Lyfe Change

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{{Infobox album

| name = Lyfe Change

| type = Studio

| artist = Lyfe Jennings

| cover = LyfeChange.jpg

| alt =

| released = April 29, 2008{{cite web|url=http://www.2lyfe.com/|title=Featured Content on Myspace|work=Myspace}}

| recorded = 2007–2008

| venue =

| studio =

| genre = {{hlist|R&B|soul|hip hop}}

| length = 51:34

| label = Sony Urban Music/Columbia / Music World Entertainment

| producer = Chester "Lyfe" Jennings (exec. producer), Joy Bounds (exec. producer)

| prev_title = The Phoenix

| prev_year = 2006

| next_title = I Still Believe

| next_year = 2010

| misc = {{Singles

| name = Lyfe Change

| type = Studio

| single1 = Cops Up

| single1date = 2007

| single2 = Never Never Land

| single2date = April 15, 2008

}}

}}

{{Music ratings

|rev1 = About.com

|rev1score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}{{cite web|url=http://randb.about.com/od/reviews/fr/LyfeChange.htm|title=Lyfe Jennings - Lyfe Change|author=Mark Edward Nero|work=About.com Entertainment}}

|rev2 = Allmusic

|rev2score = {{Rating|3|5}}[{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r1315108|pure_url=yes}} Allmusic review]

|rev3 = DJBooth

|rev3score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}{{cite web|url=http://www.djbooth.net/index/albums/review/lyfe-jennings-lyfe-change-0430081/|title=Lyfe Jennings - Lyfe Change|work=DJBooth.net}}

|rev4 = Okayplayer

|rev4score = (85/100)[http://www.okayplayer.com/reviews/lyfe-jennings-200805195732.html Okayplayer review]

}}

Lyfe Change is the third studio album by Lyfe Jennings, released on April 29, 2008.[{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=lyfe jennings|chart=all}} Billboard discography: release date and track listing]

"The album is called Lyfe Change because I'm changing it up a bit," explains Lyfe. "In the past I didn't work with different producers, I produced and wrote most of my albums by myself. But on this project I actually worked with different producers and a few writers."{{cite web|url=http://uk.music.ign.com/articles/852/852641p1.html|title=Lyfe Jennings Promotes Change|work=IGN|access-date=April 25, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110713005320/http://uk.music.ign.com/articles/852/852641p1.html|archive-date=July 13, 2011|url-status=dead}}

The first single off the album is called "Cops Up". It peaked at number 68 on Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs.[{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=lyfe jennings|chart=all}} Chart listings] The song was originally written for R&B duo, Luke & Q.

The second single is called "Never Never Land". It peaked at number 21 on Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs.

The third single has been released and is called "Will I Ever".

Lyfe Change debuted at number four on the U.S. Billboard 200 chart, selling about 80,000 copies in its opening week.Katie Hasty, [http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/1045488/madonna-leads-busy-billboard-200-with-7th-no-1 "Madonna Leads Busy Billboard 200 With 7th No. 1"], Billboard.com, May 7, 2008.

In the limited edition of the CD came with a DVD featuring a Live Performance in an Ohio Prison and the "Cops Up" music video.

The DVD is edited in both versions.

Track listing

  1. "Change the Game" (Intro) (featuring Walter Butch) - 1:33
  2. "Keep On Dreaming" - 3:40
  3. "Warriors" - 3:10
  4. "Never Never Land" - 3:58
  5. "Brand New" (featuring T.I.) - 3:10
  6. "It's Real" - 3:10
  7. "Cops Up" - 3:33
  8. "You Think You Got It Bad" (featuring Wyclef Jean) - 4:18
  9. "Wild, Wild, Wild" - 3:23
  10. "Midnight Train" - 3:18
  11. "Hmmm" - 3:41
  12. "Old School" (featuring Snoop Dogg) - 4:13
  13. "Us" (Interlude) - 1:17
  14. "Will I Ever" - 4:51
  15. "Baby I'm a Star" - 4:19

{{cite web|url=http://www.cduniverse.com/productinfo.asp?pid=7617430|title=Lyfe Jennings - Lyfe Change CD|work=cduniverse.com}}

  • Lil Wayne appeared on the original version of "Brand New" but was later re-recorded and Lyfe Jennings replaced him with T.I. for the album version. The original still exists and can be heard on YouTube.

Personnel

  • A&R – Chad Elliott, Lyfe Jennings
  • Art Direction – SLANG Inc.
  • Coordinator [A&R Operations] – Juli Knapp
  • Engineer [Assistant] – Elvis Aponte (tracks: 8), Mike Tschupp (tracks: 4, 14), Travis Stefl (tracks: 16, 17), Wilner Alexander (tracks: 8)
  • Executive-Producer – Joy Bounds, Chester "Lyfe" Jennings
  • Mastered By – Dave Kutch (tracks: 1 to 17), Mitsuyasu Abe (tracks: 18)
  • Management – Joy Bounds, Know Joy Entertainment, LLC, Mathew Knowles, Music World Entertainment, Inc.
  • Mixed By – Mitsuyasu Kaneko (tracks: 18), Rich Keller (tracks: 1 to 17)
  • Mixed By [Assistant] – Travis Stefl (tracks: 1 to 8, 10, 12, 13, 15)
  • Photography By – Roger Erickson
  • Recorded By – Aaron Renner (tracks: 11), "Super" Dave Clauss (tracks: 9), Lyfe Jennings (tracks: 1, 12, 15), Mike Cardenas (tracks: 12), Mike Tschupp (tracks: 7), Mitsuyasu Kaneko (tracks: 18), Rich Keller (tracks: 3 to 6, 8 to 10, 13, 14, 16, 17), Riley Mackin (tracks: 11), Wyatt Oates (tracks: 2)
  • Recorded By [Assistant] – Mike Tschupp (tracks: 3, 5, 6, 10, 13), Ryan Hobbs (tracks: 2)

Production

  1. Lyfe Jennings - Tracks 1,2,3,4,5,6,8,14,15
  2. The Underdogs - Tracks 7,10,11
  3. Steven Russell - Tracks 10,11
  4. Wyclef Jean - Tracks 8,9
  5. Jerry Wonda Duplessis - Track 8
  6. Logic - Track 9
  7. Luke & Q - Track 7

Charts

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= Year-end charts =

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scope="row"| US Billboard 200{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2008/top-billboard-200-albums|title=Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 2008|work=Billboard|accessdate=October 18, 2020}}

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scope="row"| US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard){{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2008/top-r-and-b-hip-hop-albums|title=Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums – Year-End 2008|work=Billboard|accessdate=October 18, 2020}}

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