After The Storm
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After The Storm is the third studion album on American R&B singer Monica. The album featured the batch of Missy Elliott-produced songs as "Get It Off", "So Gone", and "Knock Knock" where it provided a bulk of the most exciting material,.
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[edit] About
After The Storm was released in the United States on June 17, 2003 by J Records. Several tracks including "U Should've Known Better", "Ain't Gonna Cry No More", "I Wrote This Song", "Breaks My Heart" and "What Hurts The Most" where all carried over from her album All Eyez On Me which was scrapped after the failure of its first single for an early leak on the internet.
"So Gone" reached the number 10 spot of the Billboard Hot 100 while "Knock Knock", "Get It Off", and "U Should've Known Better where all top 20 hit. Later on, the album was certified gold by RIAA on 2003.
[edit] Tracks
| Track | Single | Duration |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Intro | 1:04 |
| 2 | Get It Off | 4:19 |
| 3 | So Gone | 4:02 |
| 4 | U Should've Known Better | 4:17 |
| 5 | Don't Gotta Go Home | 3:55 |
| 6 | Knock Knock | 4:18 |
| 7 | Breaks My Heart | 4:26 |
| 8 | I Wrote This Song | 3:48 |
| 9 | Ain't Gonna Cry No More | 4:10 |
| 10 | Go to Bed Mad | 4:37 |
| 11 | Hurts the Most | 4:44 |
| 12 | That's My Man | 4:34 |
| 13 | Outro [Remix] | 4:20 |
[edit] Chart Toppers
| Year | Single | Hot R&B | Billboard Hot 100 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | U Should've Known Better | 6 | 19 |
| 2003 | Knock Knock | 24 | 75 |
| 2003 | So Gone | 1 | 10 |
[edit] Certifications
| Year | Album | RIAA |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | After The Storm | Certified Gold |
[edit] Album Credits
Performance Credits
Monica Primary Artist
Montez Arnold Keyboard
Eric D. Jackson Guitar
Mark Kelly Bass
Tommy Martin Guitar
Billy Odum Guitar
Charles Pettaway Guitar
R.J. Guitar
Technical Credits
Monica Arnold Album Producer, Vocal Producer
Clive Davis Album Producer
Missy Elliott Executive producers, Producer
Craig Brockman Producers
Bryan Michael Cox Producers
Jasper DaFatso Producers
Darkchild Producers
DJ Scratchator Producers
Jermaine Dupri Producers
Jazze Pha Producers
Kanye West Producers
Soulshock & Karlin Producers
Spike & Jamahl Producers
LaShawn Daniels Vocal producer
Andre "Mister Deyo" Deyo Vocal producer
Harold Lilly Vocal producer
Tommy Niblack Vocal producer
Isaac Carree Vocal assistance
Shamora Crawford Vocal assistance
New Birth Praise Team Vocal assistance
Tweet Vocal assistance
Rich Balmer Engineer
Carlos Bedoya Engineer
Demacio Castellon Engineer
Brian Frye Engineer
Carlton Lynn Engineer
Bill Malina Engineer
Fabian Marasciullo Engineer
Michael McCoy Engineer
Sam Thomas Engineer
Arnold Wolfe Engineer
Marcella Araica Assistant engineers
Jimmy Briggs Assistant engineers
Ralph Cacciurri Assistant engineers
John Horesco IV Assistant engineers
Marc Stephen Lee Assistant engineers
Tadd Mingo Assistant engineers
Rabeka Tuinei Assistant engineers
Javier Valverde Assistant engineers
Chris Young Assistant engineers
Alexis Yraola Design
Alexis Yraola Art Direction
Chris Lebeau Art Department
Warwick Saint Photography
[edit] Trivia
- The album was released as a retooled version of her 2002 release of All Eyez on Me, that was partially scrapped after the failure and an early leak via the internet.
- "So Gone" became the number one single in the album making it at number 10 in the Billboard Hot 100.
[edit] Shop
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