Young Love (J. Williams album)

Young Love is the debut album by New Zealand R&B singer J. Williams, released on 13 July 2009 by Illegal Musik. It was a success, certified Gold by the Recording Industry Association of New Zealand (RIANZ). The album debuted on the New Zealand Albums Chart at number five,[7] and has sold over 8000 copies.

Young Love
Studio album by J. Williams
Released	13 July 2009
Recorded	2008–2009
Genre	R&B, hip hop, rap
Label	Illegal Musik, Warner Music Group
Producer	Ill Semantics, NOX, MC Patriarch
Collector's Edition cover
Singles from Young Love
"Blow Your Mind" Released: 11 August 2008[1] "Set It Off" Released: 27 October 2008[2] "Ghetto Flower" Released: 16 March 2009[3] "Stand with You" Released: 22 June 2009[4] "Your Style" Released: 9 November 2009[5] "You Got Me" Released: 8 February 2010[6]

Recording and production

Described as an honest and open discourse into the life of Williams, the album, features guest appearances from fellow New Zealand rappers Mareko & Scribe, label mates Temple Jones, Erakah and D Love, plus a duet with his sister Lavina Williams.

Reception

Critical reception

Dane Anderson of More FM said that on Young Love "Williams thrives, on the faster, more rhythmic songs...While the slower songs aren't quite up to the par of say Usher or Ne-Yo just yet, you can't deny the catchiness in them."[8]

Commercial performance

Young Love peaked at its debut position of number five on the New Zealand Album Chart before falling out after eight weeks. It then re-entered the chart after the release of the Collectors Edition, and was certified Gold, selling over 7,500 copies.[9] The album spent a total of twenty-eight weeks in the album chart.[10]

Singles

• "Blow Your Mind" peaked at number thirteen on the RIANZ New Zealand Singles Chart.[11]
• "Set It Off" was released to commercial radio stations in early 2009, and it charted on the official RIANZ Top 40 singles chart, peaking at number thirty-six.[12]
• "Ghetto Flower" peaked at number five on the RIANZ chart[13] and was certified gold on 9 June 2009, as it has sold over 7,500 copies in New Zealand.[14]
• "Stand with You" featured Williams' sister, Lavina Williams. It peaked at number six[15] and was certified Gold after 10 weeks on the chart.[14]
• "Your Style featured Erakah, and peaked at number sixteen on the New Zealand Singles Chart in its fourth non-consecutive week on that chart.[16]
• "You Got Me", featuring rapper Scribe, peaked at number one on the RIANZ chart,[17] and was certified in its sixth week of charting.[14]

Track listing

Standard edition[18][19]

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Intro"	0:44
2.	"Ghetto Flower"	3:54
3.	"Set It Off"	3:38
4.	"Blow Your Mind"	3:48
5.	"Flavour"	3:57
6.	"Solideress" (featuring Temple Jones)	3:54
7.	"Vanilla Ladies" (D. Love)	4:04
8.	"Stand with You" (featuring Lavina Williams)	4:21
9.	"Beautiful (What If)"	4:05
10.	"Why"	4:07
11.	"Crazy Love"	3:57
12.	"Your Style" (featuring Erakah)	3:28
13.	"Till It's Gone"	4:01
14.	"Flavour" (Acoustic version)	3:56
Total length:		51:54

Collector's Edition (Disc One)[20][21][22]

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Intro"	0:44
2.	"Ghetto Flower"	3:54
3.	"Set It Off"	3:38
4.	"Blow Your Mind"	3:48
5.	"Flavour"	3:57
6.	"Solideress" (featuring Temple Jones)	3:54
7.	"Vanilla Ladies" (D. Love)	4:04
8.	"Stand with You" (featuring Lavina Williams)	4:21
9.	"Beautiful (What If)"	4:05
10.	"Why"	4:07
11.	"Crazy Love"	3:57
12.	"Your Style" (featuring Erakah)	3:28
13.	"Till It's Gone"	4:01

Collector's Edition (Disc Two)

No.	Title	Length
1.	"You Got Me" (featuring Scribe)	3:45
2.	"Blow Your Mind" (Remix featuring D. Love)
3.	"Ghetto Flower" (Remix featuring D. Love)
4.	"Set It Off" (Remix featuring D. Love)
5.	"Ghetto Flower" (Mad Russian Remix)
6.	"Flavour (Unplugged)" (featuring Jakes & NOX)	3:54
7.	"Your Style" (Remix featuring Erakah and Tyree)	3:51

References

1. "Blow Your Mind – Single". iTunes Store. Retrieved 26 February 2010.
2. "Set It Off – Single". iTunes Store. Retrieved 26 February 2010.
3. "Ghetto Flower – Single". iTunes Store. Retrieved 26 February 2010.
4. "Stand With You (feat. Lavina Williams) – Single". iTunes Store. Retrieved 26 February 2010.
5. "Your Style (feat. Erakah) – Single". iTunes Store. Retrieved 26 February 2010.
6. "You Got Me (feat. Scribe) – Single". iTunes Store. Retrieved 26 February 2010.
7. "J.Williams – Young Love (album)". charts.nz. Retrieved 26 February 2010.
8. Anderson, Dane. "J.Williams – Young Love". More FM. Archived from the original on 23 July 2010. Retrieved 24 July 2010.
9. "Latest Gold / Platinum Albums". RadioScope. Archived from the original on 26 July 2010. Retrieved 24 July 2010.
10. "J. Williams – Young Love". Hung Medien. charts.nz. Retrieved 24 July 2010.
11. "J.Williams – Blow Ya Mind (song)". charts.nz. Retrieved 26 February 2010.
12. "J.Williams – Set It Off (song)". charts.nz. Retrieved 26 February 2010.
13. "J.Williams – Ghetto Flower (song)". charts.nz. Retrieved 26 February 2010.
14. "Latest Gold / Platinum Singles". RadioScope. Archived from the original on 24 July 2011. Retrieved 29 March 2010.
15. "J.Williams feat. Lavina Williams – Stand With You (song)". charts.nz. Retrieved 26 February 2010.
16. "J.Williams feat. Erakah – Your Style (song)". charts.nz. Retrieved 26 February 2010.
17. "J.Williams feat. Scribe – You Got Me (song)". charts.nz. Retrieved 16 March 2010.
18. "Young Love". iTunes Store. Retrieved 26 February 2010.
19. "Young Love". Amplifier. Retrieved 15 March 2010.
20. "Young Love Collector's Edition". Mighty Ape. Retrieved 15 March 2010.
21. "J.Williams – Young Love (Collector's Edition)". Marbecks. Retrieved 15 March 2010.
22. "Young Love". iTunes Store. Retrieved 15 March 2010.