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1	Rhythm People Music By, Lyrics By – S. Coleman*	7:12
2	Blues Shifting Music By, Lyrics By – S. Coleman*	6:46
3	No Conscience Music By, Lyrics By – S. Coleman*	5:30
4	Neutral Zone Music By, Lyrics By – S. Coleman*	4:25
5	Ain't Goin' Out Like That Music By, Lyrics By – S. Coleman*	4:59
6	Step'n Music By, Lyrics By – S. Coleman*	6:20
7	Dangerous Music By, Lyrics By – S. Coleman*	4:59
8	Ice Moves Music By, Lyrics By – S. Coleman*	6:30
9	The Posse Music By, Lyrics By – D. Gilmore*, S. Coleman*	4:32
10	Armageddon (Cold-Blood-Ed) Music By, Lyrics By – S. Coleman*	6:16

Companies, etc.

• Manufactured By – BMG Victor Inc.

Credits

• Acoustic Bass – Dave Holland (tracks: 2, 5 to 7)
• Alto Saxophone, Vocals – Steve Coleman
• Art Direction – Ria Lewerke
• Co-producer – Louis Coleman
• Design – Jackie Murphy
• Drums, Percussion – Marvin "Smitty" Smith
• Electric Bass – Reggie Washington (tracks: 1, 3, 4 , 6 to 10)
• Engineer [Recording] – Joseph Marciano*
• Guitar, Synthesizer [Guitar] – David Gilmore
• Illustration – Mike Malachi Basden
• Liner Notes – B. Nobody, Tadashi Narita
• Management [Series Director] – Steve Backer
• Mastered By – Ted Jensen
• Mixed By – Joseph Marciano*, Steve Coleman
• Photography By – Brian Davis
• Piano, Keyboards – James Weidman
• Producer – Steve Coleman
• Producer [Assistant Producer] – Louis Coleman
• Trombone – Robin Eubanks (tracks: 2, 4, 6, 7, 10)
• Vocals – Cassandra Wilson (tracks: 10)

Notes

Recorded at Systems Two, Brooklyn, NY, February 1990.
Mixed at Systems Two, Brooklyn, NY, on Mitsubishi X-80 Digital Two Track.
Mastered digitally at Sterling Sound, NYC.

Cassandra Wilson appears courtesy of JMT Productions, Stefan F. Winter.

Steve Coleman plays Vandoren Mouthpieces and Reeds/Utilizes Dr. T's line of Computer Music Products and the Synthophone from Softwind Instruments.

Manufactured by BMG Victor Inc., Tokyo, Japan from master recordings owned or controlled by BMG Music.
Ⓟ 1990 BMG Music / Made in Japan

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Barcode: 4 988017 023143
• Matrix / Runout: BVCJ-5-A1K 11 V
• Rights Society: JASRAC

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
PD83092	Steve Coleman And Five Elements	Rhythm People (The Resurrection Of Creative Black Civilization) ‎(CD, Album)	Novus, RCA	PD83092	Germany	1990
3092-4-N	Steve Coleman And Five Elements	Rhythm People (The Resurrection Of Creative Black Civilization) ‎(Cass, Album)	RCA	3092-4-N	US	1990
3092-2-N	Steve Coleman And Five Elements	Rhythm People (The Resurrection Of Creative Black Civilization) ‎(CD, Album)	Novus, BMG	3092-2-N	US	1990
PD 83092	Steve Coleman And Five Elements	Rhythm People (The Resurrection Of Creative Black Civilization) ‎(CD, Album)	RCA	PD 83092	Germany	1990
PK83092	Steve Coleman And Five Elements	Rhythm People (The Resurrection Of Creative Black Civilization) ‎(Cass, Album)	Novus, RCA	PK83092	UK & Europe	1990