| 21 | ||||||||||
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| Studio album by Omarion | ||||||||||
| Released | December 26, 2006 | |||||||||
| Recorded | 2005-2006 | |||||||||
| Genre | R&B, pop | |||||||||
| Length | 45:15 | |||||||||
| Label | Epic Sony Urban |
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| Producer | Timbaland, The Neptunes | |||||||||
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic | [1] |
| Entertainment Weekly | (B)[2] |
| Stylus Magazine | (B+)[3] |
| Vibe | (mixed)[4] |
| DJBooth.net | [5] |
21 is the 2nd album from R&B singer & former B2K frontman Omarion. The 1st single off the album was "Entourage" written by Andre Merritt & produced by Eric Hudson. The 2nd single "Icebox", produced by Timbaland. Other collaborators on the album include Pharrell & songwriter Bryan Michael Cox.[6] The album name "21" was inspired from when Omarion turned 21-years-old months before his album release.
The album landed at #1 in the Billboard 200, selling 119,000 copies in its first week, making it his second album to hit #1, although selling 60,000 less than his first solo album O. It has sold over 390,000 copies in the United States up to November 2008.[7]
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Entourage" | Omarion Grandberry, Eric Hudson, Andrew Merrit | Eric Hudson | 4:58 |
| 2. | "Icebox" | Grandberry, Keri Hilson, Johnkenum Spivery, Ezekiel "Zeke" Lewis, Timothy Mosley, Antonio Dixon, King Logan, Patrick "J. Que" Smith | Johnkenum Spivery, King Logan, Timbaland | 5:15 |
| 3. | "Electric" | Granberry, Hudson, Merritt | Eric Hudson | 3:25 |
| 4. | "Made For TV" | Adonis Shropshire, Kendrick A. J. Dean, Bryan-Michael Cox | Bryan-Michael Cox, WYLDCARD* | 4:46 |
| 5. | "Just Can't Let You Go" | Shropshire, Dean, Cox | Bryan-Michael Cox, WYLDCARD* | 3:03 |
| 6. | "Obsession" | Pharrell Williams | The Neptunes | 4:13 |
| 7. | "Midnight" | Durrell "Tank" Babbs, Steve Russell, Eric Dawkins, Dixon, Harvey Mason, Jr., Damon Thomas | Eric Dawkins, The Underdogs | 3:58 |
| 8. | "Just That Sexy" | Tank, Russell, Dawkins, Dixon, Mason, Thomas | Eric Dawkins, The Underdogs | 3:48 |
| 9. | "Beg For It" | Spivery, Mosley, Logan, Sean Garrett | Johnkenum Spivery, King Logan, Timbaland | 2:56 |
| 10. | "Do It" | Omari Grandberry, Tank, Russell, Dawkins, Dixon, Mason, Thomas | Eric Dawkins, The Underdogs | 3:54 |
| 11. | "Been With a Star" | Grandberry, Hudson, Merritt | Eric Hudson | 3:18 |
| 12. | "What Are We Doing?" | Grandberry, Lanont Lassiter, Rufus Moore | Rufus Blaq | 3:53 |
| Bonus Tracks | |||||||||
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| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length | |||||
| 13. | "The Making of You" | Grandberry, Hudson, Merritt | Eric Hudson | 4:01 | |||||
| 14. | "The Truth" | Grandberry, Cory Bold, Hudson, Merritt | Cory Bold | 3:17 | |||||
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| Preceded by Hip Hop is Dead by Nas |
Billboard 200 number-one album January 7–13, 2007 |
Succeeded by Dreamgirls Soundtrack by Various artists |