Face Off (Bow Wow and Omarion album)

Face Off is a collaborative album by American rapper Bow Wow and American singer Omarion. The album was released on December 11, 2007 through Columbia Records. The production on the album was handled by Jermaine Dupri, Jim Jonsin, Stereotypes, T-Pain, No I.D. and Lil Ronnie among others.

Face Off
Studio album by Bow Wow and Omarion
Released	December 11, 2007
Recorded	2007
Genre	R&B, hip hop
Length	48:20
Label	Columbia
Producer	Chris Stokes Jim Jonsin Don Vito Koolade Cheeze Infinity L.T. Hutton Marques Houston Jermaine Dupri No I.D. Calvo da Gr8 Lil Ronnie Blaq Ricky "Ric Rude" Lewis Stereotypes T-Pain
Bow Wow chronology
The Price of Fame (2006) Face Off (2007) New Jack City II (2009)
Omarion chronology
21 (2006) Face Off (2007) Ollusion (2010)
Singles from Face Off
"Girlfriend" Released: October 12, 2007 "Hey Baby (Jump Off)" Released: December 25, 2007

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Billboard	(favorable)[2]
Rolling Stone	[3]
DJBooth.net	[4]

Face Off was supported by two singles: "Girlfriend" and "Hey Baby (Jump Off)." The album also received generally positive reviews from music critics and was a moderate commercial success. The album debuted at number 11 on the US Billboard 200 chart, selling 107,000 copies in the first week.[5]

Singles

The first single from the album was "Girlfriend". The single was released on October 12, 2007 and was produced by Don Vito and Cheeze. The single debuted at number 82 on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart on the week of November 11, 2007.[6] After climbing the charts for six weeks, on the week of December 29, 2007, the single entered the top-40 and reached its peak at number 33 on the chart.[7]

The second single from the album "Hey Baby (Jump Off)." The single was released on December 25, 2007 and was produced by Croatian producer Koolade. The single failed to appear on the Hot 100 chart but managed to peak at number 24 on the US Hot Rap Songs chart on the week of March 15, 2008.[8]

Commercial performance

Face Off debuted at number 11 on the US Billboard 200 chart, selling 107,000 copies in the first week.[5] This became Omarion's first release to miss the top-ten and Bow Wow's first since his 2001 release Doggy Bag. On February 13, 2008, the album was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for sales of over 500,000 copies in the United States.[9]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Face Off"	Omari Grandberry, Rahman Lang, Rufus Moore, Shad Moss, Kevin Perry	Perry	2:10
2.	"Hood Star"	Grandberry, Moore, Moss, Jordan Suecof	Infinity	3:17
3.	"Girlfriend"	Grandberry, Moss, Terius Nash, Rodney Richard, J.H. Williams	Don Vito, Cheeze	4:44
4.	"Hey Baby (Jump Off)"	Sonyae Elise, Grandberry, Lang, Rick Rubin, James Todd Smith	Koolade	3:08
5.	"He Ain't Gotta Know"	Grandberry, Franchesco Romano, Faheem Najm	T-Pain	3:56
6.	"Bachelor Pad"	Grandberry, Lang, Moore, Moss	Calvo Da Gr8	3:19
7.	"Listen"	Grandberry, Ronnie Jackson, Moss	Lil Ronnie	4:57
8.	"Can't Get Tired of Me"	Grandyberry, Brandon Howard, Ricky Lewis, Moore, Moss	Ric Lewis, Rufus Blaq	4:10
9.	"Number Ones"	Grandberry, Micayle McKinney, Moore, Moss, Jeremy Reeves, Jonathan Yip	The Stereotypes, Rufus Blaq	2:52
10.	"Baby Girl"	Grandberry, Marques Houston, L. T. Hutton, Moss, Chris Stokes	L. T. Hutton, Houston	3:57
11.	"Take Off Your Clothes"	Grandberry, Jackson, Moss	Lil Ronnie	3:31
12.	"Another Girl"	Grandberry, James Scheffee, Lang, Moore, Moss, Tremaine Neverson	Jim Jonsin	3:25

Japanese bonus tracks

No.	Title	Producer(s)	Length
13.	"Lights, Camera, Action"	Lil Ronnie	3:23
14.	"Let Me Hold You"	Jermaine Dupri, No I.D.	4:08

Samples credits

• "Hey Baby (Jump Off)" contains a sample of "Going Back to Cali" as performed by LL Cool J
• "Let Me Hold You" contains a sample of "If Only for One Night" as performed by Luther Vandross

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (2007) Peak position US Billboard 200[10] 11 US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[11] 1 US Top Rap Albums (Billboard)[12] 1

Year-end charts Chart (2008) Position US Billboard 200[13] 120 US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[14] 35

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA)[15]	Gold	500,000^^
^^shipments figures based on certification alone

References

1. "Allmusic review".
2. "Billboard review".
3. "Rolling Stone review".
4. "DJBooth.net review". Archived from the original on December 15, 2007. Retrieved December 11, 2007.
5. "Groban Remains No. 1, Becomes '07's Best-Seller". Billboard.com. Retrieved February 15, 2012.
6. "BBH100 - 2007-11-17".
7. "BBH100 - 2007-12-29".
8. "BBH100 - 2008-03-15".
9. "Recording Industry Association of America". RIAA. Archived from the original on June 26, 2007. Retrieved February 15, 2012.
10. "Omarion Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved October 18, 2020.
11. "Omarion Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved October 18, 2020.
12. "Omarion Chart History (Top Rap Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved October 18, 2020.
13. "Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 2008". Billboard. Retrieved October 18, 2020.
14. "Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums – Year-End 2008". Billboard. Retrieved October 18, 2020.
15. "American album certifications – Bow Wow & Omarion – Face Off". Recording Industry Association of America. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Album, then click SEARCH. 

External links

• Face Off Official website