Appreciation Day

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Appreciation Day
Jaheim Appreciation Day.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 3, 2013
Genre R&B [1]
Length51:58
Label Atlantic
Jaheim chronology
Another Round
(2010)
Appreciation Day
(2013)
Struggle Love
(2016)
Singles from Appreciation Day
  1. "Age Ain't a Factor"
    Released: August 2013
  2. "Baby x3"
    Released: September 2013

Appreciation Day is the sixth studio album by American recording artist Jaheim. The album was released on September 3, 2013. [2] [3]

Contents

Critical response

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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Appreciation Day was met with a generally positive reviews from music critics. Andy Kellman of AllMusic gave the album three and a half stars out of five, saying "When Jaheim announced his first album in three years, which followed five straight Top Five R&B albums, he said, "I decided to call the project Appreciation Day because that’s exactly what this album is…my show of appreciation to them." [1]

Commercial performance

The album debuted at number 6 on the US Billboard 200 chart, with first-week sales of 58,000 copies in the United States. [4] The album has sold 175,000 copies in the US as of February 2016. [5]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Age Ain't a Factor"
  • Blaqsmurph
  • Coz
  • Jaheim
3:15
2."He Don't Exist"
  • Hoagland
  • Tobby Davis
  • Sheldon Ellerby
  • Raymel Menefee
  • Laues
  • Mapp
  • Muhammad
  • Davis
  • Coz
  • Jaheim
3:57
3."Morning"
  • Coz
  • Jaheim
3:47
4."What She Really Means"
  • Hoagland
  • Dwight
  • Ellerby
  • Laues
  • Mapp
  • Muhammad
  • Blaqsmurph
  • Coz
  • Jaheim
3:48
5."Pussy Appreciation Day"
  • Hoagland
  • Anthony Bell
  • Jazquan Mack
  • Muhammad
  • Bell
  • Jaheim
4:03
6."Baby X3"
  • Hoagland
  • Davis
  • Ellerby
  • Muhammad
  • Hadlya Nelson
  • Davis
  • Coz
  • Jaheim
4:14
7."Shower Scene"
  • Hoagland
  • Ellerby
  • Muhammad
  • Charles Pettaway
  • Pettaway
  • Coz
  • Jaheim
3:27
8."Sexting"
  • Hoagland
  • Marcella Brailsford
  • Kier Gist
  • Rob Lewis
  • Muhammad
  • Marcella Precise
  • Terence Abney
  • Jaheim
  • KayGee
  • Lady and a Tramp
  • Lewis
3:11
9."I Found You"
  • DJ Pain One
  • Jaheim
3:19
10."Florida"
Lighty4:48
11."Sticks N Stones"
  • Hoagland
  • Ray Angry
  • Brailsford
  • Gist
  • Nastacia "Nazz" Kendall
  • Muhammad
  • Precise
  • Abney
  • Jaheim
  • KayGee
  • Lady and a Tramp
  • Angry
3:24
12."First Time"
  • Hoagland
  • Bastiany
  • Laues
  • Mapp
  • Muhammad
  • Balewa
  • Bastiany
  • Jaheim
3:32
13."Blame Me"
  • Hoagland
  • Durell Bishop
  • Ervin Drake
  • Robert Littlejohn Jr.
  • Muhammad
  • Jaheim
  • Jay Fenix
3:43
14."Chase Forever"
  • Hoagland
  • Bastiany
  • Laues
  • Mapp
  • Muhammad
  • Balewa
  • Bastiany
  • Jaheim
3:31

Sample credits

Charts

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