It's Me Again

It's Me Again
Studio album by Tweet
Released	March 21, 2005
Recorded	2003–04; Audio Vision Studios (North Miami, Florida) Conjunction Studio, Universal Publishing Studios (Los Angeles, California) The Hit Factory Criteria (Miami, Florida) Quad Recording Studios (New York City, New York) Studio City Sound (Studio City, Los Angeles, California)
Genre	R&B, soul
Length	63:16
Label	Goldmind, Atlantic
Producer	Charlie Bereal, Kenneth Bereal, Craig Brockman, Marty Cintron III, Missy Elliott (also exec.), Kwamé, Madball Entertainment, Walter Millsap III, Steve Plunkett, Spencer Proffer, Soul Diggaz, Nisan Stewart, Timbaland, Tweet (also exec.)
Tweet chronology
Southern Hummingbird (2002) It's Me Again (2005) Love, Tweet (2008)
Singles from It's Me Again
"Turn da Lights Off" Released: October 5, 2004 "When I Need a Man" Released: September 30, 2005 "Cab Ride" Released: September 30, 2005 "We Don't Need No Water" Released: September 30, 2005 "Steer" Released: September 30, 2005

It's Me Again is the second studio album by American recording artist Tweet, released on March 21, 2005 by The Goldmind Inc. and Atlantic Records. The album debuted at number seventeen on the US Billboard 200 with first-week sales of 55,000 copies.^[1]

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.^[2] Southern Hummingbird was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) on April 30, 2002,^[3] and has sold 858,000 units in the US as of March 2005.^[4] 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.^[5] 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.^[6] In 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.^[7] 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.^[8][9]

Commercially the single was unsuccessful in the US, where it charted at eight on the US Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles an extension chart on the Hot 100. The song also peaked at thirty nine on the US Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs.^[10][11] However the song fared well on the UK Singles Chart peaking at twenty nine.^[12]

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	60/100[13]
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[5]
Entertainment Weekly	B−[14]
The Guardian	[15]
The New York Times	favorable[16]
PopMatters	6/10[17]
Rolling Stone	[18]
Slant Magazine	[19]
Stylus Magazine	B[20]
Vibe	[21]
Yahoo! Music	[22]

Chart performance

The album debuted at number seventeen on the US Billboard 200 with first-week sales of 55,000 copies, considerably lower than her debut which sold 195,000 in its opening week and has sold 858,000 copies.^[1]

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)	Missy 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 (co.), Brockman (co.), C. Bereal (co.)	5:06
4.	"Could It Be" (featuring Rell)	Keys, Gerrell Gaddis, 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 (co.)	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, Martin 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 (co.), Brockman (co.)	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 (add.)	2:50

Australia and Japan bonus track[23][24]
No.	Title	Length
16.	"Turn da Lights Off" (Remix featuring Missy Elliott)	3:25

Notes^[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.
• Track 15 contains the hidden track "When I Need a Man" from the USA Network original series Kojak, starring Ving Rhames.

Personnel

Credits for It's Me Again adapted from album liner notes.^[25]

Tweet – vocals (all tracks); producer (3); executive producer Marcella Araica – assistant tracking engineer, mixing assistant Carlos Bedoya – engineer, mixing Charlie Bereal – producer (7, 11–13); co-producer (3); guitar (8, 11–13) Kenneth Bereal – producer (11) Anita Marisa Boriboon – art direction, design Lisa Michelle Boyd – stylist Craig Brockman – producer (1, 6–8, 10, 11, 14); co-producer (3, 15A); keyboards (12) Jay Brown – A&R Joan Brown – product manager Marty Cintron III – acoustic guitar, producer (12) Annette Coleman – hair stylist Jimmy Douglass – mixing Dylan Dresdow – engineer, mixing Missy Elliott – producer (2, 5, 7–9, 13, 15A); rap (2, 7, 15A); executive producer Paul Falcone – mixing Josh Freese – drums (15B) David Heuer – engineer Kwamé – producer (2); co-producer (15A) Mark Liddell – photography Lucky – make-up Madball Entertainment – co-producer (9)

Patrick Magee – mixing assistant Stan Malveaux – engineer Walter Millsap III – engineer, mixing (all tracks); producer (4) Joshua Mittleman – personal assistant Israel "PT" Najera – engineer Neeko – hair stylist Michael Parnell – bass (15B) Steve Plunkett – arranger, guitar, producer (15B) Herb Powers, Jr. – mastering Spencer Proffer – keyboards, producer (15B) Rell – vocals (4) Mike Rivera – engineer Mona Scott – executive producer (15B) John "Jubu" Smith – bass (6, 10); guitar (10, 14) Soul Diggaz – producer (5, 9); drum programming (7); additional percussion (15B) Nisan Stewart – producer (6, 8, 10, 11, 13, 14); co-producer (3); drums (12) Tashawna – vocals (11) Timbaland – producer (13) Arnold Turner – photography Cesare Turner – horn (3, 9, 14) Javier Valverde – mixing assistant Tom Weir – engineer Andrew Zach – art producer

Charts

Chart	Peak position
Swedish Albums Chart[26]	50
UK Albums Chart[27]	158
US Billboard 200[28]	17
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums[28]	2

Release history

Region	Date	Label
United Kingdom[29]	March 21, 2005	Elektra Records
United States[5]	March 22, 2005	The Goldmind Inc., Atlantic Records
Japan[24]	March 24, 2005	Warner Music
Germany[30]	April 25, 2005
Australia[23]	May 13, 2005

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