DK3

DK3
Studio album by Danity Kane
Released October 27, 2014 (2014-10-27)
Recorded 2013–14
Genre
Length 37:19
Label
  • Stereotypes Music
  • BMG
  • Mass Appeal
Producer
Danity Kane chronology
Welcome to the Dollhouse
(2008)		 DK3
(2014)
Singles from DK3
  1. "Lemonade"
    Released: May 28, 2014
  2. "Rhythm of Love"
    Released: September 24, 2014

DK3 is the third and final studio album by American R&B/pop group Danity Kane. It was released on October 27, 2014, by Stereotypes Music and Mass Appeal, in association with BMG Rights Management.[1] It was the group's first album in six years, as well as their only album without original group members D. Woods and Aundrea Fimbres.

Background

Following Aubrey O'Day and D. Woods departures from the group in 2008, the remaining members, Shannon Bex, Aundrea Fimbres, and Dawn Richard, split up. In 2013, Bex, Fimbres, O'Day, and Richard reunited with plans to release a new album. The group later initiated the No Filter Tour in the USA to promote their comeback and new music.[2] Following a few promotional performances, Fimbres announced in May 2014 that she would be leaving the group due to being engaged and her desire to start a family. Bex, O'Day, and Richard revealed that they would stay a trio and continue to perform together. However, tensions between O'Day and Richard lead to a fight in early August 2014, and the group split a few days later. On September 24, 2014 O'Day and Bex announced that the album would still be released as a thank you to their fans.[1]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
LA Times(Positive)[3]
Rant Lifestyle(A-)[4]
FDRMX[5]
PressPlay[6]
SoSoGay[7]

Upon the release, DK3 was very well received by critics and audience. Gerrick Kennedy of LA Times stated the album "captures Danity Kane's essence" despite murky origins, "DK3 is effervescent and completely primed for dance floors – even if the ladies have long left the party." [3] Jonathan Brown of Rant Lifestyle says "DK3 still proves that in spite of their downfall, they still had amazing things to offer" and lauded the pulsing beats and production.[4] Nicole Tucker of FDRMX notice the album "overall sound is very diverse and commercial. Though it doesn’t exactly FIT the R’n’B genre it’s listed under, the urban lyrics and brilliant engineering make a definitive sound for the collective. DK3 is a great album that’s simply an inevitable result of one of this year’s biggest music comebacks." [8]

PressPlay lauded the production, drawn praising to tracks Lemonade and All In A Day's Work "..the glorious “here’s to the haters” rip-up of Lemonade, Danity Kane sound more alive as a trio than ever before. The harmonies sound effortless – you can practically picture the shoulder brush when they sing about making it look easy on All In A Day’s Work – and there’s zero reflection of discord in the music. Danity Kane clearly still have a lot to offer us so, girls, a message: sort your shit out before we call Oprah to intervene. Ya heard."[6] Elliot Robinson of SoSoGay praised the songs' harmonies and hooks, calling the tracks Lemonade, All In a Day’s Work, Secret Lover and Bye Baby as standout from album "DK3 being such a superb album, the only silver lining to the girls’ abrupt disbandment and derailing of the Danity Kane comeback train is we’ll undoubtedly be getting some more excellent solo material from O’Day and Richard a lot sooner than expected. In the meantime, DK3 serves as a decisive reminder of Danity Kane’s short-lived brilliance, full of tight harmonies and killer hooks, and a definite Album of the Year contender. As O’Day rightly proclaims on the chorus for the irrepressible ‘All In a Day’s Work’, they’re ‘makin’ this shit look easy’. Now if only these girls can get their collective shit together, let bygones be bygones, and bring us album number four in the near future, this would be music to our ears.[8]


Track listing

Standard Edition [9]


All songs produced by

Streotypes for Shortbus Kids, LLC except All In A Days Work, produced by Dem Jointz for Dem Jointz Music
No. TitleWriter(s)Producer(s) Length
1. "Rhythm of Love"  Jonathan Yip, Jeremy Reeves, Ray Romulus & Ray McCullough, Candice Clotiel Nelson & Patrick Michael Smith
3:36
2. "Lemonade" (featuring Tyga)Yip, Reeves, Romulus, Mike Lloyd, Rosina 'Soaky' Russell, Michael Ray Nguyen-Stevenson
  4:24
3. "All in a Day's Work"  Dwayne 'Dem Jointz' Abernathy, Taylor Monet Parks, Paris Jones
  • Dem Jointz
  • Taylor Parks (vocal production)
 3:14
4. "Rage"  Yip, Reeves, Romulus, Kessington Kross
  3:26
5. "Tell Me"  Yip, Reeves, Romulus, Dawn Angelique Richard, Russell, Briana Denise Jackson Cartwright  3:39
6. "Two Sides"  Yip, Reeves, Romulus, Richard, Russell, Malcolm 'Three' McDaniel
  3:43
7. "Secret Lover"  Yip, Reeves, Corey-Jackson Carter, Romulus, Kross
  3:59
8. "Roulette"  Yip, Reeves, Romulus, Clarence Coffee, Jr.
  3:53
9. "Pieces"  Yip, Reeves, Romulus, McDaniel
  3:09
10. "Bye Baby"  Yip, Reeves, Romulus, Corey-Jackson Carter, Parks, Kameron Glasper
  4:16

Charts

Chart (2014) Peak
position
US Billboard 200 44
US Independent Albums 6
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums 7
US Digital Albums 17
US Top Current Albums 1
UK R&B Albums 3

References

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