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File:Tim McGraw.jpg singer Tim McGraw contributes vocals on "Over and Over".]]

While recording material for his third studio album, Nelly had his intention of producing one album. Songs were being recorded at a steady pace, with Nelly composing more ideas, to which he established the idea of two albums released simultaneously to house all the tracks.{{cite web|first=Shaheem|last=Reid|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1488146/06032004/nelly.jhtml|title=Nelly Explains The Fine Line Between Sweat And Suit|publisher=MTV News|date=June 3, 2004|access-date=December 16, 2023|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040704061710/http://www.mtv.com:80/news/articles/1488146/06032004/nelly.jhtml|archive-date=July 4, 2004}} On April 27, 2004, Nelly's representative initially described the upcoming albums as thematically dissimilar, "one is more melodic and party-oriented in the vein of records like "E.I." and "Tip Drill", while the other was described as having a "harder edge".{{cite web|first=Shaheem|last=Reid|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1486622/20040427/story.jhtml|title=Nelly To Pull A Guns N' Roses This Summer, With Mase In Tow|publisher=MTV News|date=April 27, 2004|access-date=December 16, 2023|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040622005342/http://www.mtv.com:80/news/articles/1486622/20040427/story.jhtml|archive-date=June 22, 2004}} Nelly would release singles accompanied by music videos from both albums. Talking to MTV News, Nelly went on to describe the differences between both albums; their titles of Sweat and Suit were announced on May 27, 2004.{{cite web|first=Shaheem|last=Reid|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1487996/20040527/story.jhtml|title=Tail Feathers Sore? Time To 'Flap Your Wings,' Nelly Says|publisher=MTV News|date=May 27, 2004|access-date=December 16, 2023|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040606082717/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1487996/20040527/story.jhtml|archive-date=June 6, 2004}} He noted Sweat as "more up-tempo" and "energetic", while characterizing Suit as more of "a grown-up and sexy vibe [...] it's more melodic".

Sweat and Suit were intended to be released on August 17, 2004, but was pushed back and released on September 14 in the United States, Canada and Japan.{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.com/Suit-Nelly/dp/B0002MPQIW/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1372535215&sr=8-1&keywords=nelly+suit|title=Suit: Nelly|website=Amazon.com|access-date=June 29, 2013}}{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.ca/Suit-Nelly/dp/B0002MPQIW/|title=Suit: Nelly|website=Amazon.ca|access-date=June 29, 2013}}{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.co.jp/Suit-Nelly/dp/B0002MPQIW/|title=Suit: Nelly|website=Amazon.co.jp|access-date=June 29, 2013}} Suit was released on September 13, 2004 in the United Kingdom and Germany.{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/Suit-Nelly/dp/B0002VJY54/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1372535419&sr=8-1&keywords=nelly+suit|title=Suit: Nelly|website=Amazon.co.uk|access-date=June 29, 2013}}{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.de/Suit-Nelly/dp/B0002MPQIW/|title=Suit: Nelly|website=Amazon.de|access-date=June 29, 2013}}

The lead single "My Place" interlopes composition from "Isn't It a Shame" by girl group Labelle and Randy DeBarge's 1982 "I Like It". It also samples elements of the Del-Vikings' 1957 soul ballad "Come Go with Me", which Jason Birchmeier of Allmusic recognized as a large influence to the song. Bordering between the genres of hip-hop and R&B, the song is primarily an "adult-oriented Southern-tinged hip-hop love song,"{{cite journal|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/09/19/arts/music/19sanneh.html?pagewanted=all&position=|title=Rap of Ages|date=September 19, 2004|first=Kelefa|last=Sanneh|journal=The New York Times|access-date=June 29, 2013}} with guitars, synthesizers, and "mixed high" and "mixed low" beats. Other tracks that bare similar characteristics to "My Place" include "Paradise" (which also utilizes a "finger-picked guitar" throughout), "Pretty Toes" and "She Don't Know My Name". Birchmeier declared "My Place" as the successor to Nelly's 2002 "Dilemma". "Over and Over" is a break-up ballad,{{cite magazine|first=David|last=Browne|url=http://www.ew.com/article/2004/09/13/suit|title=Suit Review|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|date=September 14, 2004|access-date=June 28, 2013|archive-date=October 22, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121022231433/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,695746,00.html|url-status=live}} that combines Nelly’s sedate side with Tim McGraw’s "twanging" guitar and vocals, with McGraw providing an overdubbed hook. "'N' Dey Say" samples Spandau Ballet’s 1983 "True"; lyrically, the track and "Paradise" both engage in the themes of "hope and the promise of something better". "Nobody Knows" featuring Anthony Hamilton was chosen as the "most sonically inventive track" on Suit by Todd Burns of Stylus Magazine, who depicted its "orchestral stabs" and MIDI strings, which "interweave uneasily".

