Ryan Leslie (album)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
About.com	^[1]
Allmusic	^[2]
Billboard	(favorable)^[3]
The Boston Globe	(mixed)^[4]
Entertainment Weekly	(B)^[5]
New York Times	(unfavorable)^[6]
Okayplayer	(77/100)^[7]
PopMatters	^[8]
Rolling Stone	^[9]
Vibe	(mixed)^[10]

Ryan Leslie is the debut album of American R&B singer-songwriter and producer Ryan Leslie, released November 15, 2008 on Universal Motown in the United States. Three singles were released from the album: "Diamond Girl", "Addiction", and "How It Was Supposed to Be". The album was entirely produced by Leslie. While it received some negative criticism towards Leslie's songwriting, Ryan Leslie earned generally favorable reviews from music critics.^[11]

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Ryan Leslie, except "Addiction" co-written with Cassie Ventura and John Jackson.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Diamond Girl"	3:44
2.	"Addiction" (featuring Cassie & Fabolous)	4:00
3.	"You're Fly"	4:27
4.	"Quicksand"	3:43
5.	"Valentine"	3:44
6.	"Just Right"	4:43
7.	"How It Was Supposed to Be"	3:22
8.	"I-R-I-N-A"	4:09
9.	"Out of the Blue"	3:41
10.	"Shouldn't Have to Wait"	4:11
11.	"Wanna Be Good"	4:01
12.	"Gibberish"	4:20

Personnel

Ryan Leslie: All keyboards, drum programming, background vocals and executive producer
Chanel Iman: Additional keyboard on "Just Right"
Tom "T-Bone" Wolk: Bass and guitar on "You're Fly", "Shouldn't Have To Wait" and "Wanna Be Good"
Brent Paschke: Bass and guitar on "Quicksand"
Jermaine Parrish: Drums and additional percussion on "I-R-I-N-A"
Al Carty: Bass on "I-R-I-N-A"
Tommy Mottola: Additional guitar on "Wanna Be Good"
David Sancious: Keyboard on "Wanna Be Good"
Recording engineers: Ryan Leslie, Anthony Palazzole, Scott Elgin, Rob Kinelski, Jim Caruana
Mixing engineers: Ryan Leslie, Kevin Crouse, Jim Caruana
Mastering: Chris Athens
Photography: Armen Djerrahian, Kameron Crone

Chart positions

Chart	Provider	Peak position
U.S. Billboard 200	Billboard	35 ^[12]
U.S. Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums		9 ^[13]
U.S. Billboard Comprehensive Albums		3 ^[14]
Top Digital Albums		1 ^[15]
This album has gone on to sell 200,000 copies in the U.S.

References

External links

Ryan Leslie

Discography Production Discography

Albums	Ryan Leslie Transition Les Is More

Singles	"Diamond Girl" "Addiction" "How It Was Supposed to Be" "You're Not My Girl"

Featured singles	"Good Lovin'" "Start It Up" "Fly Together"

Related articles	NextSelection Cassie