Wow! I guess thay's why I liked the track so much! Also love Janet's Pleasure Principal"...

Good "work" Monte!!

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proof or it didnt happen

Never mind

Composers/Lyricits:

• Aubrey Graham: Drake, obviously.
• Jahron Braithwaite: OVO singer/songwriter best known as PARTYNEXTDOOR.
• R. Thomas: Toronto producer Sevn Thomas, who has also worked with Drake and Kanye West.
• Monte Moir: Veteran musician who is best known as the keyboardist of the Time, Prince's band. Rihanna and Moir performed together at the 2008 Grammy Awards.
• Allen Ritter: New York producer who has worked with the likes of Drake and Travi$ Scott.
• Matthew Samuels: Listed above.

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What the hell is a "jawn"?

FUNKYNESS said:

What the hell is a "jawn"?

Urban Dictionary

Did he actually work on the song or did they use a sample of a song he wrote?

I nominate "jawn" as the dumbest slang word ever.

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Good for him! Many more of these younger acts should work with the older,established producers and songwriters.Maybe then they would actually have some great material for a change.

I saw his name on there and wondered how he was connected

sounds like they used the synth line from Alexander O Neal's If you were here tonight which, i think,

Monte produced. So i guess he didnt really work on the song.

Questo should have known that as a so called MPLS sound expert.

Militant said:

Did he actually work on the song or did they use a sample of a song he wrote?

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SpookyElektrix said:

Militant said:

Did he actually work on the song or did they use a sample of a song he wrote?

sounds like they used the synth line from Alexander O Neal's If you were here tonight which, i think,

Monte produced. So i guess he didnt really work on the song.

Questo should have known that as a so called MPLS sound expert.

That's exactly right. Monte's songwriting credit is noted as "interpolation" and he wrote "If You Were Here Tonight".

That's my favorite Alexander O' Neal song. I'm glad they credited Monte!

So how come you didn't notice the use of the melody?

Militant said:

That's my favorite Alexander O' Neal song. I'm glad they credited Monte!

I never knew he wrote A O'Neal "If U were here tonight" - classic...or

Janet Jackson - "Pleasure Principle"...which I just sing-a-long-to like a madman when driving... This song never fails to lift my spirits - just so damn energetic!

Go Monte!!! What a lovely nugget of information!

It might be harder to hear because "Work" was a sample of the "Sail Away" riddim, not a mechanical sample from Alexander O'Neal's master recording.

"Work"'s producer Boi-1da was trying to do was bring back a dancehall riddim, and he chose a 1998 riddim called "Sail Away", which dozens of dancehall artists used. "Sail Away" was a replay of "If You Were Here Tonight".

SpookyElektrix said:

So how come you didn't notice the use of the melody?

Militant said:

That's my favorite Alexander O' Neal song. I'm glad they credited Monte!

I hadn't listened to the song at that point, 10th.

Connected said:

I never knew he wrote A O'Neal "If U were here tonight" - classic...or

Janet Jackson - "Pleasure Principle"...which I just sing-a-long-to like a madman when driving... This song never fails to lift my spirits - just so damn energetic!

Go Monte!!! What a lovely nugget of information!

He also wrote and produced Somebody's Crying for the

Force MD's back in 1991.

^ Thanks Phunk!!! I'll be hunting that down!

I am so surprised Monte did these songs - I must confess, I always thought he kinda made up the numbers in the background...cos Morris, Jesse and Jam/Lewis get all the attention...but "PP" by Janet...damn I never knew that!

So Force MDs now on my list to hear!

RodeoSchro said:

I nominate "jawn" as the dumbest slang word ever.

What the heck is a "jawn?"

Monte also wrote "Only A Breath Away" on Patti Austin's Gettin' Away With Murder album

phunkdaddy said:

He also wrote and produced Somebody's Crying for the

Force MD's back in 1991.

I love that song! I have it on this (otherwise sorta flawed compilation):
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