Be Yourself

Be Yourself is the ninth solo album by American singer-songwriter Patti LaBelle. It was released by MCA Records on June 26, 1989 in the United States. Her second album with the company following her 1986 platinum album Winner in You, it features the single, "If You Asked Me To" which was also featured on the soundtrack to the James Bond movie, Licence to Kill (1989), and the R&B top ten Prince-written hit "Yo Mister." The album marked LaBelle's foray into new jack swing music with the tracks "I Got It Like That", produced by Full Force, and "Love 89", another Prince contribution. Track listing Personnel Credits lifted from the album's liner notes. Patti LaBelle – lead vocals, backing vocals (2, 3, 11) Aaron Zigman – synthesizer programming (1), synth bass (1), arrangements (1) Raymond Jones – keyboards (2), arrangements (2) James "Budd" Ellison – keyboards (3, 9, 11), percussion (3) Nathaniel Wilke – keyboards (3, 9), synth bass (3, 9), synth drums (3), synthesizer arrangements (3, 11) Prince – all instruments (4, 6) Full Force – all instruments (5), backing vocals (5), arrangements (5) Walter Afanasieff – keyboards (7) David Sancious – keyboards (7) Ren Klyce – Fairlight CMI (7) Fred McFarlane – programming (7) Brad Cole – keyboards (8) Jim Salamone – synthesizer programming (9, 11), drum programming (9, 11), LinnDrum overdubs (9) Michael Boddicker – synthesizers (10) Randy Kerber – acoustic piano (10), Yamaha DX7 (10) George Duke – acoustic piano (11) Michael Landau – guitars (1) Corrado Rustici – guitars (7) Mark Liggett – guitars (8) Herb Smith – guitars (9, 11) Dann Huff – guitars (10) Randy Jackson – Moog bass (7) Dominic Genova – bass (8) Neil Stubenhaus – bass (10) John Robinson – drums (1) Larry Robinson – drum programming (2) Narada Michael Walden – drums (7), programming (7) Tom Walsh – drums (8) Jeff Porcaro – drums (10) Lenny Castro – percussion (1, 10) Gigi Gonaway – cymbals (7) Eric Wood – percussion (9) Gerald Albright – saxophone (2) Kenny G – saxophone solo (7) Michael Patterson Jr.