Personnel includes: Nikka Costa (vocals, acoustic & electric guitars, piano, celeste, Wurlitzer piano, Fender Rhodes piano); Justin Stanley (guitar, Clavinet, Mellotron, Mini-Moog synthesizer, vibraphone, bass, drums); Mark Ronson (guitar, vinyl scratches); Chris Thorn (guitar); Richard Dodd (cello); Tim Izo (saxophone); Printz Board (trumpet, horns, Mini-Moog synthesizer); James Poyser (Wurlitzer piano); Guyora Kats (Fender Rhodes piano); Pino Palladino, Ben Rosen (bass); Ahmir "?uestlove" Thompson (drums).

Producers include: Justin Stanley, Mark Ronson, Nikka Costa.

Engineers include: Justin Stanley, Russell "The Dragon" Elevado.

Recorded at Electric Lady, New York, New York, King Sound, Music Grinder and Glow 2 Studios, Los Angeles, California.

Personnel: Nikka Costa (vocals, acoustic guitar, piano, celesta, Fender Rhodes piano, Wurlitzer organ); Justin Stanley (guitar, Clavinet, chamberlin, Mellotron, mini-Moog synthesizer, xylophone, drums); Mark Anthony Jones (guitar); Richard Dodd, Larry Corbett (cello); Printz Board (trumpet, keyboards); James Poyser (Clavinet, Wurlitzer organ); Billy Preston (Clavinet); Ahmir Khalib Thompson, ?uestlove (drums).

Audio Mixer: Russell Elevado.

Recording information: Electric Lady, New York, NY; Electric Lady, NY; Glow2 Studios, Los Angeles, CA; King Sound, Los Angeles, CA; Music Grinder and Glow 2 Studios, Los Angeles, CA; Music Grinder, Los Angeles, CA.

Photographers: Len Peltier; Luis Snachez.

Arranger: Nikka Costa.

She may be the offspring of famed Sinatra arranger Don Costa, but Nikka Costa's muse lies in a soulful fusion of rock, electronica and hip-hop. Costa ignited a buzz via the lo-fi, beat-heavy "Like A Feather" (included here as the opening track) that was used in a Tommy Hilfiger ad in Summer 2000. Released on D'Angelo's label Cheeba Sound, Costa's debut is far from empty industry hype, as she shifts gears between the percolating Sly-flavored funk of the title track to giving Macy Gray a run for her money on the R&B ballad "Just Because."

Costa's eclectic tastes also pop up via samples of The Beastie Boys (the psychedelic trip-hop of "So Have I For You"), Xavier Cugat (a drum-and-bass flavored "Tug Of War"), and Cannonball Adderley (the string-laden soul tune "Corner Of My Mind"). A delightful grab-bag of stylistic nuances, EVERYBODY GOT THEIR SOMETHING is a wonderfully organic debut that promises to find its way onto more than a few Best Of 2001 lists.

Rolling Stone (5/10/01, p.88) - 3 stars out of 5 - "...WHips up funk positivity and indulges the singer in her impersonation of Angry Soul Woman....there isn't a thing wrong with EVERYTHING, except perhaps its vacuum-sealed perfection."

Entertainment Weekly (5/25/01, p.80) - "...An audacious, fresh-as-a-daisy debut....crossbreeding songcraft with ass-thump funk....intoxicating..." - Rating: A-

Q (Summer/01, p.97) - 4 stars out of 5 - "...Moody soul-funk...Like a softer Anastacia, with the emotional cache and record collection of Macy Gray, it's the tender slow rollers that really clinch this supreme collection..."