Chapter 2: The Voice

Chapter 2: The Voice
Studio album by Syleena Johnson
Released	October 31, 2002 (U.S.)
Recorded	2002
Genre	R&B, soul, neo soul
Length	63:09
Label	Jive
Producer	Carvin "Ransum" Haggins & Ivan "Orthodox" Barias, R. Kelly, Bastiany, Hi-Tek, Scorpio, Mike Dunn, Joel Kipnis, C. Major
Syleena Johnson chronology
Chapter 1: Love, Pain & Forgiveness (2001) Chapter 2: The Voice (2002) Chapter 3: The Flesh (2005)
Singles from Chapter 2: The Voice
"Tonight I'm Gonna Let Go" Released: November 13, 2001 "Guess What" Released: May 8, 2002

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Chapter 2: The Voice is the second studio album by American singer Syleena Johnson, released in the United States by Jive Records on October 31, 2002 on cassette^[2] and November 26, 2002 on CD.^[3]

Track listing

1. "The Voice/Intro" (Syleena Johnson, Tony Cottrell, Lawrence Howard Brown, Oleg Lopatin, Marvin Gaye, Al Cleveland, Renaldo Benson) – 4:33
2. "Faithful to You" (Johnson, Dwayne Bastiany) – 3:30
3. "Now That I Got You" (Johnson, Bastiany, Deniece Williams, Susaye Greene, Henry Redd, Nathan Watts) – 3:37
4. "Dear You" (Johnson, Carvin Haggins, Ivan Barias, Jamar Jones) – 3:39
5. "Guess What" (R. Kelly) – 3:32
6. "I'm Gon' Cry" (Johnson, Haggins, Barias, Frank Romano, Steve Cropper, Donald Dunn, Al Jackson, Jr., Booker T. Jones) – 3:31
7. "Is That You" (Johnson, Mike Dunn) – 4:30
8. "Tonight I'm Gonna Let Go" (Johnson, Dunn, James Seals) – 3:54
9. "If You Play Your Cards Right" (Kevin McCord) – 6:01
10. "No Words" (Johnson, Haggins, Barias, Romano) – 3:46
11. "So Willingly" (Johnson, Haggins, Barias, Romano) – 3:46
12. "Guitars of the Heart (Happy)" (Johnson, Joel Kipnis) – 5:40
13. "I Believe in Love" (Johnson, Christian Robinson) – 3:51
14. "Outro" (Johnson, Cottrell) – 0:59
15. "Tonight I'm Gonna Let Go" (The Remix featuring Busta Rhymes, Rampage, Sham and Spliff Star of the Flipmode Squad) (Johnson, Dunn, Seals, Trevor Smith, Roger McNair, Leroy Jones, William Lewis) – 4:18
16. "Joined at the Hip" (R. Kelly) – 3:55

Sampling Credits

• "Tonight I'm Gonna Let Go" and its accompanying remix contains re-played elements from "Sweet Green Fields" by Seals and Crofts. The remix also originally sampled on "Put Your Hands Where My Eyes Could See" by Busta Rhymes
• "If You Play Your Cards Right" is a cover of the 1981 song by Alicia Myers.

Personnel

• Kamel Abdo – Engineer
• Timmy Allen – Vocals (background)
• Ivan "Orthodox" Barias – Producer, Instrumentation
• Dwayne Bastiany – Producer, Instrumentation
• Jim Bottari – Engineer
• Kara Buhl – Photo Production
• C-Major – Producer
• Troy Corbin – Vocals (background)
• Mike Dunn – Producer, Engineer
• Rodney East – Keyboards
• David Flemming – Engineer
• Andy Gallas – Engineer
• Abel Garibaldi – Programming, Engineer
• Serban Ghenea – Mixing
• Tony Gillis – Mastering
• Tarsha Gray – Hair Stylist
• Carvin "Ransum" Haggins – Producer, Vocal Arrangement
• Hi-Tek – Producer
• Syleena Johnson – Arranger, Vocals (background), Vocal Arrangement
• Jamar Jones – Keyboards
• R. Kelly – Arranger, Vocals (background), Producer, Mixing, Remix Producer, Remix Arrangement
• Donnie Lyle – Bass, Guitar
• Carlos "Storm" Martinez – Engineer
• Charles McCrorey – Engineer
• Ian Mereness – Programming, Engineer, Mixing
• Jason Mlodzinski – Assistant
• Jackie Murphy – Art Direction, Design
• Herb Powers – Mastering
• Darien Rapp – Engineer
• Christian Robinson – Engineer
• Frank Romano – Guitar
• Patrick Salisbury – Photography
• Brian Stanley – Engineer
• Rich Tapper – Engineer
• Chris Trevett – Engineer
• Denise Trorman – Art Direction, Design
• Pamela Watson – Stylist
• Doug Wilson – Engineer

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