Sean Kingston | ||||
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Released | July 31, 2007 | |||
Recorded | 2007 | |||
Genre | R&B, reggae fusion, hip hop | |||
Length | 51:50 | |||
Label | Beluga Heights, Epic, Koch, Cinematic Music Group, Sony BMG | |||
Producer | J.R. Rotem, DJ Felli Fel | |||
Sean Kingston chronology | ||||
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Singles from Sean Kingston | ||||
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Allmusic | [1] |
Entertainment Weekly | B [2] |
USA Today | [3] |
Yahoo! Music | [4] |
DJBooth.net | [5] |
Sean Kingston is the debut album by Sean Kingston, released on July 31, 2007. The album was produced by J. R. Rotem. Sean Kingston, with help from Evan Bogart, wrote the songs which range from the self-deprecating-schoolboy tale of lost love in the album's most successful single "Beautiful Girls" to the much deeper "Dry Your Eyes", in which he visits the hardship of watching his mother and sister being sent to prison at the age of 15. [6]
The album has been certified gold by the RIAA as of February 2008 with an excess of 500,000 copies. [7]
The album entered the U.S. Billboard 200 chart at #6 and fell to #13 the following week. [8] The album reached #2 on RIANZ in its second week.
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Intro" | Kisean Anderson, J.R. Rotem | 0:34 |
2. | "Kingston" | Kisean Anderson, J.R. Rotem | 3:28 |
3. | "Take You There" | Kisean Anderson, J.R. Rotem, E. Kidd Bogart, Timothy Thomas, Theron Thomas | 3:57 |
4. | "Me Love" | Kisean Anderson, J.R. Rotem, John Bonham, John Paul Jones, Jimmy Page, Robert Plant | 3:24 |
5. | "Beautiful Girls" | Kisean Anderson, J.R. Rotem, Sly "Pyper" Jordan, Ben E. King, Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller | 4:02 |
6. | "Dry Your Eyes" | Kisean Anderson, J.R. Rotem, Sly "Pyper" Jordan, E. Kidd Bogart | 3:32 |
7. | "Got No Shorty" | Kisean Anderson, J.R. Rotem, Sly "Pyper" Jordan, Roger A. Graham and Spencer Williams | 3:22 |
8. | "There's Nothin" (featuring Paula DeAnda) | Kisean Anderson, J.R. Rotem, E. Kidd Bogart | 3:58 |
9. | "I Can Feel It" | Kisean Anderson, J.R. Rotem, Phil Collins | 3:27 |
10. | "Drummer Boy" | Kisean Anderson, J.R. Rotem | 3:37 |
11. | "Your Sister" | Kisean Anderson, J.R. Rotem, E. Kidd Bogart | 3:30 |
12. | "That Ain't Right" | Kisean Anderson, J.R. Rotem | 3:41 |
13. | "Change" | Kisean Anderson, J.R. Rotem | 3:38 |
No. | Title | Length |
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8. | "There's Nothin'" (featuring Élan and Juelz Santana) | 3:45 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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14. | "Colors (Reggae Remix)" (featuring Vybz Kartel and Kardinal Offishall) | Kisean Anderson, J.R. Rotem, Adidja Palmer, Tracy Morrow, Charles Glenn | 4:35 |
No. | Title | Length |
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15. | "Personal (Big Girls Remix)" (featuring Fergie) | 3:56 |
16. | "Beautiful Girls" (Music video) | 4:17 |
17. | "Me Love" (Music video) | 3:24 |
18. | "Take You There" (Music video) | 4:01 |
19. | "There's Nothin" (featuring Élan and Juelz Santana) (Music video) | 3:45 |
The original version of "Colors" is found on The Game's 2007 mixtape You Know What It Is Vol. 4 - Murda Game Chronicles and features Kingston and Rick Ross. [10] [11] [12] [13]
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