Cocky & Confident

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Cocky & Confident
Juvenile Cocky & Confident.jpg
Studio album by
Juvenile
ReleasedDecember 1, 2009 (2009-12-01)
Recorded2007–2009
Genre Hip hop
Length72:26
Label
Producer
  • Juvenile (exec.)
  • Get Cool
  • Precise
  • Niyo
  • C. Smith
  • S-8ighty
  • Mouse
  • Raw Smoov
  • Tic Toc
  • FATBOI
  • Lu Balz
Juvenile chronology
Reality Check
(2006)		Cocky & Confident
(2009)		 Beast Mode
(2010)
Singles from Cocky & Confident
  1. "Hands On You"
    Released: September 8, 2009
  2. "Gotta Get It"
    Released: September 15, 2009
  3. "We Be Getting Money"
    Released: October 27, 2009
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic (49/100) [1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [2]
HipHopDXStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [3]
The New York Times (unfavorable) [4]
Now Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [5]
PopMatters Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [6]
The Smoking Section(unfavorable) [7]
USA Today Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [8]

Cocky & Confident is the eighth studio album by American rapper Juvenile. The album was released on December 1, 2009, by Atlantic Records, UTP Records and E1 Entertainment. [9] [10] The album is the rapper's follow up to his album Reality Check, which landed at #1 on Billboard's Top 200 chart when the album was released in March 2006. It features artists such as B.G., Dorrough, Kango Slim, Q Corvette, Rico Love and Pleasure P and others making guest appearances. Producers on the album include Mouse, Precise, FATBOI, Lu Balz, S-8ighty & more. It is the first album in which Juvenile himself produces. The album debuted at #49 on the Billboard 200 with 23,000 copies sold in its first week. [11]

Contents

Singles

The first promo single is "Hands On You", featuring Pleasure P and produced by Lu Balz. It was released on iTunes on September 8, 2009. The first single is "Gotta Get It", which is produced by Precise. [9] It was released on iTunes a week after "Hands On You" on September 15, 2009. [9] The second single is "We Be Getting Money", featuring Shawty Lo, Dorrough, & Kango Slim and produced by S-8ighty. It was released on iTunes on October 27, 2009. [9]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Cocky & Confident"
Get Cool2:50
2."Gotta Get It"
  • Gray
  • Leroy Edwards
Precise4:05
3."Back Back"
  • Gray
  • Na'im Shakir
  • Charles Smith
  • Niyo
  • C. Smith (co.)
4:01
4."We Be Getting Money" (featuring Shawty Lo, Dorrough, and Kango Slim)
S-8ighty4:48
5."My Money Don't Fold" (featuring Kango Slim and T Money)
  • Gray
  • Shakir
  • Williams
  • T. Patterson
Niyo4:36
6."Feeling Right" (featuring B.G., Cape, and Kango Slim)
Niyo3:52
7."Top of the Line"
  • Gray
  • Jeremy Allen
Mouse4:11
8."Make U Feel Alright" (featuring Kango Slim and Jay da Menace)
  • Gray
  • Smith
  • Williams
  • Ronald Jones
C. Smith4:02
9."It's All Hood"
  • Gray
  • Smith
C. Smith3:41
10."New Orleans Stunna" (featuring Rawsmoov)
  • Gray
  • Jacob Tupolo
Rawsmoov3:23
11."All Over You" (featuring Kango Slim)
  • Gray
  • Welcome
  • Williams
S-8ighty3:02
12."You Can't Stop Me" (featuring Partners-N-Crime and Youngin')
Niyo3:43
13."Break It Down" (featuring Q Corvette)
  • Gray
  • Smith
  • Quinten Spears
  • C. Smith
  • Juvenile
3:36
14."I'm Out Chere" (featuring Rico Love)
Tic Toc3:55
15."I'm Shining"
  • Gray
  • Allen
Mouse3:38
16."I Say" (featuring Youngin')
  • Gray
  • Edwards
  • Jerome
Precise3:44
17."Everything" (featuring Bobby Valentino)
FATBOI4:07
18."Hands On You" (featuring Pleasure P)
  • Lu Balz
  • Mike Caputo
3:33
19."Listen" (featuring Q Corvette)
Juvenile3:49

Sample credits

Personnel

Charts

Chart (2009)Peak
position
US Billboard 200 [12] 49
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard) [13] 7

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