Eve-Olution

"Gangsta Lovin'" was released in September 2002 as the first single from the album. In the United States, it peaked at number two on both the Billboard Hot 100 (becoming Eve's second highest-charting song on the chart) and R&B/Hip-Hop Songs charts.[https://www.allmusic.com/album/eve-olution-r604376/charts-awards/billboard-single Eve - Eve-Olution - Billboard singles] Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved January 5, 2011. Internationally, it peaked inside the top twenty in most countries such as Norway, New Zealand, Belgium, the UK and Switzerland, among others, except for Austria, where it peaked at forty-one.[http://australian-charts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Eve+feat.+Alicia+Keys&titel=Gangsta+Lovin'&cat=s australian-charts.com - Eve feat. Alicia Keys - Gangsta Lovin'] Hung Medien.[http://austriancharts.at/showitem.asp?interpret=Eve+feat.+Alicia+Keys&titel=Gangsta+Lovin'&cat=sb austrianchart.at - Eve feat. Alicia Keys - Gangsta Lovin'] Hung Medien.

"Satisfaction" was released as the second and final single from the album in late March 2003. It saw moderate success in the US, reaching at number twenty-seven on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and number twenty-two on the R&B/Hip-Hop chart.[{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=eve|chart=all}} Satisfaction - Eve | Billboard.com] Nielson Business Media, Inc. Retrieved January 5, 2011. It debuted inside the top twenty in the UK, and dropped off the chart after four weeks.[https://www.officialcharts.com/search/singles/After%20All%20ft%20Jael "Eve - Satisfaction".] Chart Stats. Retrieved January 4, 2011. It was a minor hit in the Netherlands, where it only peaked at number eighty-seven.[http://dutchcharts.nl/showitem.asp?interpret=Eve&titel=Satisfaction&cat=s dutchcharts.nl - Eve - Satisfaction] Hung Medien / hitparade.ch. Retrieved January 4, 2011.

{{Music ratings

| MC = 68/100{{cite web|url=https://www.metacritic.com/music/eve-olution/eve/critic-reviews|title=Critic Reviews for Eve-Olution|website=Metacritic|access-date=December 30, 2012}}

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1score = {{Rating|2.5|5}}

| rev2 = Blender

| rev2score = {{Rating|3|5}}

| rev3 = E! Online

| rev3score = B+{{cite web|url=http://www.eonline.com/Reviews/Facts/Music/RevID/0,1107,2771,00.html|title=Reviews: Eve, Eve-Olution|website=E! Online|access-date=February 17, 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20021227071609/http://www.eonline.com/Reviews/Facts/Music/RevID/0,1107,2771,00.html|archive-date=December 27, 2002}}

| rev4 = Entertainment Weekly

| rev4score = B+

| rev5 = IGN

| rev5score = 8.5/10

| rev6 = NME

| rev6score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/eve/6651|title=Eve : Eve-Olution|last=Segal|first=Victoria|website=NME|date=August 20, 2002|access-date=December 30, 2012}}

| rev7 = Robert Christgau

| rev7score = {{Rating-Christgau|cut}}{{cite web|url=http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?name=eve|title=CG: Eve|last=Christgau|first=Robert|author-link=Robert Christgau|publisher=RobertChristgau.com|access-date=December 30, 2012}}

| rev8 = Rolling Stone

| rev8score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/recordings/review.asp?aid=2044629|title=Recordings: Eve, Eve-Olution|last=Walters|first=Barry|magazine=Rolling Stone|date=September 19, 2002|access-date=December 30, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020902150238/http://www.rollingstone.com/recordings/review.asp?aid=2044629|archive-date=September 2, 2002|url-status=dead}}

| rev9 = Slant

| rev9score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}

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In a positive review, Entertainment Weekly writer said that Eve-Olution is a "more complex and sophisticated sound that dexterously mixes up moods and tones." He also stated that "instead of the record coming off like a pu-pu platter -- a little R&B from column A, a little pop from column B -- it maintains its focus, making it a wholly satisfying experience." Hope Gonzalez of IGN called the album a "smorgasbord of beats" because it "dapples in soul, electronic, and even salsa music to create yet another opus of hip-pop jingles." She also said "Gangsta Lovin'" is "quite different" from most of the tracks on the album because it is "the most radio-friendly track on the album."

