Intuition (Jamie Foxx album)
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| Released | December 16, 2008 | |||
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Intuition is the third studio album by American R&B singer and actor Jamie Foxx. It was released on December 16, 2008, by J Records.[1]
The album features several guest artists, including T.I., Lil Wayne, Ne-Yo, Kanye West, Fabolous, T-Pain, The-Dream, Lil' Kim, Timbaland and Marsha Ambrosius. The album debuted at number three on the US Billboard 200 chart, selling 265,000 copies in the first week.[2] The album was certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).[3]
Background and composition
[edit]In December 2005, J Records released Foxx' second studio album Unpredictable. Recorded between 2004 and 2005, with production from Timbaland, Sean Garrett, and others, it served as the artist's first studio release in eleven years, following his largely self-produced 1994 debut, Peep This. While the album received mixed reviews upon release, it debuted at number two on the US Billboard 200, selling 597,000 copies in its first week,[4] later reaching number one and earning double platinum certification from the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).[4] Ultimately selling nearly two million units domestically,[5] it was supported by four singles: "Extravaganza" featuring Kanye West, the title track featuring Ludacris, "DJ Play a Love Song" featuring Twista, and "Can I Take U Home."[5]
Work on a follow-up to Unpredictable began in 2006, with Foxx spending the better part of the following two years writing and recording new material.[6] While Unpredictable had focused largely on slow, intimate tracks, Foxx found it challenging to keep the audience engaged while performing them.[6] In contrast, he was looking for more energetic, club-ready songs with an international appeal and faster tempos for Intuition.[6] According to Foxx, the lyrics of Intuition center on exploring the desires and expectations of the opposite sex, telling BET: "On my radio show, I have this panel of beautiful women and they were talking about how men with a lot of money aren't all that. But if a guy has no money, that's no good either. So I was thinking, What does a woman want? We go from there and build the story and the songs."[7]
Promotion
[edit]Singles
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The album's lead single "Just Like Me" featuring T.I., was released on August 19, 2008. The song debuted at number 48 on the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, before it reached the top 10.[8][9] It also peaked at number 49 on the Billboard 100.[10] The remix to Ne-Yo's "Miss Independent," titled "She Got Her Own" featuring Ne-Yo; along with an American rapper Fabolous, which was released as the album's second single on December 14, 2008.
The album's third single "Blame It" featuring T-Pain, was released on January 26, 2009. In its first week, "Just Like Me", "Blame It" and "She Got Her Own" were charted on the top-ten in the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs at numbers 8, 1, and 2, respectively. While on the Conan O'Brien show, Foxx performed the remix to "Digital Girl" featuring Canadian rapper Drake, during the interview with MTV News, as he stated; it will be his fourth single from Intuition.[11] The full studio version was leaked and officially released on June 19, 2009, which features guest appearances from Drake, adding Kanye West and The-Dream on this track.
Tour
[edit]In May 2009, Foxx announced he was going on tour in the support of his third album Intuition. The 40-city tour kicked off on July 2 in Anaheim and ended in October.
