Intuition | ||||
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Released | December 16, 2008 | |||
Recorded | 2007–08 | |||
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Label | J | |||
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Intuition is the third studio album by American R&B singer and actor Jamie Foxx. It was released on December 16, 2008, by J Records.[1]
The album features several guest artists, including T.I., Lil Wayne, Ne-Yo, Kanye West, Fabolous, T-Pain, The-Dream, Lil' Kim, Timbaland and Marsha Ambrosius. The album debuted at number three on the US Billboard 200 chart, selling 265,000 copies in the first week.[2] The album was certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).[3]
Intuition, as Foxx describes it, will focus on the needs and wants of the opposite sex.
"On my radio show I have this panel of beautiful women and they were talking about how men with a lot of money aren't all that. But if a guy has no money, that's no good either,” Foxx explained. "So I was thinking, What does a woman want? We go from there and build the story and the songs."[4]
The album's lead single "Just Like Me" featuring T.I., was released on August 19, 2008. The song debuted at number 48 on the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, before it peaked at number 8.[5] It also peaked at number 49 on the Billboard 100.
The remix to Ne-Yo's "Miss Independent," titled "She Got Her Own" featuring Ne-Yo; along with an American rapper Fabolous, which was released as the album's second single on December 14, 2008.
The album's third single "Blame It" featuring T-Pain, was released on January 26, 2009. In its first week, "Just Like Me", "Blame It" and "She Got Her Own" were charted on the top-ten in the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs at numbers 8, 1, and 2, respectively.
While on the Conan O'Brien show, Foxx performed the remix to "Digital Girl" featuring Canadian rapper Drake, during the interview with MTV News, as he stated; it will be his fourth single from Intuition.[6] The full studio version was leaked and officially released on June 19, 2009, which features guest appearances from Drake, adding Kanye West and The-Dream on this track.
Aggregate scores | |
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Source | Rating |
Metacritic | 56/100[7] |
Review scores | |
Source | Rating |
Allmusic | [8] |
Robert Christgau | [9] |
The Boston Globe | (positive)[10] |
Los Angeles Times | [11] |
DJBooth | [12] |
Los Angeles Times | [13] |
Vibe Magazine | (mixed)[14] |
Yahoo! Music UK | [15] |
USA Today | [16] |
Intuition received mixed reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from critics, the album received an average score of 56, which indicates "mixed or average reviews", based on 6 reviews.[7] Sarah Rodman of The Boston Globe reviewed the album positively, stating: "Like many contemporary R&B albums, the cameos sometimes crowd the main attraction, but Foxx is wise enough to intuit when it suits him best to share the spotlight."[10] Claire Lobenfeld of Vibe Magazine had a mixed review for the album, stating: "What is missing from Intuition is a balance between the party records and the slow jams. The division displays a lack of cohesiveness that separates the effort from being a great album into just a collection of potential singles."[14]
Emily Heward of MusicOMH.com, however, was less impressed with the album, commenting: "[Intuition's songs are] lost amidst over-enthusiastic vocal effects" and that "it is hard to recognize the soulful voice that landed him his Oscar."[17]
Intuition debuted at number three on the US Billboard 200, selling 265,000 copies in the first week.[2] This became Foxx's second US top-ten album.[2] In its second week, the album dropped to number nine on the chart, selling an additional 105,000 copies.[18] In its third week, the album climbed to number eight on the chart, selling 45,000 more copies.[19] In its fourth week, the album remained at number eight on the chart, selling 34,000 copies, bringing its four-week total to 449,000 copies.[20] On May 12, 2009, the album was certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for sales of over one million copies in the United States.[3]
In May 2009, Foxx announced he was going on tour in the support of his third album Intuition. The 40-city tour kicked off on July 2 in Anaheim and ended in October.