"My Place" featuring Jaheim was released on July 20, 2004 as the album's lead single.{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.com/My-Place/dp/B000V6ADUU/|title=My Place: Nelly|website=Amazon.com|access-date=July 6, 2013}} It written by Nelly, Eldra DeBarge, Etterlene Jordan, Kenneth Gamble, Leon Huff, Randy Edelman, William DeBarge, Jaheim Hoagland, Dorian Moore and produced by Doe. The song topped both the New Zealand and Australian singles charts, becoming Nelly's first number one on the former chart, and his second on the latter, following "Dilemma". "My Place" remained on the charts for fifteen and thirteen weeks, respectively.{{cite web | url=http://australian-charts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Nelly+feat%2E+Jaheim&titel=My+Place&cat=s| title=australiancharts.com – Nelly feat. Jaheim – My Place | website=australiancharts.com | access-date=September 24, 2012}}{{cite web | url=http://charts.nz/showitem.asp?interpret=Nelly+feat%2E+Jaheim&titel=My+Place&cat=s| title=Charts.nz – Nelly feat. Jaheim – My Place | website=Charts.nz | access-date=April 21, 2019}} The song became his second number one on the UK Singles Chart on the week of September 11, 2004, again following "Dilemma". On the US Billboard Hot 100 and Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs charts, it peaked at number four.{{cite magazine | url={{BillboardURLbyName|artist=nelly|chart=Hot 100}} | title= Nelly Chart History: Hot 100 | magazine=Billboard | access-date=July 16, 2013}}{{cite magazine | url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/nelly/chart-history/bsi/ | title= Nelly Chart History | magazine=Billboard | access-date=April 21, 2019}} "My Place" was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) and Recorded Music NZ, for shipments of 500,000 and 7,500 units, respectively. It was certified platinum by the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA), for shipments of 70,000 copies.

"Over and Over" featuring country singer Tim McGraw was released as the second single on October 12, 2004. It was written by Nelly, Jayson "KoKo" Bridges, James D. Hargrove and Samuel McGraw and produced by Bridges. The song achieved commercial success, topping several charts, including the Irish Singles Chart,{{cite web | url=http://irish-charts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Nelly | title=irish-charts.com – Discography Nelly | website=irish-charts.com | access-date=September 24, 2012}} Australian Singles Chart and UK Singles Chart. It is the second single from the album to top the latter and former charts, following "My Place". The song remained at number one in Australia for five consecutive weeks,{{cite web | url=http://australian-charts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Nelly+feat%2E+Tim+McGraw&titel=Over+And+Over&cat=s| title=australiancharts.com – Nelly feat. Tim McGraw – Over and Over| website=australiancharts.com | access-date=September 24, 2012}} and stayed atop in the UK for one week. "Over and Over" peaked within the top five on the New Zealand Singles Chart and the Hot 100, Nelly's second top five hit on the Hot 100 from the album . "Over and Over" was certified two times platinum by the ARIA, denoting shipments of 140,000 copies. The RIAA awarded the song with a single platinum certification, for shipments of one million copies.

"'N' Dey Say" was released as the album's third and final single on May 23, 2005. The song was written by Nelly, Jayson Bridges and G. Kemp and produced by the former. It achieved its highest peak of number three on the Belgian Singles Chart (Flanders); it reached number six on the UK Singles Chart and number eight on the Belgian Singles Chart (Wallonia). The song reached the top twenty on the Irish Singles Chart, Finnish Singles Chart,{{cite web | url=http://finnishcharts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Nelly | title=finnishcharts.com – Discography Nelly | website=finnishcharts.com | access-date=September 24, 2012}} New Zealand Singles Chart and Australian Singles Chart. "'N' Dey Say" peaked at number sixty-four on the Hot 100, achieving moderate chart success in other territories.

