Jay R (album)

Jay R
Studio album by Jay R
Released December 5, 2005 (2005-12-05) (Philippines)
Recorded 2004October 2005
Genre R&B, Pop, Hip-hop
Length 01:04:40
Language English, Tagalog
Label Universal
Producer Ray Brown (executive), Jay R Sillona (also executive), Jimmy Muna, Kris Lawrence, Big James, Riley, 3AM Music, Greg Pagani, Jason Edmonds, Michael Jeter, Eric Jackson, The Arsonist, Chaka Blackmon, Mark Qura Rankin, Vehnee Saturno, DJ MOD, Jay Durias
Jay R chronology
Gameface
(2003)
Jay R
(2005)
Christmas Away from Home
(2006)
Singles from Jay R
  1. "Just the Way You Are"
    Released: 2005
  2. "Ngayo'y Narito"
    Released: 2006
  3. "Hey Ma (promo only)"
    Released: 2006

Jay R is the self-titled second studio album by Filipino singer Jay R, released in December 2005 in the Philippines by Universal Records.[1] To date, the album has sold more than 20,000 units in the country and has been certified gold by the Philippine Association of the Record Industry.

Writing and recording

After the success of Gameface, he focused on doing a more complex R&B sound. He covered the Billy Joel original "Just the Way You Are", making a whole different arrangement, complete with street-beat rap and his distinct R&B flavor. In addition, Sillona recorded an alternate version of the song, featuring Irish pop singer, Samantha Mumba. Among other collaborators are rappers Young Clipp, Jdimes, and Sillona's bestfriends, Jimmy Muna and Kris Lawrence, who lent his vocals as back-up on the DJ MOD ballad, "Paalam".

Legendary Filipino composer Vehnee Saturno, who is responsible for Sillona's first number one hit "Bakit Pa Ba", wrote two Tagalog songsnamely "Di Ko Sadya", co-produced by South Border frontman Jay Durias, and "Ngayo'y Narito", which was released as the album's second official single.

Other songs included in the album were Sillona's commercial jingles for Colgate, Tropicana Juice Drinks and Sun Cellular.[2]

Singles

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Titik Pilipino[4]

Jay R earned positive reviews from music critics and listeners. However, it failed to make a huge impact to the public, as Gameface did. Also, it received very few nominations on awarding events and did not win any category it was included in. Resty Odon of Titik Pilipino gave it four and a half out of five stars, stating that "I can't find a bad word for Jay R (the artist and the album) because he and his album are good." Although, he disliked the three overly slow Tagalog songs, saying "for those who dig them. I don't."[3]

On the 2006 MTV Pilipinas Music Awards, the album got two nominationsFavorite Male Video for "Ngayo'y Narito", which lost to Christian Bautista's "Invincible", and Favorite Hip-Hop/R&B Video for "Just the Way You Are", which lost to "Stay Real" by Amber.[5] On the Myx Music Awards 2006, Jay R received three nominations, on which two were for the album (Favorite Male and Favorite Urban for "Just the Way You Are"). He lost the Favorite Male Artist award to Erik Santos and the Favorite Urban Video to Gloc-9's "Tula". On the 2006 Awit Awards, the album failed to have nomination on any category. Although, he was nominated for Best Performance by a Duet on "Say That You Love Me" with Kyla, losing the award to Nina and Thor's "The Closer I Get to You".[6][7] In 2007, he was nominated for R&B Artist of the Year on the Philippine Hip-Hop Awards, but was beaten by Nina on having the title.

Track listing

# Title Featured guest(s) Writer(s) Producer(s) Length
1 "Interlude Intro" Jay R Sillona, Jimmy Muna, Kris Lawrence Sillona, Muna, Lawrence 1:25
2 "Sexy Girl" Young Clipp Young Clipp, Big James, Riley Big James, Riley 3:53
3 "Just the Way You Are" Billy Joel 3AM Music 4:05
4 "I Got the Key" A. Merrit, Greg Pagani Pagani 4:11
5 "Hey Ma" J. Omley, N. Turpin, M. Mani, Merrit 3AM Music 3:11
6 "3 AM" Jdimes Omley, Turpin, Mani, Merrit 3AM Music 3:15
7 "I'd Rather" Eric Jackson Jason Edmonds, Michael Jeter, Jackson 4:12
8 "Everything" Jackson Jackson, The Arsonist 3:45
9 "How Many Times" Edmonds, Chaka Blackmon Edmonds, Jeter, Blackmon 3:21
10 "Tonight" Jackson Jackson, Mark Qura Rankin 3:54
11 "Goodbye" Big James Jackson, Edmonds 4:32
12 "Just the Way You Are" Samantha Mumba Joel 3AM Music 4:02
13 "Ngayo'y Narito" Sillona, Vehnee Saturno Sillona, Saturno 4:45
14 "Paalam" Kris Lawrence (background vocals) DJ M.O.D., T. Bailey DJ M.O.D. 4:10
15 "Di Ko Sadya" Saturno Sillona, Saturno, Jay Durias 4:03
16 "Seasons" (Sun Cellular theme) (bonus track) Sillona, Muna, Lawrence Sillona, Muna, Lawrence 2:39
17 "Fill the Thirst" (Tropicana theme) (bonus track) Sillona, Muna, Lawrence Sillona, Muna, Lawrence 2:24
18 "You Make Me Smile" (Colgate theme) (bonus track) Jimmy Muna Sillona, Muna, Lawrence Sillona, Muna, Lawrence 2:45

Personnel

  • 3AM Music - producer
  • The Arsonist - producer
  • Big James - producer, A&R director
  • Chaka Blackmon - producer
  • Ray Brown - executive producer
  • Adrian J. Cabel - album concept and design
  • Claudio Cueni - mixing
  • DJ M.O.D. - producer, arranger
  • Jay Durias - producer
  • Jason Edmonds - producer
  • Bill Dooley - mastering
  • Eric Jackson - producer
  • Dominique James - photography

  • Michael Jeter - producer
  • Kris Lawrence - producer
  • Angelo Macanaya - publisher
  • Dennis Macanaya - additional keyboards
  • Jimmy Muna - back-up vocals, producer
  • Greg Pagani - producer
  • Mark Qura Rankin - producer
  • Riley - producer
  • Elmir Saison - additional keyboards
  • Vehnee A. Saturno - producer
  • Jay R Sillona - lead vocals, back-up vocals, executive producer, producer, vocal arranger

Recording locations

Certifications

Country Provider Certification Sales
Philippines PARI Gold 20,000+

References

  1. "Jay R album information, tracklist and credits on Titik Pilipino". titikpilipino.com Retrieved 2010-06-01.
  2. "Jay R album info, background, writing and recording". titikpilipino.com Retrieved 2010-06-01
  3. 1 2 "Jay R album review on titik pilipino". titikpilipino.com Retrieved 2010-06-01
  4. Titik Pilipino review
  5. "List of 2006 MTV Pilipinas Music Awards nominees". Titik Pilipino, Retrieved 10-15-10
  6. "List of 2006 Awit Awards nominees". Titik Pilipino Retrieved 2010-08-30
  7. "List of 2006 Awit Awards winners". Titik Pilipino Retrieved 2010-08-30
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