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Late Night Special

 
Album Review: Late Night Special

  • Artist: Pretty Ricky
  • Rating: StarStarStar
  • Release Date: January 23, 2007
  • Type: Contains explicit content
  • Genre: Rhythm & Blues

Review

On the strength of "Grind with Me" and "Your Body," unapologetically sleazy brother act Pretty Ricky sold over 800,000 copies of their debut album, Bluestars. Follow-up Late Night Special ups the ante even more. They make forebears like Jodeci and Bell Biv DeVoe sound like pent-up prudes. Now that the members are a couple years older (they're no longer teenagers), their explicit flirtations don't seem quite as mismatched, and they also benefit from a set of songs that is stronger and more memorable ("On the Hotline" and "Leave It All to You" especially) than the debut. Producer Music Royale, who replaces Jim Jonsin, comes up with track after track of appealingly radio-ready backdrops, and the lyrical content isn't quite as one-dimensional. That said, lines like "Wanna drop it in your bucket," "I wanna put it in your stomach like some Robitussin," and "Make it firm like a bad perm" won't be winning any awards for chivalrous subtlety. ~ Andy Kellman, All Music Guide

Tracks

Track TitleComposersPerformersTime
Late Night Special (Lyrics) M.H. Cooper, S. Garrett Pretty Ricky (3:44)
On the Hotline (Lyrics) M.H. Cooper, S. Garrett Pretty Ricky (4:02)
Love Like Honey (Lyrics) J. Scott Skinner, M.H. Cooper Pretty Ricky (5:18)
Push It Baby (Lyrics) M.H. Cooper Pretty Ricky (3:26)
Leave It All Up to You (Lyrics) M.H. Cooper, S. Garrett Pretty Ricky (3:46)
Stay (Lyrics) M.H. Cooper Pretty Ricky (4:16)
So Confused (Lyrics) M.H. Cooper Pretty Ricky, Butta Creamé (4:29)
Personal Trainer (Lyrics) M.H. Cooper Pretty Ricky (4:08)
Up and Down (Lyrics) M.H. Cooper Pretty Ricky (4:38)
Peer Pressure (Lyrics) M.H. Cooper, James Scheffer, S. Garrett Pretty Ricky (3:34)
Make It Like It Was (Lyrics) M.H. Cooper, S. Garrett Pretty Ricky (6:26)

Credits

Chris Gehringer (Mastering), Debra Killings (Vocal Arrangement), Alvin Speights (Engineer), Alvin Speights (Mixing), Darrale Jones (A&R), Groove (Producer), Jimmy Douglas (Mixing), Craig Kallman (Executive Producer), Ricke Ricketts (Assistant), April Roomet (Stylist), "You Can Ask" Giz (Mixing), Nick Romei (Packaging Manager), Anne Declemente (A&R), Jim Jonsin (Producer), Ryan Bowser (Producer), Will Quinnell (Mastering Assistant), Ellen To (Art Direction), Ellen To (Design), Javier Morales (Assistant), Steve Nowa (Engineer), Diamond "Baby Blue" Smith (Engineer), Diamond "Baby Blue" Smith (Executive Producer), Marsha Hubert (A&R), Tahirah McLean (Art Manager), Music Royale (Producer), Steve Siraro (Engineer), Joseph Smith "Bluestar" (Executive Producer), Butta Creamé (Performer)
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Late Night Special
Studio album by Pretty Ricky
Released January 23, 2007 (U.S.)
Recorded 2006
Genre Dirty South, R&B, Hip hop, Pop rap
Label Bluestar Ent./Atlantic
Producer DeJa "The Great", Diamond Blue Smith, and Joseph "Bluestar" Smith, Static Major, Gorilla Tek
Professional reviews
Pretty Ricky chronology
Bluestars
(2005)
Late Night Special
(2007)
Eighties Babies
(2008)

Late Night Special is the second album from Pretty Ricky. It was released on January 23, 2007. The album debuted at #1 on the Billboard 200, selling about 132,000 copies in its first week.[1] In its second week on the chart it fell to #5 with 62,000 copies sold.[2] as of September 1, 2009 the album has sold over 850,000 copies worldwide.

The first single off of the album is On The Hotline and a video for the song was released January 7, 2007 as a new joint on BET. The other singles are Push It Baby and Love Like Honey.

Track listing

There is also a "New Version" with three bonus tracks, including two from their previous album.

# Title Time
1 Late Night Special 3:42
2 On the Hotline 4:03
3 Love Like Honey 5:01
4 Push It Baby 3:25
5 Leave It All Up to You 3:42
6 Stay 4:11
7 So Confused (featuring Butta Creamé) 4:25
8 Personal Trainer 3:54
9 Up & Down 4:33
10 Peer Pressure 3:29
11 Make It Like It Was 6:24
12 On the Rocks (iTunes bonus track) 3:51

Chart performance

They Hit Charts At #1 On Billboard 200 co written by Mike Owens & Shalika Johnson

AlbumBillboard (North America)

Year Chart Position
2007 The Billboard 200 1
2007 Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums 2
2008 UK Albums Charts 9
2008 Australian Albums 5

References

  1. ^ Jonathan Cohen, So far the album has sold over 440,000 copies."Pretty Ricky, Shins Grab Top Album Chart Spots", Billboard.com, January 31, 2007.
  2. ^ Jonathan Cohen, "Better 'Late' Than Never: Jones Debuts At No. 1", Billboard.com, February 7, 2007.
Preceded by
Daughtry by Daughtry
Billboard 200 number-one album
February 4, 2007 - February 10, 2007
Succeeded by
Not Too Late by Norah Jones

Co written by mike owens & shalika johnson

As of August 15, 2009, the album has sold 535,000 copies


 
 
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