It's Me Again

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It's Me Again
It's Me Again cover
Studio album by Tweet
Released March 21, 2005 (UK)
March 22, 2005 (U.S.)
August 10, 2005 (Canada, France)
Recorded 2003–2004
Genre R&B, soul, hip hop soul
Label Atlantic
Producer Tweet, Missy Elliott, Timbaland, Craig Brockman, Nisan Stewart, Kwamé, Charlie Bereal, Kenny Bereal, Soul Diggaz, Walter Millsap III, Madball Entertainment, Marty Cintron III, Steve Plunkett & Spencer Proffer
Professional reviews
Tweet chronology
Southern Hummingbird
(2002)		 It's Me Again
(2005)		 Love, Tweet
(2008)

It's Me Again is the second studio album by American R&B/soul singer Tweet, released in March 2005 (see 2005 in music). It debuted at number seventeen on the Billboard 200, not managing to surpass Tweet's debut album, which made the chart at number three, a spot that wasn't looking easy to beat considering the different success that It's Me Again's lead single, "Turn da Lights Off", had had comparing it to her debut single "Oops (Oh My)", a chart-topper on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs.

Contents

[edit] Track listing

  1. "It's Me Again (Intro)" – 1:35
  2. "Turn da Lights Off" (featuring Missy Elliott) – 4:50
  3. "Iceberg" – 5:06
  4. "Could It Be" (featuring Rell) – 4:24
  5. "You" – 4:32
  6. "Cab Ride" – 3:29
  7. "Things I Don't Mean" (featuring Missy Elliott) – 3:02
  8. "My Man" – 4:00
  9. "Sports, Sex & Food" – 3:20
  10. "Small Change" – 4:30
  11. "Two of Us" (featuring Tashawna) – 3:19
  12. "Where Do We Go from Here?" – 3:14
  13. "Steer" – 3:37
  14. "I'm Done" – 5:18
  15. "We Don't Need No Water" (featuring Missy Elliott)/"When I Need a Man" – 9:00

[edit] Samples

"Turn da Lights Off" Contains a sample of Nat King Cole's "Lost April" and portions of Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell's "If This World Were Mine".
"Iceberg" Contains A Sample Of A Curtis Mayfield Recording, "Don't Touch Nothing Please", A interpolation of MC Lyte's Put It Down And A Sample Of AC/DC's Break Hard, Dude
"You" Contains portions of Louis Armstrong's "Stardust".
"Cab Ride" Contains material from Bob James' "Angela", the theme song of Taxi.
"Sports, Sex & Food" Contains a sample of The Meters' "Hey Pocky A-Way".
"I'm Done" Contains a sample of Eddie Kendricks' "Intimate Friends".
"We Don't Need No Water" Contains an interpolation of Rock Master Scott & the Dynamic Three's "The Roof Is on Fire" and a sample of Mandrill's "Mango Meat".

[edit] Personnel

[edit] Musicians

  • Tweet – vocals
  • Missy Elliott – vocals
  • Rell – vocals
  • Tashawna Keys – vocals
  • Cesare Turner – horns
  • John "Jubu" Smith – bass, guitars
  • Soul Diggaz – drum programming, additional percussion
  • Charlie Bereal – guitars
  • Marty Cintron – acoustic guitar
  • Craig Brockman – keyboards
  • Nisan Stewart – drums
  • Josh Freese – drums
  • Michael Parnell – bass
  • Steve Plunkett – guitar
  • Spencer Proffer – keyboards

[edit] Production

Executive Producers Missy Elliott, Charlene "Tweet" Keys, R. Kelly And Jermaine Dupri
Photographer Jonathan Mannion And Anthony Mandler
Producers Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliott ("Turn Da Lights Off", "You", "Things I Don't Mean", "My Man", "Sports, Sex & Food", "Steer", "We Don't Need No Water")
Craig Brockman ("It's Me Again (Intro)", "Iceberg", "Cab Ride", "Things I Don't Mean", "My Man", "Small Change", "Two of Us", "I'm Done", "We Don't Need No Water")
Nisan Stewart ("Iceberg", "Cab Ride", "My Man", "Small Change", "Two of Us", "Steer", "I'm Done")
Timbaland ("Steer")
Kwamé "K1Mil" Holland ("Turn Da Lights Off", "We Don't Need No water")
Charlene "Tweet" Keys ("Iceberg")
Charlie Bereal ("Iceberg", "Things I Don't Mean", "Two Of Us", "Where Do We Go From Here?", "Steer")
Kenny Bereal ("Two Of Us", "Where Do We Go From Here?")
Soul Diggaz ("You", "Sports, Sex & Food")
Walter "DJ Walt" Millsap III ("Could It Be")
Madball Entertainment ("Sports, Sex & Food")
Marty Cintron III ("Where Do We Go From Here?")
Spencer Proffer & Steve Plunkett (" When I Need A Man")
Engineers Dylan Dresdow, Mike Rivera, Marcella Araica, Dave Heuer, Carlos Bedoya, Stan Malveaux, Walter "DJ Walt" Millsap III, Israel "PT" Najera, Tom Weir
Mixing Dylan Dresdow, Jimmy Douglass, Carlos Bedoya, Patrick Magee, Walter "DJ Walt" Millsap III, Marcella Araica, Spencer Proffer, Paul Falcone
Mastering Herb Powers Jr.
A&R Jay Brown
Photography Mark Liddell, Antti J, Arnold Turner
Art Direction & Design Anita Marisa Boriboon
Hair Neeko
Make-Up Lucky
Stylist Lisa Michelle Boyd, Joshua Mittleman

[edit] Unreleased/non-album tracks

  • "Mr. DJ" (featuring Missy Elliott) — produced by Missy Elliott and the Soul Diggaz, initially set to be the first single off the album, but later replaced by "Turn da Lights Off".
  • "Drama" — produced by Dre & Vidal, initially set to appear on the album.
  • "Make a Wish" — produced by Dre & Vidal, initially set to appear on the album.
  • "Shook Up!" * (featuring Free) — produced by Missy Elliott and featuring Free from BET's 106 & Park, released as a buzz single.
  • "Thugman" * (featuring Missy Elliott) — produced by Missy Elliott, recorded for the soundtrack to the Universal Pictures film Honey.
  • "Hypnotic" * — produced by Darkchild, recorded for the soundtrack to Honey.
  • "Another Day" (featuring Whitney Houston) — in talks to be featured on Tweet's upcoming third album, Love, Tweet (2008).

All of the tracks above were officially confirmed to exist, being three of them leaked to the Internet (*).

The following tracks were recorded for It's Me Again but never made the final cut nor were released:

  • "Face to Face"
  • "Give It to Me"
  • "If You Don't Love Me"
  • "Little 2 Much"
  • "Make Me Stay"
  • "Proceed"
  • "Runnin' Ya Mouth"
  • "Seasons Change"
  • "See Ya"
  • "That Girl"
  • "Tu Tu"
  • "When It Comes to Love"
  • "Whisper"

[edit] Charts

Chart (2005) Peak
position
Swedish Albums Chart 50
United World Chart 40
U.S. Billboard 200 17
U.S. Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums 2
U.S. Billboard Comprehensive Albums 17
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