{{Music ratings

| MC = 62/100

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1score = {{Rating|4|5}}Birchmeier, Jason. [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r704160|pure_url=yes}} "Nelly – Suit]. AllMusic. Retrieved on June 28, 2013.

| rev2 = Blender

| rev2score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{cite journal|date=October 2004|title=Review: Suit|journal=Blender|page=126}}

| rev3 = Entertainment Weekly

| rev3Score = A−{{cite magazine|first=David|last=Browne|url=https://ew.com/article/2004/09/13/suit/|title=Suit Review|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|date=September 14, 2004|access-date=August 29, 2023}}

| rev4 = The Guardian

| rev4Score = {{rating|2|5}}{{cite journal|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2004/sep/10/popandrock3|title=Nelly, Suit|date=September 10, 2004|first=Alexis |last=Petridis|journal=The Guardian|access-date=June 29, 2013}}

| rev5 = Los Angeles Times

| rev5score = {{Rating|3|4}}In these moments of reflection, Nelly emerges as a serious songwriter who moves the mind as effectively as he does the body. [26 Sep 2004]

| rev6 = NME

| rev6Score = 1/10{{cite journal|date=2 October 2004|title=Review: Suit|journal=NME|page=63}}

| rev7 = RapReviews

| rev7Score = 9/10{{cite web|first=Steve|last=Juon|url=http://www.rapreviews.com/archive/2004_09F_sweatsuit.html|title=Nelly's "Sweat" + 'Suit'|website=RapReviews.com|date=September 14, 2004|access-date=June 28, 2013}}

| rev8 = Rolling Stone

| rev8Score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/artists/nelly/albums/album/6438924/review/6486766/suit |title=RollingStone.com: CD Review – Nelly – Suit |date=September 22, 2004 |first=Rob |last=Sheffield |magazine=Rolling Stone |access-date=June 28, 2013 |url-status=unfit |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070817165612/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/nelly/albums/album/6438924/review/6486766/suit |archive-date=August 17, 2007 }}

| rev9 = Stylus Magazine

| rev9Score = D+{{cite web|url=http://www.stylusmagazine.com/review.php?ID=2343|title=Nelly – Suit|date=September 17, 2004|first=Todd|last=Burns|website=Stylus Magazine|access-date=June 29, 2013|archive-date=July 24, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090724205348/http://www.stylusmagazine.com/review.php?ID=2343|url-status=dead}}

| rev10 = Vibe

| rev10score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}There are plenty of surprises on Suit. [Oct 2004, p.184]

}}

Suit received generally mixed reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album has received an average score of 62, based on 16 reviews, which indicates "generally favorable reviews".{{cite web|first=David|last=Browne|url=http://www.metacritic.com/music/suit/nelly/critic-reviews|title=Critic Reviews for Suit – Metacritic|publisher=Metacritic|access-date=June 28, 2013}} Giving the album an A−, Entertainment Weekly{{'s}} David Browne lauded Suit, writing that Nelly "sounds convincing and appealing" throughout the album. Browne went on to further praise specific songs including the "summer-breezy" "Play it Off" and the "cozy hip-hop soul" housed "In My Life". RapReviews.com's Steve Juon presented a similar response, giving the album a nine-out-of-ten rating. Juon depicted Suit as being more formal compared to Sweat which takes creative risks. He praised the overall material quality within both Suit and Sweat, as well as their contrasting themes, going on to note the albums as "one of the best double albums" in hip-hop. Jason Birchmeier of Allmusic was hesitant of the simultaneous release of two album's, as they may suffer from being one dimensional, but liked the musical content within both Suit and Sweat, noting the former's to be more diversified. Birchmeier summed up Suit as "a brief album with absolutely no filler", describing its tracks as "fun" and "catchy."