Tour dates
[edit]Critical reception
[edit]| Aggregate scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 56/100[16] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [17] |
| Robert Christgau |  [18] |
| DJBooth |  [19] |
| HipHopDX | 2.5/5[20] |
| Los Angeles Times | [21] |
| musicOMH | [22] |
| Yahoo! Music UK | [23] |
| USA Today | [24] |
Intuition received mixed reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from critics, the album received an average score of 56, which indicates "mixed or average reviews", based on 6 reviews.[16]
Sarah Rodman of The Boston Globe reviewed the album positively, stating: "Like many contemporary R&B albums, the cameos sometimes crowd the main attraction, but Foxx is wise enough to intuit when it suits him best to share the spotlight."[25] AllMusic editor Andy Kellman felt that while Intuition was "star-studded" as Foxx' previous album, its "collection of collaborators and producers [made] it appear more like a release from a singer in his twenties rather than early forties [...] If not quite as enjoyable as Unpredictable, Foxx's ability and personality make it easy to ride out the sags."[17] USA Today's Ken Barnes wrote that Foxx "smoothly croons his way through several romantic entanglements with women of varying sincerity. This has worked for Foxx before, and his intuition is probably right that it will work again."[24] Billboard found wrote: "Sporting production by Chris "Tricky" Stewart, Terius "The-Dream" Nash and Timbaland, Intuition contains additional assists from the usual suspects on songs mirroring the formulaic vein of most contemporary R&B and pop. But it's during the album’s romantic second half that Foxx winningly struts his stuff. He channels Marvin Gaye on the melodic "I Don’t Know," then steams up the proceedings on the sexy duet "Freak'in Me" with Marsha Ambrosius."[26]
Vibe's Claire Lobenfeld had a mixed review for the album, stating: "What is missing from Intuition is a balance between the party records and the slow jams. The division displays a lack of cohesiveness that separates the effort from being a great album into just a collection of potential singles."[27] HipHopDX's Kevin Gary concluded that "Foxx will have a career for decades as one of Hollywood’s leading men but it’s to be wondered how long he will be able to release albums that work better as a showcase for others than for him. Perhaps the lesson is it’s better to be great at one thing then just okay at several."[20] Nate Chinen, writing for The New York Times, found that "Foxx knows his way around a star vehicle, and he knows how to work with an ensemble. And yet on Intuition, his third album as an ersatz R&B singer, he keeps confusing the two. The album's parade of guest stars seems intended to flaunt Mr. Foxx's clout and charm. It never manages to make a greater case for his talent."[28] Similarly, Talia Kraines from BBC Music felt the trouble was "that the guests are far more interesting than the star himself, leaving Jamie often faltering when left on his own. Adding soul to "I Don't Know" and Timbaland's gritty productions on the grinding"I Don't Need It" helps solve that problem but without killer beats behind him all the way, Intuition sounds like an album lacking that essential bite."[29] Emily Heward of musicOMH was less impressed with the album. She noted that the song on Intuition were "lost amidst over-enthusiastic vocal effects" and that "it is hard to recognize the soulful voice that landed him his Oscar."[22]
Commercial performance
[edit]Intuition debuted at number three on the US Billboard 200, selling 265,000 copies in the first week.[2] This became Foxx's second US top-ten album.[2] In its second week, the album dropped to number nine on the chart, selling an additional 105,000 copies.[30] In its third week, the album climbed to number eight on the chart, selling 45,000 more copies.[31] In its fourth week, the album remained at number eight on the chart, selling 34,000 copies, bringing its four-week total to 449,000 copies.[32] On May 12, 2009, the album was certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for sales of over one million copies in the United States.[3]
Track listing
[edit]| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Just Like Me" (featuring T.I.) | 3:28 | ||
| 2. | "I Don't Need It" (featuring Timbaland) | 3:58 | ||
| 3. | "Number One" (featuring Lil Wayne) |
| 5:02 | |
| 4. | "Digital Girl" (featuring Kanye West and The-Dream) |
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| 4:47 |
| 5. | "Blame It" (featuring T-Pain) |
| Henderson | 4:50 |
| 6. | "She Got Her Own" (with Ne-Yo and Fabolous) |
| Butter Beats | 5:32 |
| 7. | "Intuition (Interlude)" |
| Los da Mystro | 1:46 |
| 8. | "I Don't Know" |
| 3:23 | |
| 9. | "Weekend Lover" |
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| 4:13 |
| 10. | "Why" |
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| 4:53 |
| 11. | "Freak'in Me" (featuring Marsha Ambrosius) |
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| 3:46 |
| 12. | "Slow" |
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| 5:42 |
| 13. | "Rainman" |
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| 3:55 |
| 14. | "Overdose" |
| Tank | 4:09 |
| 15. | "Love Brings Change" |
| Foxx | 4:05 |
| Total length: | 63:29 | |||
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16. | "Cover Girl" (featuring Lil' Kim) |
| Poke & Tone | 3:56 |
| Total length: | 67:25 | |||
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17. | "Street Walker" |
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| 4:24 |
| Total length: | 67:53 | |||
Notes
- Sample credits
- "Number One" contains a sample from "The New Style" performed by Beastie Boys.
