It's Me Again

It's Me Again is the second studio album by American singer Tweet. It was released on March 21, 2005, by The Goldmind Inc. and Atlantic Records. The album debuted at number 17 on the US Billboard 200 with first-week sales of 55,000 copies.

It's Me Again
Studio album by Tweet
Released	March 21, 2005
Recorded	2003–2004
Studio	The Hit Factory Criteria, Miami[lower-alpha 1] Audio Vision, North Miami[lower-alpha 2] Universal Publishing, Los Angeles[lower-alpha 3] Quad, New York City[lower-alpha 4] Conjunction, Los Angeles[lower-alpha 4] Studio City Sound, Studio City, California[lower-alpha 5]
Genre	R&B soul neo soul
Length	63:16
Label	The Goldmind Atlantic
Producer	Missy Elliott (also exec.) Tweet (also co-exec.) Charlie Bereal Kenneth Bereal Craig Brockman Marty Cintron III Kwamé Madball Entertainment Walter Millsap III Steve Plunkett Spencer Proffer Soul Diggaz Nisan Stewart Timbaland
Tweet chronology
Southern Hummingbird (2002) It's Me Again (2005) The Dresden Soul Symphony (2008)
Singles from It's Me Again
"Turn da Lights Off" Released: October 5, 2004

Background

In 2000, Tweet began recording vocals for Elliott's album and was also reunited with her old friends from the Swing Mob days, Timbaland, Magoo, Playa, and Ginuwine later ending in Tweet recording her debut studio album. Southern Hummingbird was released on April 2, 2002, by The Goldmind Inc. and Elektra Records. Upon release, the album was met with positive reviews from music critics who commended the album's musical direction and its lyrical content. The album debuted at number three on the Billboard 200, selling 195,000 copies in its first week.[1] Southern Hummingbird was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) on April 30, 2002,[2] and had sold 897,000 units in the US as of September 2015.[3] The album was preceded by lead single "Oops (Oh My)", which reached number seven on the Billboard Hot 100 and number one on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart.[4] After the successful lead single, the album spawned another two, the Timbaland-produced "Call Me" and the radio single "Smoking Cigarettes", which had a video shot for it directed by Little X, but was never released.

Singles

Proposals for the album's lead single dates back to early 2004, where MTV reported that the Missy Elliott-produced "Shook Up", featuring former 106 & Park co-host Free, was in consideration for a lead single choice. However, complications from the merging between Elektra Records and Atlantic prevented the song's release, resulting in the song's cancellation and a pushback date for Tweet's It's Me Again album.[5] On October 5, 2004, "Turn da Lights Off" was released and began to appear on numerous mixtapes to help spread the word of the song's release.[6] A promotional remix featuring 50 Cent and an alternate line by Missy Elliott was also released to mixtapes in order to generate further buzz for the single.[7][8]

Commercially, the single was unsuccessful in the United States, where it reached number eight on the US Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart and number 39 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart.[9][10] However, the song fared well on the UK Singles Chart, peaking at number 29.[11]

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	60/100[12]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[4]
Entertainment Weekly	B−[13]
The Guardian	[14]
The New York Times	Favorable[15]
PopMatters	6/10[16]
Rolling Stone	[17]
Slant Magazine	[18]
Stylus Magazine	B[19]
Vibe	[20]
Yahoo! Music	[21]

Commercial performance

It's Me Again debuted at number 17 on the US Billboard 200, selling 55,000 copies in its first week.[22]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Intro (It's Me Again)"	Charlene Keys Craig Brockman	Brockman	1:36
2.	"Turn da Lights Off" (featuring Missy Elliott)	Elliott Kwamé Holland Edgar DeLange Emil Newman Herbert Spencer Marvin Gaye	Elliott Kwamé	4:50
3.	"Iceberg"	Keys Nisan Stewart Brockman Charles Bereal	Tweet Stewart^[a] Brockman^[a] C. Bereal^[a]	5:06
4.	"Could It Be" (featuring Rell)	Keys Rell Walter Millsap III	Millsap	4:24
5.	"You"	Keys Elliott LaShaun Owens Karriem Mack Hoagy Carmichael Mitchell Parish	Elliott Soul Diggaz	4:32
6.	"Cab Ride"	Bob James	Stewart Brockman	3:29
7.	"Things I Don't Mean" (featuring Missy Elliott)	Elliott Brockman C. Bereal	Elliott Brockman C. Bereal	3:02
8.	"My Man"	Keys Stewart Brockman Corté Ellis	Elliott Stewart Brockman	4:00
9.	"Sports, Sex & Food"	Elliott Harold Lilly Owens Mack Leo Nocentelli Art Neville George Porter, Jr. Joseph Modeliste	Elliot Soul Diggaz Madball Entertainment^[a]	3:20
10.	"Small Change"	Keys Stewart Brockman	Stewart Brockman	4:30
11.	"Two of Us" (featuring Tashawna)	Keys Stewart Brockman C. Bereal Kenneth Bereal	Stewart Brockman C. Bereal K. Bereal	3:19
12.	"Where Do We Go from Here?"	Keys C. Bereal K. Bereal Marty Cintron III	C. Bereal K. Bereal Cintron	3:14
13.	"Steer"	Keys Elliott Timothy Mosley Stewart C. Bereal Ellis	Elliott Timbaland Stewart C. Bereal	3:37
14.	"I'm Done"	Keys Stewart Brockman Garry Glenn	Stewart Brockman	5:17
15.	"We Don't Need No Water"	Elliott Holland Brockman Gregory Wigfall Richard Fowler Charles Pettiford Celite Evans Jerry Bloodrock Ric Wilson Lou Wilson Carlos Wilson	Elliott Kwamé^[a] Brockman^[a]	6:19
16.	"When I Need a Man" (hidden bonus track, added onto the end of track 15)	Spencer Proffer Steve Plunkett	Proffer Plunkett Mona Scott^[b]	2:50

Australian and Japanese edition bonus track[23][24]

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
16.	"Turn da Lights Off" (remix; featuring Missy Elliott)	Elliott Holland DeLange Newman Spencer Gaye	Elliott Kwamé	3:27

Notes

• ^{^[a]} signifies a co-producer.
• ^{^[b]} signifies an executive producer.
• Track 15 contains the hidden track "When I Need a Man" from the USA Network original series Kojak, starring Ving Rhames.

