Naked

• Artist: Marques Houston
• Rating:
• Release Date: May 24, 2005
• Type: Contains explicit content
• Genre: Rhythm & Blues

Review

Whenever an album is titled Naked, the odds are pretty strong that it's the second or third release from a young solo artist who wants to get personal: "I wanted to give my fans a more intimate look at who I am"; "I called this album Naked because I'm not ashamed of my emotions"; "I just went through a lot of drama, and I'm an adult now, so these songs are very deep as a result." In Marques Houston's case -- a solo artist with a debut behind him -- the odds are pretty strong that he means "naked" in the physical sense, not the emotional sense. Naked is no deeper than 2003's MH, which most of his fans will find perfectly acceptable. It offers a similar mix of earnest slow jams and sexually frank club tracks. The best moments involve adequate production facsimiles of Just Blaze ("12 O'Clock"'s marching band punch), Kanye West (the blissful "All Because of You," laced with a smart Whispers sample), and the Neptunes ("Something Else," where Houston's falsetto is more Michael Jackson than Pharrell Williams). Another thing that works to Houston's benefit is the shorter running time: Naked's 11 songs are a lot easier to digest than MH's 17, which also means that there's better quality control. ~ Andy Kellman, All Music Guide

Tracks

Track Title	Composers	Performers	Time
All Because of You (Lyrics)	Pierre Medor	Marques Houston, Young Rome	(3:32)
Sex Wit You (Lyrics)	S.K. Russell	Marques Houston	(4:38)
Marriage	Brandon Howard, Marques Houston	Marques Houston	(4:14)
12 O'Clock (Lyrics)	Joe Budden, Marques Houston, Chris Stokes	Joe Budden, Marques Houston	(3:54)
Naked (Lyrics)	S.K. Russell	Marques Houston	(4:26)
Do You Mind (Lyrics)	Lamonte Lassiter	Marques Houston	(4:14)
Cheat (Lyrics)	Brandon Howard, Marques Houston	Marques Houston	(3:57)
I Wasn't Ready (Lyrics)	Pierre Medor	Marques Houston, Rufus Blaq	(3:55)
Something Else (Lyrics)	Marques Houston, Chris Stokes, Chris "Rawdog" Denson	Marques Houston	(3:08)
I Like It (Lyrics)	Chris Stokes, Marques Houston, Cory Bold	Dame, Marques Houston, RaRa	(3:53)
Everything		Marques Houston	(4:47)

Credits

Tank (Producer), Chris Stokes (Executive Producer), Marques Houston (Vocals (Background)), Dave Russell (Engineer), Kelton Kessee (Photography), Henley Regisford, Jr. (Executive Producer), Lamonte Lassiter (Instrumentation), Rufus Blaq (Producer), Chris Stokes (Stylist), Adonis Stropshire (Vocals (Background)), Pierre Medor (Vocals), Tiger DaBeat Banga (Instrumentation), Durrell Babbs (Vocals (Background)), Cory Bold (Producer), Naima Jamal (Make-Up), Tiger DaBeat Banga (Engineer), Marques Houston (Producer), Chris "Rawdog" Denson (Instrumentation), Dabling Harward (Engineer), Chris "TEK" ORyan (Mixing), The Underdogs (Producer), Pierre Medor (Vocal Producer), Chris "TEK" ORyan (Engineer), Tiger DaBeat Banga (Producer), Brandon Howard (Producer), Dabling Harward (Editing), Dave Russell (Editing), Eric Weissman (Sample Clearance), Lamonte Lassiter (Producer), The Underdogs (Mixing), Cory Bold (Instrumentation), Tank (Vocals (Background)), Chris "Rawdog" Denson (Producer), Marques Houston (Executive Producer), Brian "Big Bass" Gardener (Mastering), Kimo Easterwood (Photography), The Underdogs (Executive Producer), Chris Stokes (Producer), Ketrina Askew (Executive Producer), Adonis Stropshire (Engineer)

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