In a mixed review, Jason King of The Village Voice wrote that tracks on Suit have the "sole intention of ending up as your next ringtone".{{cite journal|url=http://www.villagevoice.com/2004-11-23/music/hip-hop-doppelg-auml-ngers/1/|title=Hip-Hop Doppelgängers|date=November 23, 2004|first=Jason|last=King|journal=The Village Voice|access-date=June 29, 2013}} King noted some songs to "crumble" due to their "simplistic approach", while tracks like "Flap Your Wings" as "addictive". Stylus Magazine's Todd Burns praised several tracks on Suit, including "Over and Over" and "Nobody Knows", praising the former for combining Nelly's sedate side with Tim McGraw’s guitar and vocals. Despite this, Burns saw the album's highlights as "minimal at best", and closed his review disapproving of the album's mainstream approach. In a negative review, The Guardian{{'s}}

Alexis Petridis showed distaste for both Nelly's vocal technique and Suit{{'s}} tracks. Petridis described the album's songs as "gummy R&B ballads", while noting Nelly's egotism to overtake his abilities as an artist. Suit was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Rap Album at the 47th Grammy Awards,{{cite web|first=David|last=Browne|url=http://telepixtvcgi.warnerbros.com/v2/news/0205/11/grammynominees.html|title=Grammy Nominees 2005|publisher=Warner Bros.|access-date=June 28, 2013}} losing to Kanye West's The College Dropout.{{cite web|first=Tricia|last=McDermott|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/2005-grammy-award-winners/|title=2005 Grammy Award Winners|publisher=CBS News|access-date=June 28, 2013}}

In its opening week, Suit debuted atop the US Billboard 200 chart, selling 396,000 copies, becoming Nelly's third consecutive US number-one album following Country Grammar (2000) and Nellyville (2002).{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/66394/nelly-runs-sweat-suit-straight-to-the-top|title=Nelly Runs 'Sweat,' 'Suit' Straight To The Top|magazine=Billboard|access-date=June 28, 2013}} On the same day of Suit{{'s}} release, Nelly's Sweat, released in conjunction with the former album, debuted at number 2 on the Billboard 200, selling 342,000 copies. The combination of both album's opening figures of 737,000 surpasses that of Nellyville{{'s}}, which debuted with 714,000 copies sold. With the debuts, Nelly became the first act to achieve the feat of obtaining album's number one and number 2 on the US Top R&B/Hip Hop Albums chart simultaneously. He is the second artist, following American hard rock band Guns N' Roses, to achieve the same feat but on the Billboard 200 chart. Guns N' Roses attained the accomplishment in 1991 with Use Your Illusion II and Use Your Illusion I, with the former debuting at number one and the latter at number 2, selling 770,000 and 685,000 copies, respectively. The following week of Suit{{'s}} release, it fell to number 2 on the Billboard 200 chart, selling 160,000 copies, being replaced by Green Day's American Idiot (2004).{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/66300/the-american-way-green-day-debuts-at-no-1|title=The 'American' Way: Green Day Debuts At No. 1|magazine=Billboard|access-date=June 29, 2013}} In its third week, Suit sold 118,000 copies, dropping to number 5.{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/66209/rascal-flatts-feels-like-no-1|title=Rascal Flatts 'Feels Like' No. 1|magazine=Billboard|access-date=June 29, 2013}} In the album's fourth week of release, its sales increased to 122,000 copies, the only album of the week to have its sales rise; it sustained its position at number 5.{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/66114/straits-50-number-1s-bows-at-no-1|title=Strait's '50 Number 1s' Bows At No. 1|magazine=Billboard|access-date=June 29, 2013}} In its fifth week, Suit{{'s}} sales further increased to 144,000 units, gaining the title of Greatest Gainer, and rising from number 5 to number 3 on the chart.{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/66010/strait-arrow-50-number-ones-on-top-again|title=Strait Arrow: '50 Number Ones' On Top Again|magazine=Billboard|access-date=June 29, 2013}} The album's sales continued to increase in its sixth week of release, selling 153,000 copies, moving from number 3 to number 2.{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/65909/rod-returns-to-no-1-with-stardust|title=Rod Returns To No. 1 With 'Stardust'|magazine=Billboard|access-date=June 29, 2013}} It had passed one million copies in sales in the US that week.{{cite web|first=Joe|last=D'Angelo|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1493138/rod-rules-usher-slips-down-albums-chart.jhtml|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120210134740/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1493138/rod-rules-usher-slips-down-albums-chart.jhtml|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 10, 2012|title=Rod Rules, Nelly's Suit Steps Up, Usher Slips Down|website=MTV |access-date=June 29, 2013}} On November 1, 2004, Suit went on to be certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), denoting shipments of 500,000 copies. On January 19, 2005, the album was certified three times platinum by the RIAA, for shipments of three million copies.