- "Digital Girl" contains re-sung lyrics from "Can't Believe It" performed by T-Pain and Lil Wayne.
- "She Got Her Own" contains a sample from "My Baby Understands" performed by Donna Summer.
- "I Don't Know" contains re-sung lyrics from "Passin' Me By" performed by The Pharcyde, from which in turn samples the Quincy Jones version of "Summer in the City," and also contains a portion of the composition "I Want You" performed by Marvin Gaye.
Personnel
[edit]Credits are adapted from Allmusic[17] and the album's Liner Notes.[33]
- Jamie Foxx – lead vocals (All tracks), background vocals (2)
- Kory Aaron – mixing assistant (4, 8, 10–13)
- Jim Beanz – background vocals (2)
- Andre Bowman – bass played by (10)
- Demacio Castellon – audio mixing (2)
- Kevin "KD" Davis – audio mixing (6)
- Doug Fenske – recording engineer (11), assistant engineer (9)
- Jason Fleming – recording engineer
- Chris Godbey – recording engineer, audio mixing (2)
- Noel Gourdin – background vocals (8)
- Casey Graham – recording engineer
- Mark Gray – instrumental recording engineer (12)
- Jaymz Hardy-Martin III – vocal recording engineer
- Kuk Harrell – background vocals (10), vocal recording engineer (1, 4, 10, 12–13)
- Christopher "Deep" Henderson – background vocals, drum machine, instruments played by, recording engineer (5)
- John Horesco IV – vocal recording engineer
- Antonio Jimenez – recording engineer (6)
- Brandon Jones – mixing assistant (2)
- Jaycen Joshua – audio mixing (1, 3–5, 7–15)
- Sean K – music programming (4, 10), instrumental recording engineer (12)
- Rico Love – additional vocals (9)
- Phil Margaziotis – recording engineer (9)
- Brandon R. Melanchon – background vocals (5)
- Chris "Tek" O'Ryan – instrumental recording engineer (4, 12)
- Dave Pensado – audio mixing (1, 3–5, 7–15)
- DeMonica Plummer – sample clearance agent
- Orlando Rashid – recording engineer (15)
- Salaam Remi – musical arrangements, Fender Rhodes keyboard, drums, bass played by (8)
- D. P. Samuels – mixing assistant (11)
- Franklin Emmanuel Socorro – recording engineer (8)
- Staybent Krunk-a-Delic – background vocals, additional keyboards (8)
- Tank – instruments performed by (14)
- Brian "B-Luv" Thomas – instrumental recording engineer (4, 10, 13)
- Pat Thrall – recording engineer (additional on 1, instrumental on 4, 10, 13)
- Randy Urbanski – mixing assistant (1, 3, 7, 9–10, 14–15)
- Julian Vasquez – recording engineer (2)
- Wizard – keyboards (10)
- Andrew Wright – recording engineer, audio mixing (3)
- Andrew Wuepper – mixing assistant (1, 7, 9–10, 14–15)
- Jordan "DJ Swivel" Young – recording engineer (6)
Charts
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Weekly charts[edit]
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Year-end charts[edit]
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Certifications
[edit]| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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| United States (RIAA)[38] | Platinum | 1,000,000^ |
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^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. | ||
Release history
[edit]| Region | Date | Label |
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| United States | December 16, 2008 | J Records |
| Canada | ||
| Europe | ||
| United Kingdom | January 12, 2009 |
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