Sample credits[25]

• "Turn da Lights Off" contains a sample of "Lost April" by Nat King Cole and portions of "If This World Were Mine" by Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell.
• "You" contains portions of "Stardust" by Louis Armstrong.
• "Cab Ride" contains material from the Taxi theme song "Angela" by Bob James.
• "Sports, Sex & Food" contains a sample of "Hey Pocky A-Way" by The Meters.
• "I'm Done" contains a sample of "Intimate Friends" by Eddie Kendricks.
• "We Don't Need No Water" contains an interpolation of "The Roof Is on Fire" by Rock Master Scott & the Dynamic Three and a sample of "Mango Meat" by Mandrill.

Personnel

Credits adapted from the liner notes of It's Me Again.[25]

Musicians

• Tweet – vocals
• Missy Elliott – vocals (tracks 2, 7, "We Don't Need No Water")
• Cesare Turner – horn (tracks 3, 9, 14)
• Rell – vocals (track 4)
• John "Jubu" Smith – bass (tracks 6, 10); guitar (tracks 10, 14)
• Soul Diggaz – drum programming (track 7); additional percussion ("When I Need a Man")
• Charlie Bereal – guitar (track 8, 11–13)
• Tashawna – vocals (track 11)
• Craig Brockman – keyboards (track 12)
• Marty Cintron III – acoustic guitar (track 12)
• Nisan Stewart – drums (track 12)
• Josh Freese – drums ("When I Need a Man")
• LamTrak Productions – additional drum programming ("When I Need a Man")
• Michael Parnell – bass ("When I Need a Man")
• Steve Plunkett – arrangement, guitar ("When I Need a Man")
• Spencer Proffer – arrangement, keyboards ("When I Need a Man")

Technical

• Craig Brockman – production (tracks 1, 6–8, 10, 11, 14); co-production (track 3, "We Don't Need No Water")
• Dylan "3D" Dresdow – recording, mixing (tracks 1, 6, 7, 10–12)
• Missy Elliott – production (tracks 2, 5, 7–9, 13, "We Don't Need No Water"); executive production
• Kwamé – production (track 2); co-production ("We Don't Need No Water")
• Mike Rivera – recording (tracks 2, 8, 9)
• Jimmy Douglass – mixing (tracks 2, 3, 5, 7–9, 11–14, "We Don't Need No Water")
• Carlos Bedoya – additional recording (tracks 2–5, 7–9, 13, 14, "We Don't Need No Water"); mixing (tracks 2, 3, 5, 7–9, 11–14, "We Don't Need No Water"); recording ("We Don't Need No Water")
• Dave Heuer – additional recording (tracks 2–5, 7–9, 13, 14, "We Don't Need No Water")
• Patrick Magee – mixing assistance (tracks 2, 3, 5, 7–9, 11, 13–14, "We Don't Need No Water")
• Marcella Araica – tracking engineering assistance (tracks 2, 5–9, 12–14, "We Don't Need No Water"); mixing assistance (tracks 6, 10, 11)
• Tweet – production (track 3); co-executive production
• Nisan Stewart – co-production (track 3); production (tracks 6, 8, 10, 11, 13, 14)
• Charlie Bereal – co-production (track 3); production (tracks 7, 11–13)
• Stan Malveaux – recording (tracks 3, 14)
• Walter Millsap III – production, recording, mixing (track 4)
• Soul Diggaz – production (track 5, 9)
• Israel "PT" Najera – recording (tracks 5, 8, 13)
• Madball Entertainment – co-production (track 9)
• Kenneth Bereal – production (track 11)
• Marty Cintron III – production (track 12)
• Javier Valverde – mixing assistance (track 12)
• Timbaland – production (track 13)
• Spencer Proffer – production ("When I Need a Man")
• Steve Plunkett – production ("When I Need a Man")
• Mona Scott – executive production ("When I Need a Man")
• Tom Weir – recording ("When I Need a Man")
• Paul Falcone – mixing ("When I Need a Man")
• Herb Powers Jr. – mastering

Artwork

• Anita Marisa Boriboon – art direction, design
• Antti J. – cover photography
• Mark Liddell – photography
• Arnold Turner – additional package photos
• Andrew Zach – Atlantic art production

Charts

Chart (2005)	Peak position
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[26]	50
UK Albums (OCC)[27]	158
UK R&B Albums (OCC)[28]	21
US Billboard 200[29]	17
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[30]	2

Release history

Region	Date	Label	Ref.
United Kingdom	March 21, 2005	Elektra	[31]
United States	March 22, 2005	The Goldmind Atlantic	[4]
Japan	March 24, 2005	Warner	[24]
Germany	April 25, 2005		[32]
Australia	May 13, 2005		[23]

Notes

1. Tracks 1–14 and "We Don't Need No Water"
2. Tracks 2, 5, 8, 9 and 13
3. Tracks 3 and 14
4. Track 4
5. "When I Need a Man"

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