『THE BADDEST 〜Collaboration〜』(ザ バデスト コラボレーション)は、久保田利伸のコラボレーション・ベスト・アルバム。2016年11月23日にSME Recordsから発売された。

概要 久保田のデビュー30周年を記念して過去の楽曲からタイトル通りコラボレーションに特化した2枚組。自身の作品以外に、他アーティスト作品でコラボレーションした楽曲も収録。「SUKIYAKI-Ue wo muite arukou-」「Soul 2 Soul feat. AI」の新曲2曲を含む全30曲。DVD付初回生産限定盤と通常盤の2形態で発売。DVDにはミュージック・ビデオを10曲収録。初回生産限定盤のみ自身によるスペシャル全曲解説封入。

収録曲

DISC 1 M☆A☆G☆I☆C (KUBOTA meets KREVA) LA・LA・LA LOVE SONG (TOSHINOBU KUBOTA with Naomi Campbell) 無常 (feat. Mos Def) FLYING EASY LOVING CRAZY (TOSHINOBU KUBOTA feat. MISIA) Let's Get A Groove ~Yo! Hips~ (Bass: Meshell Ndegeocello, Saxophone: Michael Brecker) MIXED NUTS (P funk Chant: George Clinton, Bass & Guitar: William "Bootsy" Collins) Soul 2 Soul feat. AI POLE POLE TAXI (feat. Maceo Parker) Golden Smile feat. EXILE ATSUSHI Is it over? (Hook Vocal:JUJU) Keep it Rock (feat.WISE, Tarantula from Spontania) a Love Story (KUBOSSA ver.)(Flugelhorn:TOKU) Moondust (poetry reading by Kyoko Koizumi) Keep Holding U (SunMin thanX Kubota) Messengers' Rhyme -Rakushow, it's your Show!- (Rakushow Voice:Naoko Iijima) Love under the moon (Harmonica Solo: Toots Thielemans)

DISC 2 Never Turn Back (feat. Pras) Funk It Up (Guitar: Nile Rodgers) LIVING FOR TODAY (feat. Mos Def) HOLD ME DOWN (Duet with Angie Stone) Till She Comes (Produced by The Roots) Nice & EZ (Produced by D'wayne Wiggins) SUKIYAKI 〜Ue wo muite arukou〜(feat. Musiq Soulchild) Masquerade (Produced by The Roots) Just The Two Of Us (Duet with Caron Wheeler) VOODOO WOMAN (feat. Renee Neufville) Corcovado (Quiet Nights of Quiet Stars)(Acoustic Piano: Daniel Jobim, Guitar: Goro Ito) NEVA SATISFIED (Produced by Ali Shaheed Muhammad) Pu Pu (Produced by Raphael Saadiq) FOREVER YOURS (Duet with Alyson Williams)

初回限定盤特典DVD Soul 2 Soul feat. AI Golden Smile feat. EXILE ATSUSHI Recording Document Full ver. FLYING EASY LOVING CRAZY (TOSHINOBU KUBOTA feat. MISIA) M☆A☆G☆I☆C (KUBOTA meets KREVA) Messengers' Rhyme -Rakushow, it's your Show!- (Rakushow Voice: Naoko Iijima) LA・LA・LA LOVE SONG (Toshinobu Kubota with Naomi Campbell) Masquerade (Produced by The Roots) Funk It Up (Guitar: Nile Rodgers) Just The Two Of Us (Duet with Caron Wheeler) FOREVER YOURS (Duet with Alyson Williams)

