American Me (album)
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{{Infobox album
| name = American Me
| type = studio
| artist = CL Smooth
| cover = Americanme.jpg
| alt =
| released = {{Start date|2006|10|31}}
| recorded =
| studio =
| genre = Hip-hop
| length = {{Duration|m=54|s=24}}
| label = Shaman Work
| producer = {{hlist|Deleterio|Don Joe|KayGee|Mike Loe|Pete Rock|Rsonist|Squarta|Tramp Baby}}
| prev_title = The Main Ingredient
| prev_year = 1994
| next_title = The Outsider
| next_year = 2007
| misc =
}}
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = AllHipHop
| rev1score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}{{Cite web |last=Stephenson |first=Kye |date=November 14, 2006 |title=American Me |url=https://allhiphop.com/reviews-music/american-me/ |access-date=June 10, 2025 |website=AllHipHop |language=en-US}}
| rev2 = HipHopDX
| rev2score = 3.5/5{{Cite web |last=Virly |first=Justin |date=November 20, 2006 |title=CL Smooth - American Me |url=https://hiphopdx.com/reviews/id.720/title.cl-smooth-american-me |access-date=June 10, 2025 |website=HipHopDX |language=en}}
| rev3 = RapReviews
| rev4 = XXL
| rev4score = L (3/5){{Cite magazine |last=Johnson |first=Brett |date=August 18, 2006 |title=CL Smooth American Me |url=https://www.xxlmag.com/cl-smooth-american-me/ |url-status=unfit |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061110101202/http://xxlmag.com/online/?p=3928 |archive-date=November 10, 2006 |access-date=June 10, 2025 |magazine=XXL |language=en}}
}}
American Me is the debut solo studio album by American rapper CL Smooth. It was released on October 31, 2006 via Shaman Work Recordings. Production was handled by Mike Loe, KayGee, Rsonist, Tramp Baby, Deleterio, Don Joe, Pete Rock and Squarta.
The album was supported by three singles: "It's a Love Thing", "Warm Outside" b/w "I Can't Help It" and "American Me". The song "It's a Love Thing" was previously released as a single b/w "Appreciate" from Pete Rock's 2004 studio album ''Soul Survivor II", and peaked at number 34 on the UK Hip Hop and R&B Singles Chart.
Track listing
{{Track listing
| all_writing =
| extra_column = Producer(s)
| title1 = American Me Intro
| writer1 = {{hlist|Corey Penn|Michael Warren}}
| extra1 = Mike Loe
| length1 = 2:16
| title2 = American Me
| writer2 = {{hlist|Penn|Gregory Green}}
| extra2 = Rsonist
| length2 = 4:05
| title3 = I Can't Help It
| writer3 = {{hlist|Penn|Warren|Corin Paul Thomas Dingley}}
| extra3 = Mike Loe
| length3 = 3:45
| title4 = Call on Me
| writer4 = {{hlist|Penn|Terence Abney|Dingley}}
| extra4 = {{hlist|KayGee|Tramp Baby}}
| length4 = 3:52
| title5 = Black Heart Radio Interlude
| writer5 = {{hlist|Penn|Dingley}}
| extra5 = Mike Loe
| length5 = 0:51
| title6 = CL Smooth Unplugged
| writer6 = {{hlist|Penn|Dingley}}
| extra6 = Squarta
| length6 = 4:11
| title7 = Warm Outside
| writer7 = {{hlist|Penn|Green}}
| extra7 = Rsonist
| length7 = 3:52
| title8 = Terrorism Interlude
| writer8 = {{hlist|Penn|}}
| extra8 = {{hlist|Deleterio|Don Joe}}
| length8 = 1:23
| title9 = Gorilla Pimpin
| writer9 = {{hlist|Penn|Keir Gist|Abney}}
| extra9 = {{hlist|KayGee|Tramp Baby}}
| length9 = 4:24
| title10 = The Impossible
| writer10 = {{hlist|Penn|Dingley}}
| extra10 = Mike Loe
| length10 = 3:59
| title11 = It's a Love Thing
| writer11 = {{hlist|Penn|Peter Phillips}}
| extra11 = Pete Rock
| length11 = 4:50
| title12 = Smoke in the Air
| writer12 = {{hlist|Penn|Dingley}}
| extra12 = Mike Loe
| length12 = 3:23
| title13 = Travel Sometime Interlude
| writer13 = {{hlist|Penn|Dingley}}
| extra13 =
| length13 = 0:28
| title14 = The Stroll
| writer14 = {{hlist|Penn|Green}}
| extra14 = Rsonist
| length14 = 3:58
| title15 = American Me Outro
| writer15 = {{hlist|Penn|Dingley}}
| extra15 = Mike Loe
| length15 = 2:03
| title16 = All We Ever Know
| writer16 = {{hlist|Penn|Warren|Dingley}}
| extra16 = Mike Loe
| length16 = 3:50
| title17 = Heaven Is Watching You
| writer17 = {{hlist|Penn|Gist|Abney}}
| extra17 = {{hlist|KayGee|Tramp Baby}}
| length17 = 3:14
| total_length = 54:24
}}
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{Discogs master|204578|C.L. Smooth – American Me}}
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