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Q: Soul Bossa Nostra
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ReleasedNovember 9, 2010
Recorded2009–2010
Genre Hip hop, R&B
Label Qwest, Interscope
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Q: Soul Bossa Nostra is a studio album by Quincy Jones, recorded in 2010 with various artists. [3] The album was released on November 9, 2010, [4] and was Jones's final album; he died in 2024. [5] The title of the album refers to Jones's 1962 instrumental track "Soul Bossa Nova".

Contents

Background

Recorded as a tribute to Jones, and featuring re-interpretations of songs associated with him, it was Jones's first original album since 1995's Q's Jook Joint . Jones served as executive producer. [3]

In a press release announcing the album Jones stated, "Each artist picked a song that resonated with them for different reasons. I am honored that everyone wanted to be a part of this celebration of these songs. They all made them their own and knocked them out of the park." [3] Years later, he told an interviewer for New York "I was not in favor of doing it, but the rappers wanted to record something as a tribute to me, where they'd do versions of songs that I’d done over my career. I said to them, "Look, you got to make the music better than we did on the originals." That didn't happen. T-Pain, man, he didn't pay attention to the details." [6]

Track listing

Credits adapted from the album's liner notes. [7]

No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Ironside" (featuring Talib Kweli) Quincy Jones 3:54
2."Strawberry Letter 23" (featuring Akon) Shuggie Otis 3:53
3."Soul Bossa Nostra" (featuring Ludacris, Naturally 7, and Rudy Currence)
  • Jones
  • Ludacris [a]
  • Jarrett Johnson [a]
  • Rudy Currence [a]
4:08
4."Give Me the Night" (featuring Jamie Foxx) Rod Temperton 3:44
5."Tomorrow" (featuring John Legend)
  • Wild Animals
  • Jones
4:32
6."You Put a Move on My Heart" (featuring Jennifer Hudson)Temperton4:59
7."Get the Funk Out of My Face" (featuring Snoop Dogg)
  • Jones
  • G. Johnson
  • L. Johnson
3:11
8."Secret Garden" (featuring Usher, Robin Thicke, Tyrese Gibson, LL Cool J, Tevin Campbell, and Barry White)
5:53
9."Betcha Wouldn't Hurt Me" (featuring Mary J. Blige, Q-Tip and Alfredo Rodríguez)
7:05
10."Everything Must Change" (featuring BeBe Winans) Bernard Ighner Mervyn Warren 5:24
11."Many Rains Ago (Oluwa)" (featuring Wyclef Jean)4:57
12."P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing)" (featuring T-Pain and Robin Thicke)
4:06
13."It's My Party" (featuring Amy Winehouse)
  • John Gluck
  • Wally Gold
  • Seymour Gottlieb
  • Herbert Weiner
2:36
14."Hikky-Burr" (featuring Three 6 Mafia and David Banner)
2:55
15."Sanford and Son" (featuring T.I., B.o.B, Prince Charlez and Mohombi)
JAYLIEN
4:08

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