Eddie takes a break from the movies to pull together a collection of big name friends that ranges from Paul McCartney to Michael Jackson (who steals "Whatzupwitu" outright) so he can indulge himself with styles that include the Beatles, the Isleys and Stax. Musically, it's okay, with some nice-sounding material coming up, but Murphy has a very weak, thin voice that doesn't improve with any of the periodic attempts to stretch his limited range (he goes resoundingly flat). The covers of "Good Day Sunshine" and "Hey Joe" might be termed, at best, ill-advised. ~ Steven McDonald, All Music Guide
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Track Listing
Credits
- Bob Magnusson
- Horn
- James Manning
- Bass, Guitar (Bass)
- Steve Meltzer
- Art Direction
- Cindy Mizelle
- Vocals (Background)
- Dave Pensado
- Mixing
- Barney Perkins
- Mixing
- Jeff Poe
- Engineer
- Carmen Rizzo
- Engineer, Mixing
- Greg Ruvolo
- Horn
- Eddy Schreyer
- Mastering
- Maurice Spears
- Horn
- Carole Sylvan
- Vocals (Background)
- TomTom
- Arranger
- Stevie Wonder
- Harmonica
- Greg Gorman
- Photography
- Eric Stark
- Engineer
- Kazuyuki Masumoto
- Engineer
- Nadine Baker
- Project Coordinator
- André Jackson
- Engineer, Mixing
- Bob Magnuson
- Horn
- Ralph Sutton
- Engineer
- The Boys Choir of Harlem
- Vocals (Background), Choir, Chorus
- Audrey Wheeler
- Vocals (Background)
- Larry Graham
- Bass, Guitar (Bass)
- Keith Robinson
- Guitar (Acoustic)
- Sandi Barber
- Vocals (Background)
- Sophia Bender
- Vocals (Background)
- Fritz Cadet
- Guitar
- Tim Christian
- Drums
- Jonathan Clark
- Art Direction
- Stanley Clarke
- Bass, Guitar (Bass)
- Tim Cornwell
- Percussion
- Keith Evans
- Engineer
- Jon Gass
- Mixing
- Trenten Gumbs
- Conga, Keyboards, Programming, Speech/Speaker/Speaking Part, Keyboard Programming, Drum Programming, Producer
- Ralph Hawkins, Jr.
- Keyboards, Vocals (Background), Drum Programming, Producer
- A. Paul Hoofeyn
- Drums
- The Horns of Fire
- Horn
- Kimm James
- Assistant Engineer
- Stephanie James
- Vocals (Background)
- George Johnson
- Guitar
- Alan Jones
- Keyboards, Producer, Vocals (Background), Programming
- B.B. King
- Guitar
- Brenda White-King
- Vocals (Background)
- Danny Leake
- Mixing
- Dan Levine
- Horn, Horn Arrangements
- James K. Lloyd
- Keyboards
- Bon Jovi
- ?
- En Vogue
- ?
- Gwen Guthrie
- Vocals (Background)
- Ernie Isley
- Guitar
- Herbie Hancock
- Piano
- Onaje Allan Gumbs
- Keyboards
- Herman Riley
- Horn
- Eddie Murphy
- Conga, Keyboards, Keyboard Programming, Concept, Drum Programming, Main Performer, Speech/Speaker/Speaking Part, Producer, Vocals (Background), Vocals










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