THE BADDEST〜Collaboration〜

演奏 ●Disc 1 久保田利伸 Vocal Background Vocals (#1-13.15.16) Electric Guitar (#2) Groove Programming (#3) Beats (#10.11.14) Chorus (#14) All Instruments (#15) KREVA:Rap, All Programming, Background Vocals (#1) 岡雄三:Bass (#1) Jay Stixx:Drums (#1) Cliff Archer:Bass (#1) 石成正人:Guitar (#1.4.12) Philip Woo:Keyboards (#1) YURI Vocal (#1) Background Vocals (#7) 柿崎洋一郎 Drum Programming (#2) Keyboards (#2.3.6.9.10.11.14.16) Moog (#3.13) Guitar (#3.10.11) All Instruments (#5) Orchestration, Programming (#6.16) All Other Instruments (#8) Piano (#13) Electric Sitar (#14) Rhythm Guitar (#15) Background Vocals (#16) ナオミ・キャンベル:Whisper Rap (#2) N.Y.C. Hand Jobbers:Hand Claps (#2) 森大輔:Piano, Keyboards & Programming (#4) 弦一徹ストリングス:Strings (#4.9.14) MISIA:Vocal, Background Vocals (#4) Meshell Ndegeocello:Bass (#5) Michael Brecker:Saxophone (#5) Curtis King Jr., Brenda White King:Background Vocals (#5) Tawatha Agee:Background Vocals (#5.6) ジョージ・クリントン, Michael "Clip" Payne:P Funk Chant (#6) ブーツィー・コリンズ:Guitars, Bass (#6) John Mahoney, Laura Janisse: Synclavier Programming (#6.16) Vernon Reid:Lead Guitar (#6) Anton Fig, William "JuJu" House:Drums (#6) Fonzi Thornton, Michelle Cobb:Background Vocals (#6) AI:Vocal, Background Vocals (#7) UTA:All Instruments (#7) Maceo Parker:Saxophone (#8) Camus Celli:Rhythm Programming (#8) Carl James:Bass (#8) EXILE ATSUSHI:Vocal, Background Vocals (#9) JUJU:Hook Vocal (#10) WISE, Tarantula (Spontania):Vocal (#11) Carlos Henderson:Bass (#11) 佐々木史郎:Trumpet (#11) 河合わかば:Trombone (#11) DJ Mass (VIVID Neon*):Scratch (#11) 草間信一:Keyboards, All Other Instruments (#12) TOKU:Flugelhorn (#12) 小泉今日子:Poetry Reading (#13) ALI-KICK:Programming, Guitar (#13) SunMin:Chorus (#14) DJ Hiro:Cuts (#15) 飯島直子:Rakushow Voice (#15) Toots Thielemans:Harmonica Solo (#16) Randy Bowland:Guitar (#16) Tom Barney:Bass (#16) Don Alias:Percussion (#16) Lynn Davis:Background Vocals (#16)

●Disc 2 久保田利伸 Vocal Background Vocals (#1-8.10.12.13) Additional Programming, Additional Guitar (#3) Drum Programming, Keyboards Programming (#10) Vocal Arrangement (#10.12) Electric Moon (#11) Soulshock, Karlin:Drum Programming, Keyboards (#1) Silky Deluxe, Joi Cardwell:Background Vocals (#1) Andreas Levin, Camus Celli:Drum Programming, Keyboards (#2) ナイル・ロジャース:Guitar (#2) Alex Alexander:Drums (#2) Miles Bolgochian:Scratch (#2) Kim Burse:MC (#2) Fonzi Thornton, Robin Clark:Background Vocals (#2) Tawatha Agee:Background Vocals (#2.14) Selan Carter:Additional Keyboards (#3.10) Yutaka Kawana:Additional Guitar (#3) Jonathan Richmond:All Instruments, Background Vocals (#4) Angie Stone:Background Vocals (#4) Ahmir Thompson:Drums (#5.8) Leonard Hubbard:Bass (#5) Kamal Guitar (#5) Keyboards (#5.8) Scratch:Human Cuts (#5) Mercedes Martinez:Background Vocals (#5.8) Tracy Moore:Background Vocals (#5) Larry Gold, Emma Kummrow, Davis Barnett, Igor Szwec:Strings Ensemble (#5) D'wayne Wiggins:Guitar, Bass, Drum Programming, Keyboards, Background Vocals (#6) Terry T:Synth Bass (#6) Leonard Pickett:Sax (#6) Chris Botti:Trumpet (#6) Herb Besson:Trombone (#6) J.Troy:Basic Track (#7) Musiq Soulchild:Background Vocals (#7) Carl James:Bass (#8) Mark Anthony Jones:Wah-Wah (#8) Willy Bruno II:Drum Programming, Keyboards (#9) David Bright:Vocoder (#9) Mike Campbell:Guitar (#10) Carlos Henderson:Bass (#10) Ralph Rolle:Drum Programming, Keyboards Programming, Background Vocals (#10) John James, Keith Fluitt, Elizabeth Withers, Renee Neufville:Background Vocals (#10) Third Eye:MC (#10) Daniel Jobin:Acoustic Piano (#11) 伊藤ゴロー:Guitar, All Other Instruments (#11) Paulinho Trompete:Flugelhorn (#11) YURI English Singing Professor (#7) Vocal Co-Produce (#11) Ali Shaheed Muhammad:All Instruments (#12) Stephan Schultz:Guitar (#12) Sy Smith:Background Vocals, Vocal Arrangement (#12) Raphael Saadiq:All Instruments (#13) Monet:Background Vocals (#13) Bilk Malina:Edits (#13) John Mahoney, Laura Janisse: Synclavier Programming (#14) 柿崎洋一郎:Keyboards (#14) Tom Barney:Bass (#14) Andy Cardenas:Cymbals (#14) Randy Bowland:Guitar (#14) Ira Siegel:Acoustic Guitar (#14)

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