Unless otherwise indicated, Information is based on the album's liner notes[25]
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Just Like Me" (featuring T.I.) | Christopher Stewart, Terius Nash, Clifford Harris Jr. | Tricky Stewart (Music), The-Dream (Music), Kuk Harrell (Vocals), Christy Hall (Assistant) | 3:28 |
2. | "I Don't Need It" (featuring Timbaland) | Timothy Mosley, James Fauntleroy, James Washington, Jerome Harmon | Timbaland (Music), Jerome "J-Roc" Harmon (Music), Jim Beanz (Vocals), Mike Evans (Coordinator) | 3:58 |
3. | "Number One" (featuring Lil Wayne) | Justin Smith, Marsha Ambrosius, Dwayne Carter, Jr., Michael Diamond, Adam Horovitz, Rick Rubin, Adam Yauch | Just Blaze (Music), Marsha Ambrosius (Vocals) | 5:02 |
4. | "Digital Girl" (featuring Kanye West and The-Dream) | Stewart, Nash, Carter Jr., Kanye West, Faheem Najm, David Balfour, Evan Wilson | Tricky Stewart (Music), The-Dream (Music), Kuk Harrell (Vocals), Christy Hall (Assistant) | 4:47 |
5. | "Blame It" (featuring T-Pain) | Jamie Foxx, Christopher "Deep" Henderson, Nathan L. Walker, James T. Brown, Brandon R. Melanchon, John Conte, Jr., Najm, Breyon Prescott | Christopher "Deep" Henderson | 4:50 |
6. | "She Got Her Own" (with Ne-Yo and Fabolous) | Shaffer Smith, John Jackson, David Brown, Antonio Jimenez, Donna Summer | Butter Beats | 5:32 |
7. | "Intuition (Interlude)" | Foxx, Carlos McKinney | Los da Mystro | 1:46 |
8. | "I Don't Know" | Salaam Remi, Rico Love, Arthur Ross, Leon Ware, Steve Boone, Mark Sebastian, John Sebastian, Tre Hardson, Derrick Stewart, Emandu Wilcox, John Martinez, Romye Robinson | Salaam Remi (Music), Staybent Krunk-a-Delic (Co.), Rico Love (Vocals) | 3:23 |
9. | "Weekend Lover" | Calvin "Calvo da Gr8" Kenon, Rico Love | Calvo da Gr8 (Music), Rico Love (Vocals) | 4:13 |
10. | "Why" | Stewart, Nash | Tricky Stewart (Music), The-Dream (Music), Kuk Harrell (Vocals), Christy Hall (Assistant) | 4:53 |
11. | "Freak'in Me" (featuring Marsha Ambrosius) | Foxx, Elvis "Blac Elvis" Williams, Jamie Newman, B. Prescott, Ambrosius | Blac Elvis (Music), J-New (Music), Marsha Ambrosius (Vocals) | 3:46 |
12. | "Slow" | Stewart, Nash | Tricky Stewart (Music), The-Dream (Music), Kuk Harrell (Vocals), Christy Hall (Assistant) | 5:42 |
13. | "Rainman" | Stewart, Nash | Tricky Stewart (Music), The-Dream (Music), Kuk Harrell (Vocals), Christy Hall (Assistant) | 3:55 |
14. | "Overdose" | Foxx, Durrell Babbs, Lonny Bereal, Jason Bonner | Tank | 4:09 |
15. | "Love Brings Change" | Foxx, Celester Burwell, Lonny Bereal | Jamie Foxx | 4:05 |
Total length: | 63:29 |
No. | Title | Length |
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17. | "Street Walker" | 4:24 |
Total length: | 67:53 |
Credits are adapted from Allmusic[8] and the album's Liner Notes.[25]
Weekly charts[edit]
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Year-end charts[edit]
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Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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United States (RIAA)[30] | Platinum | 1,000,000^ |
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. |
Region | Date | Label |
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United States | December 16, 2008 | J Records |
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United Kingdom | January 12, 2009 |