| Sean Kingston |
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| Studio album by Sean Kingston |
| Released |
July 31, 2007 |
| Recorded |
2006–2007 |
| Genre |
R&B, reggae fusion, pop, hip hop |
| Length |
51:50 |
| Label |
Beluga Heights, Epic, Koch, Cinematic |
| Producer |
J. R. Rotem, DJ Felli Fel |
| Sean Kingston chronology |
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| Singles from Sean Kingston |
- "Beautiful Girls"
Released: May 26, 2007
- "Me Love"
Released: July 31, 2007
- "Take You There"
Released: October 23, 2007
- "There's Nothin' (Remix)"
Released: March 13, 2008
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Sean Kingston is the self-titled eponymous debut album by Sean Kingston, released on July 31, 2007. The album was produced by J. R. Rotem. Sean Kingston wrote the lyrics with help from Evan Bogart. Kingston has claimed his lyrics are totally representative of his personal life. Ranging from the self-deprecating-schoolboy tale of lost love in the album's global chart-topping single "Beautiful Girls" to the much deeper "Dry Your Eyes", where he visits the hardship of watching his mother and sister being sent to prison when he was just 15 years old.[6]
The album has been certified gold by the RIAA as of February 2008 with an excess of 500,000 copies.[7]
The album entered the U.S. Billboard 200 chart at #6 and fell to #13 the following week.[8] The album reached #2 on RIANZ in its second week.
[edit] Track listing
[edit] Samples and credits
- "Me Love" - derived from the song, "D'yer Mak'er", written by Jimmy Page, Robert Plant, John Paul Jones and John Bonham; performed by Led Zeppelin.
- "Beautiful Girls" - contains portions of and features samples from the recording, "Stand by Me", written by Ben E. King, Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller; performed by Ben E. King.
- "Got No Shorty" - contains interpolations of the composition, "I Ain't Got Nobody", written and performed by Bing Crosby.
- "I Can Feel It" - features samples of the recording, "In the Air Tonight", written and performed by Phil Collins.
- "Colors" - contains an interpolation of the track, "Colors", written by Tracy Morrow and Charles Glenn; performed by Ice-T.
- "Take You There" - features a sample of a vocal melody from "Say It Right" by Nelly Furtado.
[edit] Chart performance
[edit] References
- ^ "Allmusic review". http://www.allmusic.com/album/r1087817.
- ^ "Entertainment Weekly review". August 13, 2007. http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20050817,00.html.
- ^ "USA Today review". http://www.google.com/archivesearch?q=sean+kingston+%22sean+kingston%22+source%3A%22USA%22+source%3A%22Today%22&btnG=Search+Archives&num=10&hl=en&scoring=a.
- ^ "Yahoo! Music review". http://uk.launch.yahoo.com/071003/33/21m59.html.
- ^ "DJBooth.net review". http://www.djbooth.net/index/albums/review/sean-kingston-sean-kingston-0806071/.
- ^ Sean Kingston interview by Pete Lewis, 'Blues & Soul' February 2008
- ^ RIAA, "Searchable Database", Recording Industry Association of America, February 12, 2009.
- ^ Katie Hasty, "Common Scores First No. 1 On Billboard 200", Billboard.com, August 8, 2007.
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