Harlem: Diary of a Summer

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Harlem: The Diary of a Summer
Studio album by Jim Jones
Released	August 23, 2005 (U.S.)
Genre	Gangsta rap, Crunk
Label	Diplomat/Koch
Producer	Pete Rock, The Treblemakers Develop, Beat Firm, Knoxville, Zukhan
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Jim Jones chronology
On My Way to Church (2004) Harlem: Diary of a Summer (2005) Hustler's P.O.M.E. (Product of My Environment) (2006)
Singles from Harlem: Diary of a Summer
"Baby Girl" Released: 2005 "Summer wit Miami" Released: 2005

Harlem: The Diary of a Summer is the second album by rapper Jim Jones. The album was released on August 23, 2005 in the United States.

Contents 1 Chart and sales performance 2 Singles 3 Track listing 4 Chart positions

[edit] Chart and sales performance

The album was released in three configurations including a DualDisc version which features the entire new album in LPCM Stereo, a brand-new Jim Jones documentary plus uncensored versions of some of his biggest videos. Additional Explicit/Edited versions of the album will also be available.

The album debuted and peaked at #5 on the Billboard 200, making it the rapper's first album to chart and making it his highest-peaking album to date. The album also did well on the Top Rap Albums, Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums, Top Independent Albums chart, peaking at #1 on all of them. The album also did marginally well by selling more than 83,000 copies than his previous album, On My Way To Church, and to date has sold 385,500 copies in the United States.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] Singles

The first single from Harlem: The Diary of a Summer is "Baby Girl". The single didn't chart on the Billboard Hot 100, but did managed to peak at #58 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks. The follow-up single, "Summer Wit' Miami", peaked at #78 on that same chart.

[edit] Track listing

1. "My Diary" (feat. Denise Weeks)
2. "Zeke (Interlude)"
3. "G's Up" (feat.Max B)
4. "J.I.M.M.Y."
5. "What Is This"
6. "Honey Dip" (feat. Juelz Santana, J. R. Writer & Latif)
7. "Ride 'Wit Me" (feat. Juelz Santana)
8. "Penitentiary Chances" (feat. Hell Rell)
9. "We Just Ballin'" (feat. T.K.)
10. "What You Been Drankin On?" (feat. P. Diddy, Paul Wall & Jha Jha)
11. "Harlem"
12. "Confront Ya Babe" (feat. Max B & Cardan)
13. "Summer wit Miami" (feat. Trey Songz)
14. "I'm in Love with a Thug" (feat. Denise Weeks)
15. "Tupac Joint" (feat. Hussein Fatal & 40 Cal )
16. "Baby Girl" (feat. Max B)
17. "My Calling (I'm Talkin'Bout)"

[edit] Chart positions

Year	Album	Chart positions
		Billboard 200	Top Rap Albums	Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums	Top Independent Albums
2005	Harlem: Diary of a Summer	#5	#1	#1	#1

v • d • e Jim Jones Albums On My Way to Church · Hustler's P.O.M.E. (Product of My Environment) · Harlem: Diary of a Summer · Harlem's American Gangster · Back 2 Back Singles "Certified Gangstas" · "Crunk Muzik" · "Baby Girl" · "Summer Wit Miami" · "We Fly High" · "Emotionless"  · "Weather Man" · "Don’t Love Me No More" Related articles Discography · The Diplomats · Diplomat Records