Open Invitation#Track listing

{{Infobox album

| name = Open Invitation

| type = Studio

| artist = Tyrese

| cover = Tyrese-Open-Invitation-Cover.jpg

| alt =

| released = {{Start date|2011|11|1}}

| recorded = 2010–11

| venue =

| studio =

| genre = R&B

| length = {{Duration|m=51|s=23}}

| label = {{flatlist|

Voltron
EMI

}}

| producer = {{flatlist|

Tyrese (exec.)
Jeff Robinson (exec.)
Isabella Castro (co-exec.)
B.A.M.
David Banner
R. Kelly
Kendall Nesbitt
Lil' Ronnie
DeWayne Swan
Swiff D

}}

| prev_title = Alter Ego

| prev_year = 2006

| next_title = Black Rose

| next_year = 2015

| misc = {{Singles

| name = Open Invitation

| type = Studio

| single1 = Stay

| single1date = August 16, 2011

| single2 = Too Easy

| single2date = August 30, 2011

}}

{{music ratings

| aggregate1 =

| aggregate1score =

| rev1 = Allmusic

| rev1score = {{Rating|2.5|5}}[{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r2273173|pure_url=yes}} Allmusic review]

| rev2 = Billboard

| rev2score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/review/1067547/album-review-tyrese-open-invitation/|title=Album Review: Tyrese, 'Open Invitation'|work=Billboard|date=November 3, 2011|access-date=March 1, 2020}}

| rev3 = The Washington Post

| rev3score = (positive){{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/review/1067547/album-review-tyrese-open-invitation/|title=Music review: 'Open Invitation' by Tyrese|work=The Washington Post|author=Sarah Godfrey|date=October 31, 2011|access-date=March 1, 2020}}

}}

Open Invitation is the fifth studio album by American singer Tyrese. It was released on November 1, 2011, by his label Voltron Recordz and was distributed by EMI. This became Tyrese's first album released on his label Voltron Recordz since his departure from J Records. The production on the album was handled by multiple producers including David Banner, B.A.M., R. Kelly, Lil' Ronnie, and Swiff D among others. The album also features guest appearances by Rick Ross, Ludacris, T.I., Jay Rock, Big Sean, R. Kelly, Busta Rhymes and Faith Evans.

Open Invitation was supported by two singles: "Stay" and "Too Easy". The album received generally positive reviews from music critics and was a commercial success. It debuted at number nine on the US Billboard 200 chart, selling 76,000 copies in its first week, making it Tyrese's second top 10 album. At the 55th Grammy Awards, the album received a nomination for Best R&B Album which was presented on February 10, 2013.

Singles

The album's lead single was "Stay" was released for digital download in the United States on August 16, 2011.{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.com/Stay/dp/B005F83518/ |title=Stay [Explicit]: Tyrese: MP3 Downloads |date= |access-date=2011-10-03}} The single missed the Billboard Hot 100 chart, but peaked at number 11 on the US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart.{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/tyrese/chart-history/bsi/|title=Billboard Chart History HRBHH - Tyrese|access-date=March 1, 2020}} The album's second single "Too Easy", which features Ludacris, was released for digital download on August 30, 2011.{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.com/Too-Easy-Feat-Ludacris-Explicit/dp/B005ICBM0M/|title=Too Easy [Explicit]: Tyrese: MP3 Downloads |date= |access-date=2011-10-03}} The single peaked at number 38 on the US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart dated October 15, 2011. The music video was released on October 12, 2011. The album's third single "Nothing On You" peaked at number 61 on the US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart dated June 9, 2012.

Commercial performance

Open Invitation debuted at number nine on the US Billboard 200 chart, selling 76,000 copies in its first week of release.{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/465232/justin-biebers-mistletoe-brightens-billboard-200-with-no-1-debut#:~:text=Justin%20Bieber%20continues%20to%20break,artist%20to%20debut%20at%20No.|title=Justin Bieber's 'Mistletoe' Brightens Billboard 200 With No. 1 Debut|work=Billboard|author=Keith Caulfield|date=November 9, 2011|access-date=March 1, 2020}} This became Tyrese's second US top-ten debut on the chart. In the second week, the album dropped to number 18 on the chart, selling an additional 33,000 copies.{{cite magazine|last=Jacobs|first=Allen|title=Hip Hop Album Sales: The Week Ending 11/13/2011|url=http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/news/id.17630/title.hip-hop-album-sales-the-week-ending-11-13-2011|magazine=Hip Hop DX|access-date=16 November 2011}}{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/billboard-200/2011-11-26|title=BB200 - 2011-11-26|access-date=March 1, 2020}} In its third week, the album dropped to number 28 on the chart, selling 21,000 more copies.{{cite web|url=http://www.sohh.com/2011/11/drake_takes_care_of_the_competition_chil.html|author=Cyrus Langhorne|title=Drake Takes Care Of The Competition, Childish Gambino Camps Outside Top 10, Webbie Gets Savage|work=4CONTROL Media|access-date=2011-11-23}}{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/billboard-200/2011-12-03|title=BB200 - 2011-12-03|access-date=March 1, 2020}} As of June 2015, the album has sold 375,000 copies in the United States.{{cite magazine|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150617165737/http://hitsdailydouble.com/new_album_releases |archive-date= June 17, 2015 |url=http://hitsdailydouble.com/new_album_releases |title=Upcoming Releases |magazine=Hits Daily Double |publisher=HITS Digital Ventures }}

