Order in the Court

Order in the Court
Studio album by Queen Latifah
Released	June 16, 1998
Recorded	May 1997 - March 1998
Studio	Giant Studios (New York City, New York) The Hit Factory (New York City, New York) Skip Sailor Recordings (Los Angeles, California) Soundtrack Studios (New York City, New York)
Genre	East Coast hip hop, Alternative hip hop, Conscious hip hop, Thug rap
Length	55:17
Label	Motown Records / Flavor Unit Records
Producer	Queen Latifah (exec.), Diamond D, Big Jaz, DJ Clark Kent, Chad "Dr. Ceuss" Elliott, Kay Gee, Big Baby, Divine Styler, Pras, Jerry "Wonda" Duplessis, Mike "Suga" Allen, Martin "Kendu" Issacs, Shakim (exec.), Marcus "DL" Siskind

Order in the Court is the fourth studio album by American Hip hop female artist Queen Latifah. It was released on June 16, 1998 via Flavor Unit Records and Motown Records. Recording sessions took place at Skip Sailor Recordings in Los Angeles, California and at Giant Studios, The Hit Factory and Soundtrack Studios in New York City from May 1997 to March 1998. Production was handled by Mike "Suga" Allen, Diamond D, Big Baby, Divine Styler, Martin "Kendu" Issacs, Big Jaz, Marcus "DL" Siskind, DJ Clark Kent, Kay Gee, Pras, Jerry "Wonda" Duplessis and Chad "Dr. Ceuss" Elliott. It includes guest appearances by Apache, Antonique Smith, Next, Le Femme Markita, Inaya Jafan, Nikki D, Scarlet, Lil' Mo, Jaz-A-Belle and Faith Evans.

Order in the Court released the singles: "Paper", "Bananas (Who You Gonna Call?)" and "Brownsville". This would be Latifah's last album with Motown Records.

Track listing

1. "Bananas (Who You Gonna Call?)" (feat. Apache) - 4:00
2. "Court Is In Session" - 3:52
3. "No/Yes (Skit)" - 0:44
4. "No/Yes" - 4:50
5. "Turn You On" - 4:21
6. "Black on Black Love" (feat. Next and Antonique Smith) - 5:05
7. "Parlay" (feat. Le Fem Markita) - 4:52
8. "Paper" - 4:00
9. "What Ya Gonna Do" (feat. Inaya Jafan) - 4:33
10. "It's Alright" - 3:35
11. "Phone Call (Skit)" - 0:34
12. "Brownsville" (feat. Nikki D, Scarlet and Le Fem Markita) - 4:40
13. "I Don't Know" (feat. Sisqo) - 4:29
14. "Life" - 5:42

Samples

Bananas (Who You Gonna Call?)

• "Fu-Gee-La" by Fugees

Court Is In Session

• "What Am I Missing" by Rufus & Chaka Khan

No/Yes

• "All Night Long" by Mary Jane Girls
• "Passion Play" by The Sugarhill Gang

Turn You On

• "I Didn't Mean to Turn You On" by Cherrelle

Black On Black Love

• "Make Me Say It Again, Girl (Part 1 & 2)" by The Isley Brothers

Parlay

• "Get Outta Yourself" by Rupert Holmes

Paper

• "I've Heard It Through the Grapevine" by Marvin Gaye

It's Alright

• "I Wanna Thank You" by Alicia Myers

Brownsville

• "Hobo Scratch" by Malcolm McLaren and World's Famous Supreme Team

I Don't Know

• "Do What Cha Wanna" by The Billy Cobham George Duke Band
• "Big Poppa" by The Notorious B.I.G.

Life

• "You're Not the Man" by Sade