Floetic | ||||
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Studio album by Floetry | ||||
Released | 1 October 2002 | |||
Recorded | 2001–2002 A Touch of Jazz Studios (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) The Mill Studio (Winfarthing, Norfolk, England) |
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Genre | R&B, neo soul, hip hop | |||
Label | DreamWorks | |||
Producer | Keith "Keshon" Pelzer, Darren "Limitless" Henson, Andre "Dirty" Harris, Vidal Davis, Ivan "Orthodox" Barias | |||
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Floetic is the debut album by the English neo soul duo Floetry, released by DreamWorks Records in the United States on 1 October 2002 and in the United Kingdom on 25 November 2002.
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Since moving to the U.S. in 2000, the duo have written for Jill Scott, Jazz of Dru Hill, Glenn Lewis (Ambrosius only), Bilal, and Michael Jackson, for whom Ambrosius co-penned the 2002 hit single "Butterflies". In 2002, they signed with DreamWorks Records and released their debut album Floetic.
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Review scores | |
Source | Rating |
Allmusic | [1] |
BBC Music | (favourable)[2] |
CMJ | (favourable)[3] |
Philadelphia Weekly | (favourable)[4] |
PopMatters | (favourable)[5] |
Rhapsody | (favourable)[6] |
Rolling Stone | (favourable)[7] |
UKMIX | [8] |
Yahoo! Music | (favourable)[9] |
The album received favourable reviews from CMJ, Rolling Stone, Yahoo! Music, and other company sites. Allmusic gave the album three out of five stars.[10]
Floetic debuted at number nineteen on the Billboard 200 and number four on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums. On 14 July 2003, the album was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America[11] with U.S. sales of over 864,000 copies to date.[12]
Chart (2002)[13] | Peak position |
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U.S. Billboard 200 | 19 |
U.S. Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums | 4 |