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The Senior
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| Released | April 8, 2003 | |||
| Genre | R&B[1] | |||
| Length | 72:09 | |||
| Label | Epic | |||
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The Senior is the fourth studio album by American singer Ginuwine. It was released in the United States on April 8, 2003, via Epic Records. The album was primarily produced by Bryan-Michael Cox, with additional production from Scott Storch, R. Kelly, Brandon Howard and Joe Little III. The album debuted at No. 6 on the US Billboard 200 with first-week sales of 122,000 copies and was certified Gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).[2][3] The Senior was supported with the release of three singles, with all of them appearing on the Billboard Hot 100: "Hell Yeah" peaking at No. 17, "In Those Jeans" peaking at No. 8, and "Love You More" peaking at No. 78.
During an interview with 106 & Park, Ginuwine stated that Missy Elliott and Tweet were among the producers that worked on the album, however their contributions didn't make the final cut.[4]
Critical reception
[edit]| Aggregate scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | (60/100)[5] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [1] |
| Blender | [5] |
| Drowned in Sound | (7/10)[6] |
| Entertainment Weekly | C[7] |
| People | (mixed)[8] |
| Robert Christgau |  [9] |
| Rolling Stone | [10] |
| Vibe |  [11] |
The Senior received generally favorable reviews from music critics, averaging a 60 out of a 100 among averaged reviews on Metacritic.[5] Allmusic editor John Bush wrote the 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 [...] As before, Ginuwine rises above most of his dozens of imitators in the contemporary R&B realm, with a set of productions that fit his voice perfectly and rate as slightly edgier than the norm."[1] Entertainment Weekly's Craig Seymour found that "on the finest tracks of his fourth set, R&B balladeer Ginuwine delivers cliched slow jams with convincing emotion. But too much of the album skews toward the dance floor rather than the bedroom, with Ginuwine’s vocals lost in a routine groove. He calls this The Senior, but it’s sophomoric, at best."[7] Vibe magazine remarked that "not much has changed for Ginuwine since his debut. He's still racing R. Kelly to see who can sing the ladies out of their panties first."[11]
Commercial performance
[edit]The Senior debuted and peaked at number six on the US Billboard 200, selling 122,000 copies in its first week, a little shy of the 152,000 copies Ginuwine's 2001 album The Life had debuted with.[12] On Billboard's component charts, it became his first album to top the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart.[12] The Senior was eventually certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for the shipment of over 500,000 copies in the United States.[12] By November 2005, the album had sold over 863,000 units, according to Nielsen Soundscan.[12]
Track listing
[edit]| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Mike Tyson" (Intro) | 0:12 | ||
| 2. | "Get Ready" (featuring Snoop Dogg & The Rook) |
| Oliver | 4:35 |
| 3. | "Chedda Brings" (featuring Jose Cenquentez) |
| Oliver | 3:36 |
| 4. | "Hell Yeah"/"In Those Jeans (Interlude)" (featuring Baby) |
| 5:38 | |
| 5. | "In Those Jeans" |
| 4:03 | |
| 6. | "Stingy" |
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| 4:19 |
| 7. | "Love You More" |
| 4:01 | |
| 8. | "Bedda to Have Loved" |
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| 11:31 |
| 9. | "Locked Down" |
| Storch | 5:03 |
| 10. | "On My Way"/"Sex" (Interlude) |
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| 4:56 |
| 11. | "Sex" (featuring Solé) |
| Storch | 3:50 |
| 12. | "Bedda Man" |
| Storch | 3:45 |
| 13. | "Our First Born" |
| Taylor | 4:15 |
| 14. | "Big Plans" (featuring Method Man) |
| Oliver | 3:27 |
| 15. | "Hell Yeah (Remix)" (featuring R. Kelly, Baby & Clipse) |
| Kelly | 4:28 |
| 16. | "Tigger & the Gizzle" |
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| 4:28 |
Notes
Charts
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Certifications
[edit]| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
|---|---|---|
| United States (RIAA)[22] | Gold | 863,000[21] |
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Allmusic review
- ^ "Godsmack Takes 'Faceless' Straight to No. 1". 17 April 2003.
- ^ "Gold & Platinum". Recording Industry Association of America.
- ^ "Ginuwine 2003 hell yeah". YouTube. 6 July 2011. Archived from the original on 2021-12-21. Retrieved January 2, 2014.
- ^ a b c Critic reviews at Metacritic
- ^ "Drowned in Sound review". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2013-03-17.
- ^ a b Entertainment Weekly review
- ^ People review
- ^ Robert Christgau Consumer Guide
- ^ Album reviews at CD Universe
- ^ a b Vibe review
- ^ a b c d Fiasco, Lance (April 17, 2002). "Godsmack Takes 'Faceless' Straight to No. 1". Idobi.com. Retrieved September 12, 2021.
- ^ "Albums : Top 100". Jam!. May 1, 2003. Archived from the original on October 26, 2004. Retrieved April 11, 2023.
- ^ "R&B : Top 50". Jam!. June 26, 2003. Archived from the original on July 3, 2003. Retrieved January 29, 2023.
- ^ "Lescharts.com – Ginuwine – The Senior". Hung Medien. Retrieved September 12, 2021.
- ^ "Dutchcharts.nl – Ginuwine – The Senior" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved September 12, 2021.
- ^ "Ginuwine Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved July 5, 2018.
- ^ "Ginuwine Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved July 5, 2018.
- ^ "Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 2003". Billboard. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
- ^ "R&B/Hip-Hop Albums: Year End 2003". Billboard. Retrieved July 4, 2018.
- ^ Mitchell, Gail (19 November 2005). "Ginuwine Grows Up". Billboard. Retrieved 13 September 2021.
- ^ "American album certifications – Ginuwine – The Senior". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved July 5, 2018.
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