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Sean Kingston is the eponymous debut album by Sean Kingston , released on July 31, 2007. The album was produced by J. R. Rotem . Sean Kingston, with help from Evan Bogart, wrote the songs which range from the self-deprecating-schoolboy tale of lost love in the album's most successful single "Beautiful Girls " to the much deeper "Dry Your Eyes", in which he visits the hardship of watching his mother and sister being sent to prison at the age of 15.[ 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.
Track listing
Title Writer(s) 1. "Intro" Kisean Anderson , J.R. Rotem 0:34 2. "Kingston" Kisean Anderson, J.R. Rotem 3:28 3. "Take You There " Kisean Anderson, J.R. Rotem, E. Kidd Bogart , Timothy Thomas, Theron Thomas 3:57 4. "Me Love " Kisean Anderson, J.R. Rotem, John Bonham , John Paul Jones , Jimmy Page , Robert Plant 3:24 5. "Beautiful Girls " Kisean Anderson, J.R. Rotem, Sly "Pyper" Jordan, Ben E. King , Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller 4:02 6. "Dry Your Eyes" Kisean Anderson, J.R. Rotem, Sly "Pyper" Jordan, E. Kidd Bogart 3:32 7. "Got No Shorty" Kisean Anderson, J.R. Rotem, Sly "Pyper" Jordan, Roger A. Graham and Spencer Williams 3:22 8. "There's Nothin " (featuring Paula DeAnda ) Kisean Anderson, J.R. Rotem, E. Kidd Bogart 3:58 9. "Can You Feel It" (featuring Phil Collins ) Kisean Anderson, J.R. Rotem, Phil Collins 3:27 10. "Drummer Boy" Kisean Anderson, J.R. Rotem 3:37 11. "Your Sister" Kisean Anderson, J.R. Rotem, E. Kidd Bogart 3:30 12. "That Ain't Right" Kisean Anderson, J.R. Rotem 3:41 13. "Change" Kisean Anderson, J.R. Rotem 3:38
iTunes bonus track Title Writer(s) 14. "Colors (Reggae Remix)" (featuring Vybz Kartel & Kardinal Offishall ) Kisean Anderson, J.R. Rotem, Adidja Palmer, Tracy Morrow, Charles Glenn 4:35
iTunes deluxe version[ 9] Title 15. "Personal (Big Girls Remix)" (featuring Fergie ) 3:56 16. "Beautiful Girls" (Music video) 4:17 17. "Me Love" (Music video) 3:24 18. "Take You There" (Music video) 4:01 19. "There's Nothin" (featuring Élan and Juelz Santana) (Music video) 3:45
Sample 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 by Roger A. Graham and Spencer Williams ; 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 .
Notes
The original version of "Colors" is found on The Game 's 2007 mixtape You Know What It Is Vol. 4 - Murda Game Chronicles and features Kingston and Rick Ross [ 10] [ 11] [ 12] [ 13] .
Charts
Certifications
References
^ "Allmusic review" .
^ "Entertainment Weekly review" . August 13, 2007.
^ "USA Today review" .
^ "Yahoo! Music review" .
^ "DJBooth.net review" .
^ Sean Kingston interview by Pete Lewis, 'Blues & Soul' February 2008
^ RIAA, "Searchable Database" Archived 2013-02-25 at the Wayback Machine , Recording Industry Association of America, February 12, 2009.
^ Katie Hasty, "Common Scores First No. 1 On Billboard 200" , Billboard.com, August 8, 2007.
^ "Sean Kingston (Deluxe Version) by Sean Kingston" . iTunes US . Apple . Retrieved December 11, 2013 .
^ https://www.datpiff.com/The-Game-You-Know-What-It-Is-Vol-4-Murda-Game-Chronicles-mixtape.3661.html
^ https://the-game.bandcamp.com/album/you-know-what-it-is-volume-4-murda-game-chronicles
^ https://djbooth.net/songs/sean-kingston-ft-the-game-rick-ross-colors-2007
^ https://www.allmusic.com/album/sean-kingston-mw0000481908
^ "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2007 Albums" (PDF) . Australian Recording Industry Association .
^ "Canadian album certifications – Sean Kingston – Sean Kingston" . Music Canada .
^ "The Irish Charts - 2007 Certification Awards - Gold" . Irish Recorded Music Association .
^ "New Zealand album certifications – Sean Kingston – Sean Kingston" . Recorded Music NZ .
^ "British album certifications – Sean Kingston – Sean Kingston" . British Phonographic Industry . Select albums in the Format field. Select Gold in the Certification field. Type Sean Kingston in the "Search BPI Awards" field and then press Enter.
^ "American album certifications – Sean Kingston – Sean Kingston" . Recording Industry Association of America .
External links
Studio albums and singles
Other singles Featured singles Other songs