Sean Kingston (album)

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Sean Kingston

Studio album by Sean Kingston

Released

July 31, 2007

Recorded

2006–2007

Genre

R&B, reggae fusion, pop, hip hop

Length

51:50

Label

Beluga Heights, Epic, Koch, Cinematic

Producer

J.R. Rotem, DJ Felli Fel

Sean Kingston chronology

Sean Kingston
(2007)

Tomorrow
(2009)

Singles from Sean Kingston

"Beautiful Girls"
Released: May 26, 2007
"Me Love"
Released: July 31, 2007
"Take You There"
Released: October 23, 2007
"There's Nothin"
Released: March 13, 2008

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]
Entertainment Weekly	(B)^[2]
USA Today	^[3]
Yahoo! Music	^[4]
DJBooth.net	^[5]

Sean Kingston is the self-titled eponymous debut album by Sean Kingston, released on July 31, 2007. The album was produced by J. R. Rotem. Sean Kingston wrote the lyrics with help from Evan Bogart. Kingston has claimed his lyrics are totally representative of his personal life. Ranging from the self-deprecating-schoolboy tale of lost love in the album's global chart-topping single "Beautiful Girls" to the much deeper "Dry Your Eyes", where he visits the hardship of watching his mother and sister being sent to prison when he was just 15 years old.^[6]

The album has been certified gold by the RIAA as of February 2008 with an excess of 500,000 copies.^[7]

The album entered the U.S. Billboard 200 chart at #6 and fell to #13 the following week.^[8] The album reached #2 on RIANZ in its second week.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Intro"	Kisean Anderson, J.R. Rotem	0:34
2.	"Kingston"	Kisean Anderson, J.R. Rotem	3:28
3.	"Take You There"	Kisean Anderson, J.R. Rotem, E. Kidd Bogart, Timothy Thomas, Theron Thomas	3:54
4.	"Me Love"	Kisean Anderson, J.R. Rotem, John Bonham, John Paul Jones, Jimmy Page, Robert Plant	3:24
5.	"Beautiful Girls"	Kisean Anderson, J.R. Rotem, Sly "Pyper" Jordan, Ben E. King, Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller	4:02
6.	"Dry Your Eyes"	Kisean Anderson, J.R. Rotem, Sly "Pyper" Jordan, E. Kidd Bogart	3:32
7.	"Got No Shorty"	Kisean Anderson, J.R. Rotem, Sly "Pyper" Jordan, Bing Crosby	3:22
8.	"There's Nothin" (featuring Paula DeAnda)	Kisean Anderson, J.R. Rotem, E. Kidd Bogart	3:57
9.	"I Can Feel It" (featuring Phil Collins)	Kisean Anderson, J.R. Rotem, Phil Collins	3:27
10.	"Drummer Boy"	Kisean Anderson, J.R. Rotem	3:37
11.	"Your Sister"	Kisean Anderson, J.R. Rotem, E. Kidd Bogart	3:30
12.	"That Ain't Right"	Kisean Anderson, J.R. Rotem	3:41
13.	"Change"	Kisean Anderson, J.R. Rotem	3:38

Alternate track
No.	Title	Length
8.	"There's Nothin'" (featuring Élan and Juelz Santana)	3:45

iTunes bonus track
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
14.	"Colors (Reggae Remix)" (featuring Vybz Kartel & Kardinal Offishall)	Kisean Anderson, J.R. Rotem, Adidja Palmer, Tracy Morrow, Charles Glenn	4:39

iTunes deluxe version^[9]
No.	Title	Length
15.	"Personal (Big Girls Remix)" (featuring Fergie)	3:56
16.	"Beautiful Girls" (Music video)	4:17
17.	"Me Love" (Music video)	3:24
18.	"Take You There" (Music video)	4:01
19.	"There's Nothin" (featuring Élan and Juelz Santana) (Music video)	3:45

Sample credits

"Me Love" - derived from the song, "D'yer Mak'er", written by Jimmy Page, Robert Plant, John Paul Jones and John Bonham; performed by Led Zeppelin.
"Beautiful Girls" - contains portions of and features samples from the recording, "Stand by Me", written by Ben E. King, Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller; performed by Ben E. King.
"Got No Shorty" - contains interpolations of the composition, "I Ain't Got Nobody", written and performed by Bing Crosby.
"I Can Feel It" - features samples of the recording, "In the Air Tonight", written and performed by Phil Collins.
"Colors" - contains an interpolation of the track, "Colors", written by Tracy Morrow and Charles Glenn; performed by Ice-T.
"Take You There" - features a sample of a vocal melody from "Say It Right" by Nelly Furtado.

Chart performance

Chart (2007-2008)	Peak position
Australian Albums Chart	21
French Albums Chart	43
New Zealand Albums Chart	2
Swiss Albums Chart	74
U.S. Billboard 200	6
U.S. Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums	3

References

↑ "Allmusic review".
↑ "Entertainment Weekly review". August 13, 2007.
↑ "USA Today review".
↑ "Yahoo! Music review".
↑ "DJBooth.net review".
↑ [http://www.bluesandsoul.com/feature/242/a_beauuutiful_interview_with_sean_kingst... Sean Kingston interview by Pete Lewis, 'Blues & Soul' February 2008]
↑ RIAA, "Searchable Database", Recording Industry Association of America, February 12, 2009.
↑ Katie Hasty, "Common Scores First No. 1 On Billboard 200", Billboard.com, August 8, 2007.
↑ "Sean Kingston (Deluxe Version) by Sean Kingston". iTunes US. Apple. Retrieved December 11, 2013.

External links

Sean Kingston (album) on Myspace

v t e Sean Kingston

Discography

Studio albums	Sean Kingston Tomorrow Back 2 Life

Mixtapes	King of Kingz

Singles	"Beautiful Girls" "Me Love" "Take You There" "There's Nothin (Remix)" "Fire Burning" "Face Drop" "Eenie Meenie" "Letting Go (Dutty Love)" "Dumb Love" "Party All Night (Sleep All Day)" "Back 2 Life (Live It Up)" "Rum and Raybans" "Beat It"

Featured singles	"What Is It" "Love Like This "That's Gangsta" "Feel It"

Other songs	"Personal (Big Girls Remix)" "Miss Everything" "Everyone"

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