

Omarion then became one of the more popular solo contemporary Ru0026B artists of the late 2000s - a Grammy-nominated singer who worked with top-level producers and songwriters such as Timbaland, the Neptunes, Rodney Jerkins, Bryan-Michael Cox, and Tank.

With Omarion as their lead singer, the group scored five Top 20 Ru0026B/Hip-Hop hits, as well as one gold-selling album and one platinum-selling album. Recording Industry Association of America.Singer, songwriter, dancer, and actor Omarion, born Omari Ishmael Grandberry in Inglewood, California, fronted the young pop-Ru0026B group B2K from 1999 through its 2004 split. ^ "American album certifications – Omarion – O".^ "Year-End Charts: R&B/Hip-Hop Albums – 2005".^ "Year-End Charts: Billboard 200 Albums – 2005".^ "Omarion Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)".^ "Omarion Chart History ( Billboard 200)".: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) ( link) ^ "Rick Ross Has 'Clinical Direction' To New Signings, Says Def Jam President"."50 Cent Massacres Album Chart Competition". "Chart Watch Extra: What A Turkey! The 25 Worst-Selling #1 Albums" Archived December 4, 2008, at the Wayback Machine. ^ a b Whitmire, Margo (March 2, 2005).

Kimo Easterwood, Jonathan Mannion, Joaquin Palting – photography.Justin Shtuntz, Rob Skipworth – mixing assistance.Kevin "KD" Davis, Jean-Marie Horvat, Dave Russell, Dexter Simmons, Phil Tan – mixing.David Ashton, Andrew Coleman, Brian Garten, Jaymz Hardy Martin III, Dabling Harward, Sam Lobue II, Chris 'TEK' O'Ryan, Angelo Quaglia, Dave Russell, Brian Summer, Wassim Zreik – engineers.Quintin Aney, Durrell Babbs, Charles "Charlie" Crawford, Eric Dawkins, One Chance, Sean Garrett, Pierre Medor – vocal assistance.Sean Garrett, Pierre Medor – vocal producers.Pharrell, Darkchild, Chris Stokes, Tank, The Underdogs, Sean Garrett, Corna Boyz, AllStar, L.T.Percy Richard, Omarion Grandberry, Marques Houston, Henley Regisford Jr., Chris Stokes – executive producers."Never Gonna Let You Go (She's a Keepa)" contains a replay of "Electric Frog (Part II)" as written by Richard Westfield, George Brown, Robert Bell, Ronald Bell, Claydes Smith and Robert Mickens."I'm Gon' Change" featured background vocals by Omarion, One Chance and Pierre Medor."Never Gonna Let You Go (She's a Keepa)" featured background vocals by Charles "Charlie" Crawford and Jamie Vick."Drop That Heater" featured background vocals by Omarion and Sean Garrett."I'm Tryna" featured background vocals by Babbs and Dawkins."O" featured background vocals by Durrell Babbs and Eric Dawkins."I Wish" featured background vocals by Omarion and Quintin Aney.As of April 2012, the album has sold 765,000 copies in the United States. On March 31, 2005, the album was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for sales of over 500,000 copies in the United States. In its third week, the album fell to number 12 on the chart, selling 45,030 more copies. In its second week, the album dropped to number eight on the chart, selling an additional 77,000 copies. The album debuted at number one on the US Billboard 200 chart, selling 182,000 copies in its first week of release. Billboard contributor Gail Mitchell praised the collaboration between Omarion and his producers for delivering "a healthy helping of repeat-worthy songs." Jem Aswad of Entertainment Weekly said of the record, "he ballads on this solo debut have way too much whipped cream, but there are some surprisingly tough touches of funk and crunk ("Drop That Heater," the Missy-esque "Take It Off")." AllMusic editor Andy Kellman said that the album works best when the tracks are "lighthearted, summery funk ("Never Gonna Let You Go (She's a Keepa)") and have production done by the Neptunes ("Touch") and Rodney Jerkins ("Drop That Heater") instead of being overly sexual, concluding that "Had Omarion been less concerned with street credibility, realizing that it might be better to allow his young fan base to mature along with him, this debut would've been more than satisfactory." Kathi Kamen Goldmark of Common Sense Media also found the content overdone in its musings of sexual imagery, saying that it sounds "more jarring than seductive", concluding that "here's a lot of potential here, if the artist can come up with some better, more subtly sexy material." Commercial performance The album received mixed reviews by critics.
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