Straight Outta Hell's Kitchen Explained
Straight Outta Hell's Kitchen is a 1991 album by Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam, as well as their final studio album. It is best known for the lead track "Let the Beat Hit 'Em" which reached #1 on the Billboard R&B and Dance charts. The only other single released from the album was the ballad "Where Were You When I Needed You". The album's title is named for the Manhattan neighborhood in which lead vocalist Lisa Velez grew up and lived until the mid-2000s. The first half of the album was produced by C+C Music Factory's David Cole and Robert Clivillés, and the second half was produced, as with the previous Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam albums, by Full Force.
Personnel
Adapted from AllMusic[1]
- Karen Bernod - background vocals
- Robert Clivillés - arranger, composer, drums, editing, keyboard arrangements, mixing, percussion, photo imaging, producer, vocal arrangement
- David Cole - arranger, composer, keyboard arrangements, keyboards, mixing, producer, vocal arrangement, background vocals
- Carol Cooper - executive producer
- Deborah Cooper - background vocals
- Ricky Crespo - editing
- Jim De Barros - design
- Pete Diorio - engineer, mixing
- Ex Girlfriend - background vocals
- Alan Friedman - composer, programming
- Full Force - arranger, composer, executive producer, mixing, vocal arrangement, background vocals
- Michael Hughes - arranger, percussion, producer, rap
- Ernie Isley - composer
- O'Kelly Isley - composer
- Ronald Isley - composer
- Rudolph Isley - composer
- Carl James - bass
- Chris Jasper - composer
- Bashiri Johnson - percussion
- Acar S. Key - engineer
- Lisa Lisa - executive producer, photo imaging, primary artist, vocals, background vocals
- Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam - executive producer, performer, primary artist
- Chuck Loeb - guitar
- Fred McFarlane - keyboards
- Veronica McHugh - production coordination
- Cindy Mizelle - background vocals
- Alexander "Spanador" Mosley - arranger, guitar, keyboards, producer
- Ken Nahoum - photography, photo imaging
- Duran Ramos - composer, keyboard arrangements, vocal arrangement
- Cheryl Pepsii Riley - background vocals
- Bob Rosa - editing, mixing
- Steve Salem - executive producer
- Lisa Velez - group member
- Barbara Warren-Pace - producer, production coordination
- Audrey Wheeler - background vocals
- Tim White - photography
- Larry Yasgar - executive producer
Charts
Notes and References
- Web site: Straight Outta Hell's Kitchen - Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam | Credits | AllMusic . .
- Web site: Bubbling Down Under Week Commencing March 30, 1992. Bubbling Down Under. March 31, 2023.
- Web site: Lisa Lisa - Chart history Billboard . www.billboard.com . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20151007211232/http://www.billboard.com/artist/307498/lisa-lisa/chart?f=305 . October 7, 2015.