Slant Magazine{{'}}s Sal Cinquemani said "Eve fares better when the rhythms are sexy and the rhymes are slick". AllMusic noted that the "focus here is less hip-hop and more contemporary R&B, with fewer rappers invited as guests". He dismissed the songs "What" and "Gangsta Lovin'" as "surprisingly mediocre", adding that the guest vocalists are "vamping over bland choruses and Eve contributing only a few good rhymes." He compared the album to Eve's previous releases and claimed "Eve-Olution can't offer as much as either of her first two solid LPs." In contrast, Cinquemani said that "Eve's Eve-Olution might not change the order of the hip-hop food chain as we know it but it's another tight record that will undoubtedly keep her, um, rydin' high."

Eve-Olution debuted and peaked at number six on the US Billboard 200 and number one on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart, with first-week sales of 122,000 copies.{{cite web |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/coldplay-608-1379617 |title=A "Rush" To The Top Of The Charts! |website=NME|date=September 5, 2002|access-date=February 17, 2025 }} It also reached the top ten in Canada, and Switzerland. For domestic shipment figures of over 500,000 copies, it was certified Gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) on November 18, 2002. By September 2006, Eve-Olution had sold 630,000 copies in the United States, according to Nielsen SoundScan.{{cite web |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/eve-drafts-top-producers-for-here-i-am-57102/ |title=Eve Drafts Top Producers For ‘Here I Am’ |website=Billboard|date=September 29, 2006|access-date=February 17, 2025 }} In 2013, the album also reached Silver status in the United Kingdom.

{{Track listing

| headline = Eve-Olution track listing

| extra_column = Producer(s)

| title1 = Intro

| writer1 =

| extra1 =

| length1 = 1:24

| title2 = What!

| note2 = featuring Truth Hurts

| writer2 = {{hlist|Eve Jeffers|Shari Watson|Andre Young}}

| extra2 = Dr. Dre

| length2 = 3:19

| title3 = Gangsta Lovin{{'-}}

| note3 = featuring Alicia Keys

| writer3 = {{hlist|Jonah Ellis|Lonnie Simmons|Alisa Yarbrough}}

| extra3 = {{hlist|Irv Gotti|Channel 7}}

| length3 = 3:59

| title4 = Irresistible Chick

| writer4 = {{hlist|Jeffers|Irving Lorenzo|Seven Aurelius}}

| extra4 = {{hlist|Gotti|Channel 7}}

| length4 = 3:34

| title5 = Party in the Rain

| note5 = featuring Mashonda

| writer5 = {{hlist|Jeffers|Mashonda Tiffrere|Kasseem Dean}}

| extra5 = Swizz Beatz

| length5 = 4:10

| title6 = Argument

| note6 = Skit

| extra6 = {{hlist|Eve|Jay "Icepick" Jackson}}

| length6 = 1:14

| title7 = Let This Go

| writer7 = {{hlist|Jeffers|Terrance Lovelace|Robert Waller}}

| extra7 = Hotrunner

| length7 = 4:12

| title8 = Hey Y'all

| note8 = featuring Snoop Dogg and Nate Dogg

| writer8 = {{hlist|Jeffers|Lovelace|Waller|Calvin Broadus|Nathanial Hale}}

| extra8 = Hotrunner

| length8 = 4:04

| title9 = Figure You Out

| writer9 = {{hlist|Jeffers|Samuel Barnes|Jean-Claude Olivier|Francisco Pimental}}

| extra9 = {{hlist|Pimental|Poke & Tone}}

| length9 = 3:14

| title10 = Stop Hatin{{'-}}

| note10 = Skit

| extra10 = {{hlist|Eve|Jackson}}

| length10 = 1:43

| title11 = Satisfaction

| writer11 = {{hlist|Jeffers|Young|Mike Elizondo}}

| extra11 = {{hlist|Dr. Dre|Elizondo}}

| length11 = 4:18

| title12 = Neckbones

| writer12 = {{hlist|Jeffers|Amon Flanagan|Jean Baptiste|Wade Warner}}

| extra12 = {{hlist|Neckbones|Flanagan}}

| length12 = 3:55

| title13 = Double R What

| note13 = featuring Jadakiss and Styles P

| writer13 = {{hlist|Jeffers|Jeffers|Dean|David Styles|Jason Philips}}

| extra13 = Swizz Beatz

| length13 = 3:56

| title14 = Ryde Away

| note14 = featuring Anthony Hamilton

| writer14 = {{hlist|Jeffers|Roosevelt Harrell}}

| extra14 = Bink!

