I Gotta Make It (2005)

Artist: Trey Songz
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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 TitleSample
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

  
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