
7.	"Can'tneverdidnothin'" Writers: Costa, Stanley	3:04
8.	"I'm Gonna Leave You" Writers: Costa, Stanley	2:56
9.	"The Last Time" Writers: Costa, Stanley	4:35
10.	"Hey Love" Writers: Costa, Stanley, R.J. Manning Jr.	4:02
11.	"Fatherless Child" Writers: Costa	4:22

Notes

• "Till I Get to You", "Can'tneverdidnothin'", "Swing It Around", "Happy in the Morning", "I Gotta Know", and "Hey Love" are some of the tracks that were remixed and reorganized for the retail release.

Personnel

Credits for Can'tneverdidnothin' adapted from Allmusic ^[9]

• ?uestlove – drums on ("Happy in the Morning")
• Charlie Bisharat – violin
• John Blackwell – drums ("Around the World")
• Printz Board – horn on ("Can'tneverdidnothin", "Funkier Than a Mosquita's Tweaker")
• Jon Brion – organ on ("I Gotta Know"), synthesizer on ("Happy in the Morning")
• Aillene Bullock – composer ("Funkier Than a Mosquita's Tweaker")
• David Campbell – string arrangements on ("I Gotta Know", "Around the World")
• Dave Chegwidden – bongos, conga on ("Fooled Ya Baby", "Funkier Than a Mosquita's Tweaker")
• Larry Corbett – cello
• Nikka Costa – audio production, composer, Fender Rhodes, keyboard, Korg synthesizer, piano, producer, tambourine, vocals
• Shawn Davis – composer, bass, guitar (bass)
• Joel Derouin – violin
• Bruce Dukov – violin
• Berj Garabedian – violin
• Brian Gardner – mastering
• Ranjit Grewal – photography
• Chris Holmes – engineer on ("I Gotta Know", "Around the World")
• Stan "Chance" Howard – Moog bass, Moog synthesizer, organ
• Lenny Kravitz – bass, drums, bass
• Abe Laboriel, Jr. – drums
• Felix Lau – assistant engineer
• Brian LeBarton – clavinet, organ
• Tim LeBlanc – engineer
• Joshua "Trumpet Solo" Lopez – guitar, guitar (electric), shaker
• Roger Joseph Manning, Jr. – clavinet
• Manny Marroquin – mixing
• Keith Megna – guitar, guitar (acoustic), guitar (electric), sitar
• Wendy Melvoin – guitar (electric)
• Adam Moseley – engineer, mixing
• Tim Izo Orindgreff – horn, horn arrangements on ("Can'tneverdidnothin", "Funkier Than a Mosquita's Tweaker")
• Len Peltier – art direction, design
• James Poyser – Moog synthesizer
• Satnam Ramgotra – drums, turntables
• Brian Reitzell – drums
• Steven Rhodes – engineer
• Craig Ross – composer, guitar, guitar (acoustic), guitar (electric)
• Jim Scott – mixing
• Sinisha – photography
• Justin Stanley – audio production, bass, engineer, fuzz bass, guitar, guitar (bass), guitar (electric), kalimba, Mellotron, mixing, organ, percussion, producer

Charts

Weekly chart performance for Can'tneverdidnothin'

Chart (2005)	Peak position
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [10]	75
US Billboard 200 [11]	157
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard) [12]	95

References

1. "Going for Adds". Radio & Records . No. 1542. February 13, 2004. p. 25.
2. Cantneverdidnothin at Metacritic
3. Can'tneverdidnothin' at AllMusic
4. Mao, Chairman. "Nikka Costa, Can'tneverdidnothin'". Blender . Archived from the original on April 3, 2005. Retrieved January 28, 2025.
5. Watson, Margeaux (23 May 2005). "Can'tneverdidnothin'". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on October 21, 2008. Retrieved 11 September 2014.
6. Cinquemani, Sal (2005-05-20). "Nikka Costa can'tneverdidnothin'". Slant Magazine . Retrieved 2018-01-04.
7. "Rolling Stone review". Rolling Stone . Archived from the original on 2007-12-05. Retrieved 2007-09-04.
8. Christgau, Robert (2005-09-27). "Crafts and Lies". The Village Voice . Retrieved 2018-01-04.
9. "Can'tneverdidnothin' - Nikka Costa | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic .
10. "Swisscharts.com – Nikka Costa – Can'tneverdidnothin'". Hung Medien. Retrieved February 4, 2025.
11. "Nikka Costa Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved February 4, 2025.
12. "Nikka Costa Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved February 4, 2025.