Sean Kingston (album)

Infobox Album
Name = Sean Kingston
Type = studio
Artist = Sean Kingston


Released = July 31, 2007
Recorded = 2006–2007
Genre = Reggae, pop, hip hop
Length = 48:43
Label = Beluga Heights, Epic, Geffen, Viacom, Koch
Producer = J. R. Rotem, DJ Felli Fel
Reviews =
* Allmusic Rating|3.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:0nfqxzy5ldfe link]
* Yahoo rating-10|6 [http://uk.launch.yahoo.com/071003/33/21m59.html link]
* entertainment.ie Rating|1|5 [http://entertainment.ie/album-review/Sean-Kingston---Sean-Kingston/5207.htm link]
*MusicMeter.nl Rating|3|5 [http://www.musicmeter.nl/album/85299 link]
Last album =
This album = "Sean Kingston"
(2007)
Next album = TBA
(2008/2009)
Misc = Singles
Name = Sean Kingston
Type = studio
single 1 = Beautiful Girls
single 1 date = May 26, 2007
single 2 = Me Love
single 2 date = July 31, 2007
single 3 = Take You There
single 3 date = October 23, 2007
single 4 = There's Nothin' (Remix) [cite web|title=Sean Kingston Goes For A New Sound With Juelz Santana ... But He's Still Mr. 'Beautiful Girls'| url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1582320/20080226/kingston_sean.jhtml]
single 4 date = March 13, 2008
single 5 =
single 5 date =

"Sean Kingston" is the name of the eponymous first album by Sean Kingston, released on July 31, 2007. The album was produced by J. R. Rotem. Sean Kingston wrote the lyrics with help from Evan Bogart. The album has been certified platinum as of April 2008.

The album entered the U.S. "Billboard" 200 chart at #6 and fell to #13 the following week. [Katie Hasty, [http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003622881 "Common Scores First No. 1 On Billboard 200"] , Billboard.com, August 8, 2007.] The album reached #2 on RIANZ in its second week.

Track listing

#"Intro" - 0:34
#"Kingston" - 3:28
#"Take You There" - 3:54
#"Me Love" - 3:24
#"Beautiful Girls" - 4:02
#"Dry Your Eyes" - 3:32
#"Got No Shorty" - 3:22
#"There's Nothin'"(featuring Paula DeAnda) - 3:57
#"I Can Feel It" - 3:27
#"Drummer Boy" - 3:37
#"Your Sister" - 3:30
#"That Ain't Right" - 3:41*
#"Change" - 3:38
#"Colors 2007 (Reggae Remix)" (featuring Vybz Kartel & Kardinal Offishall) (Bonus track) - 4:39

Produced by DJ Felli Fel for Rock Hill Productions and Jonathan "J.R." Rotem for Beluga Heights*

Deluxe edition

Tracks featured on the deluxe version of the album (from iTunes)
*"There's Nothin'" (featuring Élan of The D.E.Y. and Juelz Santana)
**Replaces the original version
*"Big Girls Don't Cry" (Remix) (Fergie featuring Sean Kingston)
*"Beautiful Girls" (music video)
*"Me Fuck" (music video)
*"Take You There" (music video)
*"There's Nothin'" (music video) (The D.E.Y. & Juelz Santana)
*"No Woman, No Cry" (Australian iTunes bonus)

Re-release

#Intro
#Kingston
#Take You There
#Me Love
#Beautiful Girls
#Dry Your Eyes
#Got No Shorty
#There's Nothin (Featuring The Dey And Juelz Santana)
#Can You Feel It
#Drummer Boy
#Your Sister
#That Ain't Right
#Change
#Colors (2007) (Reggae Remix Featuring Vybz Kartel And Kardinal Offishall) [http://www.sanity.com.au/product/product.asp?sku=2108623 Re-release]

amples and credits

*"Me Love" - derived from the song, "D'yer Mak'er", written by Jimmy Page, Robert Plant, John Paul Jones and John Bonham; performed by Led Zeppelin
*"Beautiful Girls" - contains portions of and features samples from the recording, "Stand By Me", written by Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller and Ben E. King; performed by Ben E. King
*"Got No Shorty" - contains interpolations of the composition, "I Ain't Got Nobody", written and performed by Bing Crosby
*"I Can Feel It" - features samples of the recording, "In The Air Tonight", written and performed by Phil Collins
*"Colors" - contains an interpolation of the track, "Colors", written by Tracy Morrow and Charles Glenn; performed by Ice-T.

References