I Gotta Make It (2005)

Product Summary UPC: 00075678372124 Release Date: 7/26/2005 Buy.com Sku: 63982661 Item#: M2DM4G Buy.com Sales Rank: 27033 Format:  CD Song Listing Disc 1 Song Title Sample 1. Message From Aretha, A ~ Trey Songz 2. Gotta Make It - (featuring Twista) ~ Trey Songz 3. Cheat On You ~ Trey Songz 4. Gotta Go ~ Trey Songz 5. Ooo ~ Trey Songz 6. All The If's ~ Trey Songz 7. Ur Behind ~ Trey Songz 8. From A Woman's Hand ~ Trey Songz 9. Kinda Lovin ~ Trey Songz 10. Comin' For You ~ Trey Songz 11. Just Wanna Cut Prelude ~ Trey Songz 12. Just Wanna Cut ~ Trey Songz 13. In The Middle ~ Trey Songz 14. Make Love Tonight ~ Trey Songz 15. Hatin Love ~ Trey Songz 16. Gotta Go Reprise ~ Trey Songz 17. Gotta Make It - (remix, featuring Aretha Franklin/Juvenile) ~ Trey Songz   Album Notes and Credits Notes & Personnel Info This is an Enhanced CD, which contains both regular audio tracks and multimedia computer files. Personnel: Trey Songz (vocals); Juvenile (rap vocals); Troy Taylor, Kookie (various instruments, background vocals); Bei Maejor, Michael Me, Steffon Reed (various instruments); Frank Ramonoe (guitar); Hornz Unlimited (horns); Steffon "SteffNasty" Reed (keyboards); Stuart Johnson (bass instrument); Shawn Harris , Ezekiel Lewis, Fynch MoneyBaggz (background vocals); Aretha Franklin (vocals); Eric Walls, Rick Williams, Mike Hartnett (guitar); Dave Robbins (keyboards). Audio Mixers: Kevin "KD" Davis; Manny Marroquin; Jean-Marie Horvat; Paul Logus. Recording information: American Recording Studios, North Hollywood, CA; April's Boy Studios, Baltimore, MD; Chi-Roc Studios, Chicago, IL; Deep Recording Studios, Hampton, VA; Paramount Recording Studios, Hollywood, CA; Quad Recording Studios, New York, NY; Songbook Studios, Dallas, TX; Sound Villa, Miami, FL; The Orange Grove Studios, Los Angeles, CA. Photographer: Christian Lantry. Arrangers: Troy Taylor; Michael Me; Steffon "SteffNasty" Reed. Any young R&B performer that can get Aretha Franklin to introduce his debut album must be doing something right. Although Trey Songz's I GOTTA MAKE IT opens with "A Message from Aretha," an uplifting bit of advice from the soul legend, the record isn't an old-school outing; this is hip-hop-inflected contemporary R&B in the R. Kelly vein. The smooth, catchy single "Gotta Make It" appears twice here, first as a collaboration between the gently crooning Songz and the lightning-fast rapper Twista, and later as a remix featuring more words of wisdom from Franklin and the steady flow of Juvenile. Other highlights include the charming slow jam "Gotta Go" and the infectiously percussive "Just Wanna Cut." Though Songz is just one of many up-and-comers in early-2000s R&B, he downplays swaggering bravado in favor of a more amiable confidence, and this quality makes him a clear standout in the crowd. Producer: Troy Taylor; Bei Maejor; Michael Me; J.R. Rotem; Greg "Buggyeye" Desilus; BeatBanggahz; Dana Hammond; Steffon "SteffNasty" Reed; Kookie; DJ Ron G.; Scott Storch; Warryn Campbell; Troy Taylor Engineer: Troy Taylor; Mike Caren; Ian Suddarth; Robert Pozen; Jamie Seyberth; Sean Davis Musical Guests Juvenile Aretha Franklin Twista   Artist Overview Although R&B star Trey Songz has had his fair share of requisite guest spots on various hardcore rap songs, he is cut from a more traditional cloth, which harks back to the classic days of R&B and soul, than many of his contemporaries. He signed to the venerable Atlantic Records and was heralded by its legendary founder, Ahmet Ertegun, as the next legend in the label's long line of soul and R&B performers. He released his debut, I GOTTA MAKE IT, in 2005 and quickly accomplished the goal of the album's title. Artist Influences Anthony Hamilton | Aretha Franklin | Gerald Levert | John Legend | Luther Vandross | Marques Houston | Otis Redding | Prince | R. Kelly | Smokey Robinson Artist Contemporaries Akon | Bobby Valentino | Bobby Valentino (Vocals) | Bow Wow | Bow Wow (Rap) | Chris Brown (R&B) | Chris Brown (R&B/Vocals) | J. Holiday | Justin Timberlake | Ne-Yo | Nick Cannon | Omarion | Pretty Ricky | Ray J | Rihanna | T-Pain   Compilation Appearances Thug Matrimony: Married To The Street (Explicit Version) Do I Speak For The World Harlem:diary Of A Summer Harlem: Diary Of A Summer (Clean Version) Trill (Explicit Version) Trill (chopped & Screwed) Peoples Champ (Explicit Version) Glamourest Life (Explicit Version) Day After (Clean Version) Trill (cln) On Top Of Our Game (Explicit Version) Reality Check (Explicit Version) Second Round's On Me Mtv My Block: Chicago (Explicit Version) Back By Thug Demand(Explicit Version) Back By Thug Demand (Cln) Street Gossip(Explicit Version) Back To The Traphouse Back To The Traphouse Trilla Step Up 2: The Streets Mail On Sunday(Explicit Version) Mail On Sunday Definition Of Real(Explicit Version) Definition Of Real Whose World Is This N4l (Explicit Version) Down South Slangin Look What You Made Me We Global We Global(Explicit Version) Gutta Gutta(Explicit Version) My Turn To Eat(Explicit Version) Gangsta Grillz:album Part 2(Explicit Version) If Tomorrow Comes(Explicit Version) New Jack City Pt 2 New Jack City Pt 2 Confessions of a Shopaholic Gangsta Grillz:album Part 2 If Tomorrow Comes Voice Voice(Explicit Version) Loso's Way(Explicit Version) Loso's Way In Love War So Far Gone(Explicit Version) Too Hood 2 Be Hollywood(Explicit Version) Street Approved(Explicit Version)   Associated Artists and Works Banton, Buju   Technical Info Release Date : 07/26/2005 Original Release Date : 2005 Catalog ID : 83721 Label : Atlantic (USA) Number of Discs : 1 Studio/Live : Studio Mono/Stereo : Stereo SPAR Code : n/a UPC : 00075678372124   Professional Reviews Entertainment Weekly (No. 831, p.69) - "...a sexy collection of 11 slow jams and thumping grooves that pay homage to Motown's golden era. The disc not only bridges the stylistic gap between Marvin Gaye and R. Kelly, it warmly introduces hip-hop soul's finest new voice." Grade: A minus    Product Image