On the Canadian Albums Chart, Suit debuted at number one, becoming Nelly's first album to top the chart in the country. The album debuted at number 6 on the New Zealand Albums Chart on the week of September 20, 2004, remaining at number 6 for two weeks, and dropping out of the chart after thirteen weeks. On the Australian Albums Chart, Suit reached at number 7, remaining on the chart for five weeks. Along with Sweat, Suit is Nelly's third consecutive album to peak within the top ten of the latter three charts. The album has been certified gold by the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) and Recorded Music NZ, for shipments of 35,000 and 7,500 copies, respectively. The album reached the top ten on the UK Albums Chart and German Albums Chart, at number 8. It has been certified platinum by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI), for shipments of 300,000 copies, on May 20, 2005. Suit peaked at number 11 on the Swiss Albums Chart on the week of September 26, 2004, dropping off the chart after eight weeks. It remained on the Dutch Albums Chart for seven weeks, debuting and peaking at number 17. The album was less successful in other territories, charting within the top thirty on the Austrian Albums Chart and Norwegian Albums Chart at number 29. Suit reached at number 34 on the Swedish Albums Chart, number 43 on the Belgian Albums Chart (Flanders) and number 72 on the French Albums Chart. The album's lowest charting position was on the Belgian Albums Chart (Wallonia), at number 83. It remained on it for three weeks.

{{Track listing

| headline = Suit track listing

| extra_column = Producer(s)

| title1 = Play It Off

| note1 = featuring Pharrell

| extra1 = The Neptunes

| writer1 = {{flatlist|

• Cornell Haynes, Jr.
• Chad Hugo
• Pharrell Williams

}}

| length1 = 3:47

| title2 = Pretty Toes

| note2 = featuring Jazze Pha and T.I.

| extra2 = Jazze Pha

| writer2 = {{flatlist|

• Haynes, Jr.
• Phalon Alexander
• André Benjamin
• Patrick Brown
• Clifford Harris, Jr.
• Raymond "Yoda" Murray
• Antwan Patton
• Rico Wade

}}

| length2 = 4:28

| title3 = My Place

| note3 = featuring Jaheim

| extra3 = Doe

| writer3 = {{flatlist|

• Haynes, Jr.
• Eldra DeBarge
• Etterlene Jordan
• Kenneth Gamble
• Leon Huff
• Randy Edelman
• William DeBarge
• Jaheim Hoagland
• Dorian "Doe" Moore

}}

| length3 = 5:36

| title4 = Paradise

| extra4 = {{flatlist|

• Doe
• AHM

}}

| writer4 = {{flatlist|

• Haynes, Jr.
• Moore
• Ahmed "AHM" Oliver

}}

| length4 = 4:36

| title5 = She Don't Know My Name

| note5 = featuring Snoop Dogg and Ronald Isley

| extra5 = {{flatlist|

• Big Boi
• the Beat Bullies

}}

| writer5 = {{flatlist|

• Haynes, Jr.
• Calvin Broadus, Jr.
• Ronald Isley
• Antwan Patton
• Nsilo Reddick
• Nicholas Sherwood

}}

| length5 = 4:26

| title6 = {{-'}}N' Dey Say

| extra6 = Bridges

| writer6 = {{flatlist|

• Haynes, Jr.
• Jayson "Koko" Bridges
• Gary Kemp

}}

| length6 = 3:37

| title7 = Woodgrain and Leather wit a Hole

| extra7 = Bridges

| writer7 = {{flatlist|

• Haynes, Jr.
• Bridges

}}

| length7 = 5:13

| title8 = In My Life

| note8 = featuring Avery Storm and Mase

| extra8 = Kuya Productions

| writer8 = {{flatlist|

• Haynes, Jr.
• Ralph Stasio
• Mason Betha
• Earl Gaynor
• Robert Gerongco
• Samual Gerongco

