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| Released | March 21, 2005 | |||
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| Length | 63:16 | |||
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It's Me Again is the second studio album by American singer Tweet. It was released on March 21, 2005, by The Goldmind Inc. and Atlantic Records. The album debuted at number 17 on the US Billboard 200 with first-week sales of 55,000 copies.
Proposals for the album's lead single dates back to early 2004, where MTV reported that the Missy Elliott-produced "Shook Up", featuring former 106 & Park co-host Free, was in consideration for a lead single choice. However, complications from the merging between Elektra Records and Atlantic prevented the song's release, resulting in the song's cancellation and a pushback date for Tweet's It's Me Again album. [1]
On October 5, 2004, "Turn da Lights Off" was released and began to appear on numerous mixtapes to help spread the word of the song's release. [2] A promotional remix featuring 50 Cent and an alternate line by Missy Elliott was also released to mixtapes in order to generate further buzz for the single. [3] [4] Commercially, the single was unsuccessful in the United States, where it reached number eight on the US Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart and number 39 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart. [5] [6] However, the song fared well on the UK Singles Chart, peaking at number 29. [7]
| Aggregate scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 60/100 [8] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [9] |
| Entertainment Weekly | B− [10] |
| The Guardian | [11] |
| PopMatters | 6/10 [12] |
| Rolling Stone | [13] |
| Slant Magazine | [14] |
| Stylus Magazine | B [15] |
| Vibe |   [16] |
| Yahoo! Music |   [17] |
It's Me Again was met with generally mixed reviews. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from professional publications, the album received an average score of 60, based on 13 reviews. [8] Charles Merwin from Stylus Magazine found that It's Me Again was "a much smoother ride and more cohesive entity" than Southern Hummingbird . He called the album "one of the year's strongest efforts." [15] Billboard editor Gail Mitchell noted that while Tweet's debut album "overall carried a darker, somber tone, It's Me Again finds a more self-satisfied and confident Tweet embarking on a new chapter in her life, one where her brightened outlook overrides the bad and moves forward." [18] Caroline Sullivan from The Guardian remarked that Tweet's "buttercream vocals prove that less is much more." [11] Vibe editor Laura Checkoway wrote: "Built on her signature melancholy foundation, Tweet’s inspiring sophomore reintroduction, It's Me Again, is stacked solid with songs that chronicle her ongoing struggles through love’s many stages." [16]
The New York Times critic Kelefa Sanneh found that It's Me Again was "more proof that Tweet, a protégée of Missy Elliott, remains a radically sensual singer. The album is full of hushed singing and weird little musical details that you don't hear so much as feel. Unfortunately, the songs aren't always as good as the sounds, but the best ones are dazzling." [19] Slant Magazine critic Sal Cinquemani wrote that the album "doesn't stray too far from the formula of Tweet’s stellar debut: cool, acoustic-driven midtempo ballads with a few club bangers thrown in for good measure [but] This time, though, the club tracks are a bit less immediate and the slower songs [...] don't distinguish themselves from one another the way they did on Southern Hummingbird." [14]
Entertainment Weekly 's Raymond Fiore found that It's Me Again had "lesser peaks and deeper valleys than its predecessor. Tweet's vocal collages can still make for seductive mood pieces, but too many of these fluttering tunes never quite get off the ground." [10] Christian Hoard from Rolling Stone wrote that much "of the album shuffles between romantic ecstasy and agony with tempos crawling and Tweet stretching out lush melodies till they're barely recognizable." [13] It’s Me Again, doesn’t stray too far from the formula of Tweet’s stellar debut: cool, acoustic-driven midtempo ballads with a few club bangers thrown in for good measure, including the fun and funky “Sports, Sex & Food” and the discofied “Things I Don’t Mean.” This time, though, the club tracks are a bit less immediate and the slower songs, particularly “Small Change” and “I’m Done,” don’t distinguish themselves from one another the way they did on Southern Hummingbird.
It's Me Again debuted at number 17 on the US Billboard 200 and number two on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart, selling 55,000 copies in its first week. [20]
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Intro (It's Me Again)" | Brockman | 1:36 | |
| 2. | "Turn da Lights Off" (featuring Missy Elliott) |
| 4:50 | |
| 3. | "Iceberg" |
| 5:06 | |
| 4. | "Could It Be" (featuring Rell) |
| Millsap | 4:24 |
| 5. | "You" |
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| 4:32 |
| 6. | "Cab Ride" | Bob James |
| 3:29 |
| 7. | "Things I Don't Mean" (featuring Missy Elliott) |
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| 3:02 |
| 8. | "My Man" |
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| 4:00 |
| 9. | "Sports, Sex & Food" |
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| 3:20 |
| 10. | "Small Change" |
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| 4:30 |
| 11. | "Two of Us" (featuring Tashawna) |
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| 3:19 |
| 12. | "Where Do We Go from Here?" |
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| 3:14 |
| 13. | "Steer" |
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| 3:37 |
| 14. | "I'm Done" |
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| 5:17 |
| 15. | "We Don't Need No Water" |
| 6:19 | |
| 16. | "When I Need a Man" (hidden bonus track, added onto the end of track 15) |
| 2:50 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
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| 16. | "Turn da Lights Off" (remix; featuring Missy Elliott) |
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| 3:27 |
Notes
Sample credits [23]
Credits adapted from the liner notes of It's Me Again. [23]
| Chart (2005) | Peak position |
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| Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan) [24] | 50 |
| UK Albums (OCC) [25] | 158 |
| UK R&B Albums (OCC) [26] | 21 |
| US Billboard 200 [27] | 17 |
| US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard) [28] | 2 |
| Region | Date | Label | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | March 21, 2005 | Elektra | [29] |
| United States | March 22, 2005 | [9] | |
| Japan | March 24, 2005 | Warner | [22] |
| Germany | April 25, 2005 | [30] | |
| Australia | May 13, 2005 | [21] |
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