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Afrodisiac

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Afrodisiac is the fourth album by American singer Brandy. The album was produced by Timbaland and co-produce by Warryn Campbell and Kanye West. Despite failure in sales, to date the album was still Brandy's most acclaimed album to date according to critics.

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2 Trivia
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About

Released in the United States on June 29, 2004 by Atlantic Records, Afrodisiac involves a number of personal and creative changes. Since the recording of Full Moon she was heavily preganant, broke up with her husband where she needs to cope up emotionally.

Despite all of those adversaries, the number single "Talk About Our Love" still managed to peak at number 36 in the U.S. Top 40 charts. The second single "Who Is She 2 U" peaked at number 78. Unfortunately, the single fell off the charts quickly and was considered a commercial failure. Though it was Certified Gold by RIAA. Not so long enough after the failure of "Who Is She 2 U", promotion for the Afrodisiac album ended and Brandy asked for and received a release from Atlantic in November 2004. Eventually, Brandy arranged a deal with Knockout Entertainment, owned by her younger brother Ray-J.

For the critics, Afrodisiac was still Brandy's most critically acclaimed album to date due to her notably deeper and richer vocals as compared in her previous albums. Both People and Rolling Stone rated Afrodisiac at four stars, with Rolling Stone comparing it to "Janet Jackson at her best.."

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Track

Track	Single	Duratio
1	Who I Am	3:35
2	Afrodisiac	3:47
3	Who Is She 2 U	4:43
4	Talk About Our Love	3:34
5	I Tried	4:45
6	Where You Wanna Be	3:32
7	Focus	4:07
8	Sadiddy	4:00
9	Turn It Up	4:12
10	Necessary	3:59
11	Say You Will	3:50
12	Come as You Are	3:44
13	Finally	3:53
14	How I Feel	4:41
15	Should I Go	4:56

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Awards & Certifications

Awards

Year	Award	Category
2005	Soul Train Music Award Nomination	Best R&B/Soul Album
2004	MTV Video Music Award Nomination	Best R&B Video for "Talk About Our Love"
2004	Grammy Award Nomination	Best Contemporary R&B Album

Certifications

Year	Album	RIAA
2004	Afrodisiac	1.5x Platinum Worldwide

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Chart Toppers

Year	Single	Hot R&B/HipHop	Billboard Hot 100
2004	Talk About Our Love	16	36
2004	Who Is She 2 U	43	85

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Album Credits

Performance Credits

Brandy Primary Artist, Vocals

Bruce Fowler Conductor

Nick Glennie-Smith Conductor

Larry Gold Conductor

Don Harper Conductor

Dave Robbins Keyboards

Shorty B. Bass

Timbaland Vocals

Ervin Pope Keyboards

Miri Ben-Ari Violin

Kanye West Rap

Mike Hartnett Guitar

Thaddeus T. Tribbett Bass

T.I. Rap

Eric Walls Guitar

George "Spanky" McCurdy Percussion

Parris Bowens Keyboards

Keenan "Kee Note" Holloway Bass

Glenn S. Jeffrey Guitar

Technical Credits

Jo Ann Campbell Vocal Assistance

Brian Gardner Mastering

Chris Gehringer Mastering

Larry Gold String Arrangements

Kenny Hicks Vocal Producer

Organized Noize Programming, drum programming

Brandy Vocal Producer

Static Vocal Assistance

Brandy Norwood Executive Producer

Timbaland Producer

Craig Kallman Executive Producer

Sean Davis Engineer

Miri Ben-Ari Violin Arrangement

Sean Cooper Sound Design

Senator Jimmy D Engineer

Blake English Engineer, Vocal Assistance

Kyambo "Hip Hop" Joshua Executive Producer

Geroid Roberson Executive Producer

Jun Ishizeki Engineer

Big Chuck Producer

Ron Feemster Producer

DeMonica Plummer Sample Clearance

Liz Barrett Art Direction

Kenisha Pratt Vocal Assistance

Eugene Toale Engineer

Bruce Beuchner Engineer

Cha Cha Jones Engineer

Kenneth Pratt Vocal Assistance

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Trivia

Though failure in sales, Afrodisiac was still Brandy's most critically acclaimed album to date due to its notable deeper and richer vocals compared to her previous albums.