Stereotype (album)

Stereotype
Studio album by B.Slade
Released October 2007 (Tonéx; listen-only)
January 1, 2011 (B.Slade)
Recorded 2003-2010
Genre R&B, Gospel
Length 60:28
Label Suxxess
Producer T. Boy, T. Bizzy, AJB 1981, Bryan Michael Cox

Stereotype also known as Stereotype: Steel & Velvet is singer B.Slade's 5th album. While still using the stage name Tonéx, the artist stated in an interview, that the name Stereotype is a metaphor for the dual nature in humanity (i.e. stereo, left and right).[1] The album was originally to be released on Verity/Jive Records on September 11, 2007. One single "Joy" (which was later put on Tonéx's Battery Records album Unspoken) had been serviced to radio under the auspices of Verity in May 2007.[2] Disagreements later led to a dissolution of the association between Tonéx and Zomba Label Group, shelving its major release.[3] As a result, in October the artist opted to share the music for a couple of weeks as a free, listen-only album on his MySpace page as a thank you to fans. A collector's edition of Stereotype was reworked with new tracks and finally released digitally under the B.Slade moniker on New Year's Day 2011.[4][5] Many of the songs from the 2007 version were later dispersed to other Tonéx albums.

Tracklisting

2007 Myspace exclusive version (Tonéx)

2007 Promotional ad for the then-to-be-released Tonéx album
Disc One
No. Title Length
1. "Searchin’ (Intro)" (also on Tonéx's The Naked Truth Mixtape) 1:47
2. "Vintage Galaxy" (also on Tonéx's The Naked Truth Mixtape) 4:38
3. "Drunk Boy (Interlude)" (also on Tonéx's The Naked Truth Mixtape) 0:24
4. "On We Go (feat. E.B. Williams)" (also on Tonéx's The Naked Truth Mixtape & B.Slade's A Brilliant Catastrophe (Alpha)) 4:16
5. "Shock Therapy" (also on Tonéx's The Naked Truth Mixtape & B.Slade's Deluxe Edition of A Brilliant Catastrophe (Alpha)) 4:00
6. "The Black Maverick" (also on Tonéx's Bapost.o.g.i.c. Mixtape) 1:13
7. "Partex: Pronounced Par-Tay"    
8. "Bring iT" (also on Tonéx's Unspoken) 3:15
9. "Cut My Step (Spacely Sprockets)" (also on Tonéx's Gosp0p) 4:53
10. "Face Down (feat. T.Bizzy)" (also on Tonéx's Unspoken) 4:39
11. "Sonshine (1979 a.d.)"   4:02
12. "ALiVE 3"   3:38
13. "Joy" (also on Tonéx's Unspoken) 4:03
14. "Rainbow (Great Space Coaster)" (also on Tonéx's Rainbow EP) 7:35
15. "Where Did She Go? (1983 a.d.)" (also on Tonéx's Circu$$) 4:04
16. "Around"    
Disc Two
No. Title Length
1. "FREEDOM: truth" (also on Tonéx's The Naked Truth Mixtape) 4:27
2. "Walla Walla Bing Bang"   4:33
3. "Prayin’ 4 U"   4:56
4. "All That I Am"   4:49
5. "Dancin’ (Steve Harvey Special)" (also on Tonéx's The Parking Lot Mixtape) 4:32
6. "(love is) Contagious"   4:20
7. "Alright With Me" (also on B.Slade's Dance Floor Arsonist: The Jack5on Magic Mixtape) 3:44
8. "Yahtzee" (also on Tonéx's Oak Park 92105) 4:58
9. "Life & Death (an Urban Romance)"    
10. "Cool With U" (also on Tonéx's Unspoken) 5:32
11. "$1.00 (Urban Parable)"    
12. "Blairtree Road (Urban Parable)" (also on Tonéx's The Naked Truth Mixtape) 4:53
13. "Elegant Simple" (also on Tonéx's The Naked Truth Mixtape) 4:02
14. "Blend" (also on Tonéx's Unspoken) 5:02
15. "Casa De Oro (Por Senor Tan)" (also on Tonéx's The Naked Truth Mixtape & B.Slade's Deluxe Edition of A Brilliant Catastrophe (Alpha)) 4:06
16. "Love Me For Me" (also on Tonéx's Unspoken) 2:55
2011 B.Slade version[6]
No. Title Length
1. "Baby, What'cha Gonna Do"   3:16
2. "Sonshine"   4:02
3. "Alive 3"   3:38
4. "The Good Song" (also on xXx: State of the Union (soundtrack)) 4:56
5. "Walla Walla Bing Bang"   4:33
6. "Silly Philly"   2:36
7. "Dancin'" (also on Tonéx's The Parking Lot Mixtape) 4:32
8. "All That I Am"   4:49
9. "Contagious"   4:20
10. "Changes" (also on Tonéx's Temet Nosce: The Nag Champion Mixtape) 5:34
11. "God..."   5:30
12. "Blend: 1977"   3:22
13. "Blairtree Road" (also on Tonéx's The Naked Truth Mixtape) 4:53
14. "Hurting Each Other" (also on Tonéx's Bapost.o.g.i.c. Mixtape) 3:01
15. "Make U Happy" (also on Tonéx's Bapost.o.g.i.c. Mixtape) 4:36
16. "Prayin' 4 U"   4:56
2011 Bandcamp collector's edition
No. Title Length
17. "Come & Go"   4:19
18. "Hair"   4:50
19. "The Things You Do"   3:19
20. "Steel & Velvet" (also on Tonéx's Temet Nosce: The Nag Champion Mixtape) 4:45
21. "Get Over U (gagatha kristie mix)" (hidden track) 9:07

References

  1. ↑ Denna D'Mitri. "Tonex (Interview)". Gospel Engine.
  2. ↑ http://www.gospelcity.com/listen/910
  3. ↑ "TONEX SPLIT’S FROM LABEL FOR THE 2ND TIME: Zomba Music Group Say Buy". Gospel Music Bites. June 29, 2007.
  4. ↑ http://bslade.bandcamp.com/album/stereotype-collectors-edition
  5. ↑ http://turnstylenews.com/2011/01/10/a-study-in-stereotypes-b-slades-new-release/
  6. ↑ https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/stereotype/id463779678

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