Life After 30

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Life After 30
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Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 14, 1999
Length54:29
Label Orpheus
Producer
  • Royal Bayyan
  • Tarik Bayyan
  • Paul Laurence
  • Mizza
  • Ramsey "Nate" Shearin
  • Shawn Waters
Freddie Jackson chronology
Private Party
(1995)
Life After 30
(1999)
It's Your Move
(2004)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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Life After 30 is a studio album by the American singer Freddie Jackson. [2] It was released by Orpheus Music on September 14, 1999. Jackson's only album with the label, it peaked at number 81 on the US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums. [3]

Contents

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Do You Wanna"
  • Waters
  • Shearin
4:45
2."All She Really Wanted (One Night Stand)"
  • R. Bayyan
  • Tarik Bayyan
4:37
3."Tell Me What You Like"
  • Waters
  • Shearin
  • Waters
  • Shearin
4:11
4."Only Man in Heaven"
  • Muhammad
  • R. Bayyan
  • R. Bayyan
  • Tarik Bayyan
5:59
5."Tiptoe (My Bedroom)"
  • Muhammad
  • Bayyan
  • R. Bayyan
  • Tarik Bayyan
4:49
6."Something You Got (I Always Come Back)"
  • Muhammad
  • Bayyan
  • R. Bayyan
  • Tarik Bayyan
4:39
7."Somebody Said"
  • Nathaniel "Nate" Clemmons
  • Freddie Jackson
  • Janice Dempsey
  • Paul Laurence
Laurence4:22
8."I Wanna Be Your Man"Paul LaurenceLaurence4:47
9."So Long Ago"
  • Clemmons
  • Jackson
  • Dempsey
  • Laurence
Laurence5:49
10."What Is It Good For?"
  • James McKinney
  • Dempsey
  • Laurence
Laurence6:15
11."Do You Wanna" (Remix)
  • Waters
  • Quincy "Mizza" Fickling
  • Waters
  • Mizza
4:33

Charts

Chart (1999)Peak
position
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard) [3] 81

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References

  1. "Life After 30 - Freddie Jackson | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic" via www.allmusic.com.
  2. "Freddie Jackson | Biography & History". AllMusic.
  3. 1 2 "Freddie Jackson Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved April 1, 2021.