| Cookie: The Anthropological Mixtape | ||||
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| Studio album by Meshell Ndegeocello | ||||
| Released | June 4, 2002 | |||
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| Label | Maverick | |||
| Producer | Meshell Ndegeocello, Allen Cato, Missy Elliott, Rockwilder, Supa Dave West | |||
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| Aggregate scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | (82/100) |
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic | |
| The A.V. Club | (favorable) |
| Robert Christgau | A− |
| Entertainment Weekly | A |
| Metro Weekly | (favorable) |
| Rolling Stone | |
| Slant | |
| Spin | (8/10) |
| Vibe | |
| Yahoo! Music | (favorable) |
Cookie: The Anthropological Mixtape is an album by Meshell Ndegeocello. It was released on June 4, 2002 on Maverick Records. The album peaked at #67 on the Billboard Top 200 list that year, and was nominated for Best Contemporary R&B Album at the 2003 Grammy Awards. The album also peaked at #21 on the Billboard R&B Album chart and #67 on Billboard's Top Internet Albums chart.
Two singles were released from the LP. A remixed version of "Pocketbook" charted on Billboard's R&B Bubbling Under the Hot 100 chart, for several weeks, also appearing on the R&B Airplay and Sales charts. "Earth" was remixed by Ben Watt and peaked at #14 on Billboard's Dance Music/Maxi Single Sales chart.
The album contains short clips of spoken word performances by writers and artists such as Angela Davis, Gil-Scott Heron and Etheridge Knight.