| length14 = 3:44

| title15 = As I Grow

| writer15 = {{hlist|Jeffers|Armique Wyche}}

| extra15 = Staxx

| length15 = 3:49

| title16 = Eve-Olution

| writer16 = {{hlist|Jeffers|Christian Ward}}

| extra16 = Teflon

| length16 = 3:59

| total_length = 54:45

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{{Track listing

| headline = International bonus tracks

| extra_column = Producer(s)

| title17 = Let Me Blow Ya Mind

| note17 = featuring Gwen Stefani

| writer17 = {{hlist|Jeffers|Young|Elizondo|Scott Storch|Steven Jordan}}

| extra17 = {{hlist|Dr. Dre|Storch}}

| length17 = 3:50

| title18 = U, Me & She

| writer18 = {{hlist|Jeffers|Lorenzo|James Mtume}}

| extra18 = Gotti

| length18 = 3:52

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Sample credits

• "Gangsta Lovin'" contains elements from "Don't Stop the Music" as written by Alisa Yarbrough, Jonah Ellis, and Lonnie Simmons.
• "Double R What" contains a sample of "P.S.K. What Does It Mean" as written by Jesse Weaver, Jr.
• "U, Me & She" contains a portion of the composition "You, Me and He" as written by James Mtume.

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• Dee Dean – executive producer
• Waah Dean – executive producer
• Eve – producer, executive producer
• Jay "Icepick" Jackson – arranger, executive producer, producer
• Steve Stout – production executive
• Drew Fitzgerald – creative director
• Larry Chatman – project coordinator
• Ekaterina Kenney – creative assistance
• Dr. Dre – producer, mixing
• Mike Elizondo – producer, guitar, keyboard, bass
• Irv Gotti – producer
• Hot Runner – producer
• Neckbones – producer
• Poke & Tone – producer
• Staxx – producer
• Swizz Beatz – producer

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• Teflon – producer, additional vocals
• Larry Phillabaum – guitar, keyboards, mixing
• Steve Baughman – mixing
• Barry Goldstein – mixing
• Rich Keller – mixing
• Doug Wilson – mixing
• Brian Springer – mixing
• Gabe Chiesa – engineer
• Carlisle Young – engineer, vocal engineer
• Tom Rounds – assistant engineer
• Sam Story – assistant engineer
• Tony Dawsey – mastering
• Anthony Hamilton - vocals
• Tracie Spencer – background vocals
• Joe Zee – stylist
• Alexander Allen – stylist
• Michael Hart Thompson – photography
• Richard Page – make-up

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{{Certification Table Entry|type=album |region=United States |artist=Eve |title=Eve-Olution |award=Gold |certyear=2002 |relyear=2002 |access-date=September 28, 2020|refname="RIAA"}}

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{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/eve-olution-mw0000226872|title=Eve-Olution - Eve|last=Bush|first=John|website=AllMusic|access-date=December 30, 2012}}

{{cite magazine|url=https://ew.com/article/2002/09/06/eve-olution/|title=Eve-olution Review|last=Weingarten|first=Marc|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|date=September 6, 2002|access-date=August 29, 2023}}

{{cite web|url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2002/10/03/eve-olution|title=Eve-Olution|last=Gonzalez|first=Hope|website=IGN|date=October 3, 2002|access-date=December 30, 2012}}

{{cite magazine|url=https://www.slantmagazine.com/music/review/eve-eve-olution/206|title=Eve: Eve-Olution|last=Cinquemani|first=Sal|magazine=Slant Magazine|date=August 27, 2002|access-date=December 30, 2012}}

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