The Senior

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The Senior
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Studio album by
ReleasedApril 8, 2003
Genre R&B [1]
Length72:09
Label Epic
Producer
  • Ginuwine (exec.)
  • David Mcpherson (exec.)
  • Terry Vines (exec.)
Ginuwine chronology
The Life
(2001)
The Senior
(2003)
Back II da Basics
(2005)
Singles from The Senior
  1. "Stingy"
    Released: June 25, 2002
  2. "Hell Yeah"
    Released: January 14, 2003
  3. "In Those Jeans"
    Released: May 2003
  4. "Love You More"
    Released: March 24, 2004

The Senior is the fourth studio album by American singer Ginuwine. It was released in the United States on April 8, 2003, via Epic Records. The album was primarily produced by Bryan-Michael Cox, with additional production from Scott Storch, R. Kelly, Brandon Howard and Joe Little III. The album debuted at No. 6 on the US Billboard 200 with first-week sales of 122,000 copies and was certified Gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). [2] [3] The Senior was supported with the release of three singles, with all of them appearing on the Billboard Hot 100: "Hell Yeah" peaking at No. 17, "In Those Jeans" peaking at No. 8, and "Love You More" peaking at No. 78.

Contents

During an interview with 106 & Park , Ginuwine stated that Missy Elliott and Tweet were among the producers that worked on the album, however their contributions didn't make the final cut. [4]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic (60/100) [5]
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [1]
Blender Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [5]
Drowned in Sound (7/10) [6]
Entertainment Weekly C [7]
People (mixed) [8]
Robert Christgau Scissors icon black.svg [9]
Rolling Stone Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [10]
Vibe Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [11]

The Senior received generally favorable reviews from music critics, averaging a 60 out of a 100 among averaged reviews on Metacritic. [5] Allmusic editor John Bush wrote the album "finds the R&B jack-of-all-trades attempting to get in on the game with tracks that mine urban lingo for potential hit combinations [...] As before, Ginuwine rises above most of his dozens of imitators in the contemporary R&B realm, with a set of productions that fit his voice perfectly and rate as slightly edgier than the norm." [1] Entertainment Weekly 's Craig Seymour found that "on the finest tracks of his fourth set, R&B balladeer Ginuwine delivers cliched slow jams with convincing emotion. But too much of the album skews toward the dance floor rather than the bedroom, with Ginuwine’s vocals lost in a routine groove. He calls this The Senior, but it’s sophomoric, at best." [7] Vibe magazine remarked that "not much has changed for Ginuwine since his debut. He's still racing R. Kelly to see who can sing the ladies out of their panties first." [11]

Commercial performance

The Senior debuted and peaked at number six on the US Billboard 200, selling 122,000 copies in its first week, a little shy of the 152,000 copies Ginuwine's 2001 album The Life had debuted with. [12] On Billboard's component charts, it became his first album to top the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart. [12] The Senior was eventually certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for the shipment of over 500,000 copies in the United States. [12] By November 2005, the album had sold over 863,000 units, according to Nielsen Soundscan. [12]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Mike Tyson" (Intro)  0:12
2."Get Ready" (featuring Snoop Dogg & The Rook)
Oliver4:35
3."Chedda Brings" (featuring Jose Cenquentez)
  • Lumpkin
  • Oliver
  • Andre Deyo
  • Antonio McLendon
  • Joseph Harris Bennett II
Oliver3:36
4."Hell Yeah"/"In Those Jeans (Interlude)" (featuring Baby)
  • Kelly
  • Ginuwine [a]
5:38
5."In Those Jeans"
  • Lumpkin
  • Hester
  • Jerry "Juke" Vines
  • Ginuwine [b]
  • Hester [b]
4:03
6."Stingy"
4:19
7."Love You More"
  • Casino Joe
  • Smith [a]
  • Howard [a]
4:01
8."Bedda to Have Loved"
  • Lumpkin
  • Taylor
  • Darius Good
  • Luke Paterna
  • The Formula
  • Ginuwine
  • Taylor
11:31
9."Locked Down"
Storch5:03
10."On My Way"/"Sex" (Interlude)
  • Lumpkin
  • Taylor
  • Taylor
  • Ginuwine [a]
4:56
11."Sex" (featuring Solé)
Storch3:50
12."Bedda Man"
  • Lumpkin
  • Storch
Storch3:45
13."Our First Born"
  • Lumpkin
  • Taylor
Taylor4:15
14."Big Plans" (featuring Method Man)
Oliver3:27
15."Hell Yeah (Remix)" (featuring R. Kelly, Baby & Clipse)
  • Kelly
  • Williams
Kelly4:28
16."Tigger & the Gizzle"
4:28

Notes

Charts

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA) [21] Gold863,000 [22]

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