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
- "Change the Game" (Intro) (featuring Walter Butch) - 1:33
- "Keep On Dreaming" - 3:40
- "Warriors" - 3:10
- "Never Never Land" - 3:58
- "Brand New" (featuring T.I.) - 3:10
- "It's Real" - 3:10
- "Cops Up" - 3:33
- "You Think You Got It Bad" (featuring Wyclef Jean) - 4:18
- "Wild, Wild, Wild" - 3:23
- "Midnight Train" - 3:18
- "Hmmm" - 3:41
- "Old School" (featuring Snoop Dogg) - 4:13
- "Us" (Interlude) - 1:17
- "Will I Ever" - 4:51
- "Baby I'm a Star" - 4:19
- 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
- Lyfe Jennings - Tracks 1,2,3,4,5,6,8,14,15
- The Underdogs - Tracks 7,10,11
- Steven Russell - Tracks 10,11
- Wyclef Jean - Tracks 8,9
- Jerry Wonda Duplessis - Track 8
- Logic - Track 9
- Luke & Q - Track 7
Charts
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= Weekly charts =
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= Year-end charts =
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scope="col"| Chart (2008)
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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}}
| 183 |
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}}
| 36 |
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References
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Category:Albums produced by the Underdogs (production team)
Category:Albums produced by Wyclef Jean