The Senior

by Ginuwine

Overview

During hip-hop's reign at the top of the charts, a clever turn of catch phrase has often translated into multi-platinum sales, from "It's All About the Benjamins" to "Get Ur Freak On" to "Hot in Herre." Ginuwine's fourth album finds the R&B jack-of-all-trades attempting to get in on the game with tracks that mine urban lingo for potential hit combinations, from the golddigger dis track "Chedda Brings" to the club-life jam "Hell Yeah" to the partly self-explanatory "In Those Jeans" (as in "Is there any more room for me?"). As before, Ginuwine rises above most of his dozens of imitators in the contemporary R&B realm, with a set of productions -- from the returning Troy Oliver -- that fit his voice perfectly and rate as slightly edgier than the norm. Also unsurprising compared to his work from the past is Ginuwine exploring all aspects of love, moving from the explicitly carnal ("Sex," with Sole) to a poignantly paternal song ("Our First Born") within just a few minutes. After a parade of sexed-up R&B, though, it's refreshing to hit a pair of straight-ahead rap tracks near the end; Method Man lends his usual thug drawl to the excellent "Big Plans," while R. Kelly and Clipse add some spark to a remix of "Hell Yeah." ~ John Bush

Product Details

Release Date:	04/08/2003
Label:	Bmg / Bmg / Sony Music / Sony Music Entertainment
UPC:	0886976995928
Rank:	71224

Tracks

1. Mike Tyson
2. Get Ready
3. Chedda Brings
4. Hell Yeah; Hell Yeah\In Those Jeans (Interlude)
5. In Those Jeans
6. Stingy
7. Love You More
8. Bedda to Have Loved; Bedda to Have Loved\"Locked Down"
9. Locked Down
10. On My Way; On My Way\Sex (Interlude)
11. Sex
12. Bedda Man
13. Our First Born
14. Big Plans
15. Hell Yeah
16. Tigger & The Gizzle

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Ginuwine   Primary Artist
Baby   Primary Artist,Featured Artist
Mike Tyson   Primary Artist
Clipse   Primary Artist,Featured Artist
Method Man   Primary Artist,Guest Artist,Featured Artist
R. Kelly   Primary Artist,Guest Artist,Featured Artist
Snoop Dogg   Primary Artist,Guest Artist,Featured Artist
The Rock   Featured Artist
Jose Cenquentez   Featured Artist
Sole   Featured Artist
Troy Taylor   Vocals (Background)
James Freebarin-Smith   Vocals (Background)
Birdman   Rap
Jason Perry   Guitar
Larry Oliver   Keyboards
Aaron Fishbein   Guitar
Donnie Lyle   Guitar

Technical Credits

Nathan Wheeler   Assistant Engineer
Andy Gallas   Engineer,Programming
Michael Pickett   Assistant
Abel Garibaldi   Engineer
Calvin Broadus   Composer
Javier Valverde   Assistant
Scott Kieklak   Mixing,Engineer
James Freebarin-Smith   Producer
Julian Alexander   Art Direction
Tameka Foster   Stylist
Harvey "The Rock" Hester   Composer
Eliot Range   A&R
Anthony Mandler   Photography
MiMi "Audio" Parker   Assistant
Big Tigger   Producer
Rich Tapper   Engineer
Clipse   Composer
Jean-Marie Horvat   Mixing
Jason Perry   Composer,Producer
Ian Mereness   Engineer,Programming
Johnta Austin   Composer
Sam Thomas   Pro-Tools
R. Kelly   Mixing,Arranger,Composer,Producer,Remix Producer,Remix Arrangement
Josean Posey   Assistant
Andrew Coleman   Engineer
David McPherson   A&R,Executive Producer
Mike Tyson   Composer
Clifford Smith   Composer
Scott Storch   Composer,Producer,Drum Programming
Troy Oliver   Composer,Producer
Stephen Marsh   Mastering
Pablo Arraya   Assistant
Method Man   Composer
Brandon Howard   Composer
David Betancourt   Assistant
Vadim Chislov   Assistant
Bryan-Michael Cox   Composer,Producer,Instrumentation
Troy Taylor   Arranger,Composer,Producer,Instrumentation,Vocal Arrangement