Hot & Ready

Composer

• Auto & Cherokee
• Dave Pensado
• Travon Potts
• Keith Andes
• Ron Alston
• Ed Townsend
• Marvin Gaye
• Raja-Neé

Lyricist

• Auto & Cherokee
• Raja-Neé
• Shankai
• Travon Potts
• Keith Andes
• Vanesa Powers

Writer

• Chris Jasper
• Ernie Isley
• James Harris III
• Marvin Isley
• O'Kelly Isley
• Raja-Neé
• Ronald Isley
• Rudolph Isley
• Terry Lewis
• Auto & Cherokee
• Dwayne Wiggins
• Erica Williams
• James "Big Jim" Wright
• Norman Whitfield

Arranger

• Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis

Lead Vocals

• Raja-Neé

Backing Vocals

• Auto & Cherokee

Guitar

• Mike Scott

Bass

• Mark Haynes

Percussion

• Terry Lewis

Recording

• Steve Hodge

Mixing

• Steve Hodge

Mastering

• Eddy Schreyer

Art Direction

• Mackie Osborne

Executive Producer Co Executive Producer

• Herb Trawick

Executive Producer Executive Producers

• Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis

Legal Samples Cleared By

• Pat Shannahan

Management

• Trawick & Company

Management Management For Trawick Company

• Herb Trawick

Photography By Photography

• Annalisa

Stylist Tatoos By

• Freddie Negrete

Backing Vocals Background Vocals

• Auto & Cherokee
• Raja-Neé
• Leon Hi
• Vanesa Powers
• Solo

Engineer Assistant Engineer

• Susan Becker
• Mike Scotella
• Tom Chianti
• Larry Wood

Engineer Assistant Mix Engineer

• Mike Scotella
• Jamie Seyberth
• Mikael Ifversen

Engineer Mix Engineer

• Dave Pensado
• Mike Scotella

Engineer Recording Engineer

• Anthony Jeffries
• Martin Horenburg
• Thomas Mahn

Instruments All Instruments Performed By

• Auto & Cherokee
• Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis
• Dave Pensado
• Travon Potts
• Keith Andes
• La Ron Style
• Leon Hi

Producer Produced By

• Auto & Cherokee
• Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis
• Dave Pensado
• Travon Potts
• Keith Andes
• La Ron Style
• Leon Hi
• Reggie Huggins

Performer All Instruments Performed By

• Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis
• Dave Pensado
• Travon Potts
• Keith Andes
• La Ron Style
• Leon Hi
• Auto & Cherokee

Lead Vocals Lead

• Raja-Neé

Performer Make Me Say It Again

• The Isley Brothers

Girl Perfomed By

• The Isley Brothers

Recorded By Assisted By

• Jeff Taylor

Vocals Chants

• Jeff Taylor
• Jellybean Johnson
• McKinley Horton
• Raja-Neé

Girl Written By

• Chris Jasper
• Ernie Isley
• Marvin Isley
• O'Kelly Isley
• Ronald Isley
• Rudolph Isley

Written By Make Me Say It Again

• Chris Jasper
• Ernie Isley
• Marvin Isley
• O'Kelly Isley
• Ronald Isley
• Rudolph Isley

Engineer Recording Engineers

• Dave Pensado
• Gregg Barrett
• Mike Scotella
• La Ron Style
• Leon Hi

Performer Fire Performed By

• Ohio Players

Written By Fire

• Billy Beck
• Clarence Satchell
• James "Diamond" Williams
• Leroy "Sugarfoot" Bonner
• Marshall Jones
• Marvin "Merv" Pierce
• Ralph "Pee Wee" Middlebrooks

Engineer Mix Engineers

• La Ron Style
• Leon Hi

Voice Intro

• Budda Scotch
• Cherokee
• Kelly Glover
• Raja-Neé

Musical Assistance Assistant To Auto Cherokee

• Munchie

Performer Play My Funk Performed By

• Simple E

Rap Jamaican Rap

• Ardean “Shankai” Samuda
• Raja-Neé

Written By Play My Funk

• Dwayne Wiggins
• Erica Williams

Producer Produced

• Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis

Performer All Vocals Performed By

• Raja-Neé

Vocals All Vocals Performed By

• Raja-Neé

Backing Vocals Background Vocals Solo

• Daniele Stokes
• Darnell Chavis
• Eunique Mack
• James Rayshawn Smith
• Robert Anderson

Drum Programming

• Jeff Taylor

Keyboards Keys

• James "Big Jim" Wright
• Jimmy Jam
• Lance Alexander

Engineer Assistant Engineers

• Larry Wood
• Mike Nally

Mercy Me The Ecology Written By

• Ed Townsend
• Marvin Gaye

Written By Mercy

• Ed Townsend
• Marvin Gaye