Glamorest Life

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Glamorest Life
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Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 4, 2005
Genre Southern hip hopR&B
Length47:14
Label
Producer
Trina chronology
Diamond Princess
(2002)
Glamorest Life
(2005)
Still da Baddest
(2008)
Singles from Glamorest Life
  1. "Don't Trip"
    Released: April 28, 2005
  2. "Here We Go"
    Released: September 23, 2005
  3. "Da Club"
    Released: November 22, 2005

Glamorest Life is the third studio album by American rapper Trina. It was released by Slip-N-Slide Records and Atlantic on October 4, 2005. [1] Her final album with Atlantic, in 2007, Trina signed to EMI in conjunction with her original label, Slip-n-Slide . [2]

Contents

Singles

It spawned three singles: The lead single "Don't Trip", featuring Lil Wayne, the single wasn't largely successful, however, as it only reached number seventy-four on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart.

The second single from the album, "Here We Go", featuring Kelly Rowland, was released in September 2005. The single reached seventeen on the Hot 100, number eight on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart and number three on the Hot Rap Songs chart. The single also reached the Top 20 in most countries worldwide, becoming Trina's first highly successful single. The single went Gold in 2006 for selling over 500,000 copies. [3] The song has been listed for 33 weeks in 4 different charts. Its first appearance was week 40/2005 in the US Singles Top 100 and the last appearance was week 22/2006 in the UK Singles Top 75. Its peak position was number 15, on the UK Singles Top 75, it stayed there for 1 week. Its highest entry was number 17 in the Finland Singles Top 20 and New Zealand Top 40. [4]

The third and final single "Da Club", featuring Mannie Fresh, was released on November 22, 2005.

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [5]
RapReviews(7.5/10) [6]

AllMusic editor Andy Kellman found that "Trina's righteous raunchiness is more than a little exhausted on Glamorest Life, the Miami MC's third album. She seems to know it too, sounding distanced and not nearly as energized as she was on 2002's Diamond Princess. That puts more weight on the productions and guest verses." [5]

Commercial performance

The album debuted at number eleven on the US Billboard 200, number two on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart and number two on the Top Rap Albums chart, selling 77,000 units in its first week. [7] To date the album sold 398,000 copies. [8] [9]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Sum Mo" (featuring Dre) Cool & Dre 3:36
2."Don't Trip" (featuring Lil Wayne) Mannie Fresh 3:28
3."Shake" (featuring Lil Scrappy & Fiend)
KLC4:05
4."Here We Go" (featuring Kelly Rowland)
3:50
5."Sexy Gurl" (featuring Snoop Dogg, CO & Money Mark Diggla)
  • Signature
  • Diggla
3:45
6."Da Club" (featuring Mannie Fresh)
  • Thomas
  • Kedrick Moore
  • Corey Evans
Mannie Fresh3:51
7."It's Your B-Day" (featuring Jazze Pha)
Pha3:28
8."I Gotta" (featuring Rick Ross)
  • Ross
  • Andre Brissett
Briss3:09
9."Throw It Back" (featuring Deuce Poppi)
  • Taylor
  • Lasana Smith
  • Khari Cain
Needlz3:12
10."50/50 Love" (featuring Trey Songz)
  • Signature
  • Diggla
3:01
11."So Fresh" (featuring Plies)
  • Taylor
  • Algernon Washington
  • Scheffer
  • Baker
  • Seymour
  • Richard Jones
  • Jonsin
  • Bigg D
4:01
12."Reach Out"
  • Nicholaus Loftin
  • Jones
  • Seth Ibarrondo
  • Nick Fury
  • Mike Caren [A]
3:42
13."Lil Mama" (featuring Dre)
  • Taylor
  • Lyon
  • Valenzano
Cool & Dre4:12
Japan bonus track
No.TitleLength
13."Tonight" (featuring Money Mark Diggla)4:12

Notes

Personnel

Credits for Glamorest Life adapted from Allmusic. [10]

Charts

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