Shenseea, Fantasia, and Missy Elliott collaborate on the track ‘Hell No! (Reprise) – Missy Elliot Remix’ for “The Color Purple” movie soundtrack. The song is the newest rendition of Dawn Penn’s 1993 Dancehall version of “You Don’t Love Me (No, No, No).” The soundtrack, titled “The Color Purple (Music From And Inspired By),” was released on December 15 by Warner Bros’ WaterTower Music label.
The remix, produced by Stephen Bray and Nick Baxter, enhances Fantasia’s “Hell No!” with a Reggae beat from Steely & Clevie’s instrumental for “No, No, No” and includes a verse from Shenseea that emphasizes themes of resilience, independence, and self-reliance. Shenseea’s participation in this soundtrack follows her earlier contribution to the Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse soundtrack with the song “Infamous” in collaboration with Myke Towers.
Clevie told WMV that ‘You Don’t Love Me (No, No, No),’ by Dawn Penn was one of the differentiating tracks in dancehall that separates itself form its predecessor genre reggae. “A song like ‘No, No, No’ was a little more aggressive in the mix that fell perfectly into the dancehall genre although it wasn’t ‘buff baff beat.’ I realize you can mix reggae music with an attitude that made it acceptable as dancehall,” he said.
The UK certified Gold track (400,000) is a song about heartbreak and the aftermath of love first recorded 1967. It takes elements from Willie Cobbs ‘You Don’t Love Me‘ has been reimagined multiple times, with the 1993 Steely & Clevie version reaching No. 58 on the Billboard Hot 100 Chart in April 1994. Penn’s rendition achieved gold certification in the UK in May 2022, having sold over 400,000 copies.
Cobbs also has writer’s credits on Dawn Penn’s version of the song which is now released by Rhino Atlantic Records- the catalogue development and marketing division of Warner Music Group, the sister company to Warner Bro Pictures, distributors of “The Color Purple” film.
Rihanna, Eve, Stephen Marley, Ghostface Killah, Usher, and Alicia Keys. Most recently, Offset sampled the song in his track “Worth It” with Don Toliver from the album “Set It Off.”
The 2023 edition of “The Color Purple” movie set to open in theaters on December 25, is an American musical coming-of-age period drama directed by Blitz Bazawule. Marcus Gardley penned the screenplay, adapting it from the stage musical of the same name, which, in turn, is based on Alice Walker’s 1982 novel. This marks the second cinematic adaptation of Walker’s novel, following the 1985 film by Steven Spielberg, produced by Spielberg and Quincy Jones. Returning as producers for the 2023 musical film are Spielberg and Jones, alongside Scott Sanders and Oprah Winfrey, who also produced the stage musical. Winfrey, known for her role as Sofia in the 1985 film, reprises her role and continues as a producer.
The star-studded cast includes Taraji P. Henson, Danielle Brooks, Colman Domingo, Corey Hawkins, H.E.R., Halle Bailey, Phylicia Pearl Mpasi, and Fantasia Barrino, making her film debut as Celie. Brooks and Barrino reprise their roles from previous stage musical productions, adding depth and continuity to the film’s ensemble.