}}

| length8 = 3:40

| title9 = Over and Over

| note9 = featuring Tim McGraw

| extra9 = Bridges

| writer9 = {{flatlist|

• Haynes, Jr.
• Bridges
• James Hargrove
• Samuel McGraw

}}

| length9 = 4:14

| title10 = Nobody Knows

| note10 = featuring Anthony Hamilton

| extra10 = Jermaine Dupri

| writer10 = {{flatlist|

• Haynes, Jr.
• Jermaine Mauldin
• Anthony Hamilton
• James Phillips

}}

| length10 = 4:39

| title11 = Die for You

| extra11 = Soulshock & Karlin

| writer11 = {{flatlist|

• Haynes, Jr.
• Karlin
• Soulshock

}}

| length11 = 4:28

| total_length = 48:43

}}

{{track listing

| extra_column = Producer(s)

| headline = United Kingdom bonus tracks

| total_length = 57:26

| title12 = Ride wit Me (Remix)

| note12 = featuring City Spud

| extra12 = Epperson

| writer12 = {{flatlist|

• Haynes, Jr.
• Jason "Jay E" Epperson

}}

| length12 = 4:05

| title13 = Dilemma (Remix)

| note13 = featuring Kelly Rowland and Ali

| extra13 = Ryan Bowser

| writer13 = {{flatlist|

• Haynes, Jr.
• Kelendria Rowland
• Dupri
• Patricia Holte
• Ali Jones

}}

| length13 = 4:38

}}

Notes{{cite AV media notes|title=Suit|publisher=Universal Records|type=CD liner|id=986 393-6|year=2004}}

• "My Place" contains a portion of composition from "Isn't It a Shame" by girl group Labelle and Randy DeBarge's 1982 "I Like It". It samples elements of the Del-Vikings' 1957 "Come Go with Me".
• "'N' Dey Say" samples Spandau Ballet’s 1983 "True".

Credits adapted from AllMusic.[{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r704160/credits|pure_url=yes}} "Nelly – Country Grammar: Credits"]. Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved on June 28, 2013.

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• Ahm – producer
• Avery Storm – main personnel, primary artist, vocoder
• The Beat Bullies – producer
• Big Boi – producer
• Matt Brauss – bass
• Jayson Bridges – drums, keyboards, percussion, producer
• Sandy Brummels – art direction
• Chris Carmouche – engineer
• Andrew Coleman – audio engineer, engineer
• Jermaine Dupri – producer
• Michael Eleopoulos – assistant
• Brian Frye – engineer
• Richard "Rip" Gager – guitar
• Earl Gaynor – producer
• Chris Gehringer – mastering
• Robert Gerongco – producer
• Sam Gerongco – producer
• Anthony Hamilton – guest artist, main personnel, primary artist, vocals
• James D. "Sted Fast" II Hargrove – guitar, producer
• John Horesco IV – assistant
• Ronald Isley – main personnel, primary artist, vocals
• Jaheim – guest artist, main personnel, primary artist, rap
• Jazze Pha – audio production, main personnel, primary artist, producer, rap, various instruments
• Kim Moore Johnson – vocals (background)
• Rajinder Kala – congas

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• Karlin – producer
• Chip Karpells – assistant, assistant engineer, mixing assistant
• Debra Killings – bass
• Kuya Brothers – producer
• Kevin Law – engineer
• Bryan Loss – drums
• LROC – producer
• Dan "Thunda Dan" Marshal – engineer, guitar
• Mase – guest artist, main personnel, primary artist, rap
• Brandon "B Don" Matthews – engineer
• Tim McGraw – guest artist, main personnel, primary artist, vocals
• Tadd Mingo – assistant
• Carl Nappa – audio engineer, engineer
• Nelly – executive producer, main personnel, primary artist, rap
• The Neptunes – audio production, producer
• Jared Nugent – assistant, assistant engineer
• Onion – guitar
• Shorty B. – bass, guitar
• Snoop Dogg – guest artist, main personnel, primary artist, rap
• Soulshock – producer
• Joe Spix – art direction, design
• T.I. – guest artist, main personnel, primary artist, rap
• Phil Tan – mixing
• Richard Travali – mixing
• Serge Tsai – engineer
• James White – photography
• Pharrell Williams – main personnel, primary artist, vocals

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• List of number-one albums of 2004 (U.S.)
• List of number-one R&B albums of 2004 (U.S.)
• List of number-one albums of 2004 (Canada)

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Category:Universal Records albums

Category:Albums produced by Big Boi

Category:Albums produced by Soulshock and Karlin