Track listing

{{track listing

| extra_column = Producer(s)

| total_length = 51:23

| title1 = I'm Home

| note1 = featuring Jay Rock

| writer1 = {{hlist|Michael Harris|Brandon Hodge|Tyrese Gibson}}

| extra1 = {{hlist|B.A.M.|Tyrese{{ref|a|[a]}}|Kendrick Dean{{ref|b|[b]}}|Tim Carter{{ref|b|[b]}}}}

| length1 = 3:55

| title2 = I Gotta Chick

| note2 = featuring R. Kelly and Rick Ross

| writer2 = {{hlist|Robert Kelly|William Roberts II|Hodge|Gibson}}

| extra2 = {{hlist|B.A.M.|Tyrese{{ref|a|[a]}}}}

| length2 = 4:09

| title3 = Stay

| note3 =

| writer3 = {{hlist|Hodge|Asaleana Elliott|Aaron Sledge|Christopher Lacy|James Smith|Gibson}}

| extra3 = {{hlist|B.A.M.|Tyrese{{ref|a|[a]}}}}

| length3 = 3:49

| title4 = Best of Me

| writer4 = {{hlist|Hodge|Elliott|Sledge|Lacy|Gibson}}

| extra4 = {{hlist|B.A.M.|LaShawn Daniels{{ref|b|[b]}}|Dean{{ref|b|[b]}}|Carter{{ref|b|[b]}}}}

| length4 = 3:37

| title5 = Nothing on You

| writer5 = {{hlist|Hodge|Michael Harris|Dean|Donald Atkins|Cedric Smith|Gibson}}

| extra5 = {{hlist|B.A.M.|Dean{{ref|b|[b]}}}}

| length5 = 3:54

| title6 = One Night

| note6 =

| writer6 = {{hlist|Ronnie Jackson|Kameron Glasper|Phillip Cornish|Dean|Quinnes Parker}}

| extra6 = {{hlist|Lil' Ronnie|Dean{{ref|b|[b]}}|Carter{{ref|b|[b]}}}}

| length6 = 2:45

| title7 = It's All on Me

| writer7 = {{hlist|Jackson|Glasper|Cornish}}

| extra7 = {{hlist|Lil' Ronnie|Dean{{ref|b|[b]}}|Carter{{ref|b|[b]}}}}

| length7 = 2:56

| title8 = Too Easy

| note8 = featuring Ludacris

| writer8 = {{hlist|Hodge|Sledge|Harris|Lacy|Gibson|Christopher Bridges}}

| extra8 = {{hlist|B.A.M.|Carter{{ref|b|[b]}}}}

| length8 = 4:13

| title9 = Takeover

| writer9 = {{flatlist|Hodge|Elliott|Lacy|Jackson|Smith|Gibson}}

| extra9 = {{hlist|B.A.M.|Dean{{ref|b|[b]}}}}

| length9 = 4:02

| title10 = I Miss That Girl

| note10 =

| writer10 = {{flatlist|Hodge|Sledge|Lacy|Gibson}}

| extra10 = {{hlist|B.A.M.|Dean{{ref|b|[b]}}|Carter{{ref|b|[b]}}}}

| length10 = 3:32

| title11 = Interlude

| note11 =

| writer11 = Gibson

| extra11 = {{hlist|B.A.M.|Tyrese}}

| length11 = 0:55

| title12 = Make Love

| writer12 = {{flatlist|Hodge|Sledge|Elliott|Lacy|Gibson}}

| extra12 = {{hlist|B.A.M.|Kendall Nesbitt{{ref|a|[a]}}|Dean{{ref|b|[b]}}}}

| length12 = 4:12

| title13 = Angel

| note13 = featuring Candace

| writer13 = {{flatlist|Kelly|Gibson}}

| extra13 = {{hlist|B.A.M.|Kelly{{ref|b|[b]}}}}

| length13 = 4:23

| title14 = Walk (A Poem to My Fans)

| writer14 = Gibson

| extra14 = B.A.M.

| length14 = 4:54

}}

{{track listing

| headline = iTunes Store bonus tracks[https://web.archive.org/web/20111103220654/http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/open-invitation/id471662867]. iTunes.com. Retrieved December 30, 2011.

| extra_column = Producer(s)

| total_length = 60:51

| title15 = What Took You So Long

| note15 =

| writer15 = {{hlist|Kenyon Dixon|Neka Brown|James Smith}}

| extra15 = DeWayne Swan

| length15 = 5:04

| title16 = Fireworkz

| note16 =

| writer16 = James Smith

| extra16 = {{hlist|Swiff D|David Banner}}

| length16 = 2:52

}}

{{track listing

| headline = Open Invitation: Reloaded{{cite web|title=Monica: Code Red|publisher=iTunes. Apple (US)|url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/open-invitation-reloaded/721253797|access-date=July 9, 2018}}

| extra_column = Producer(s)

| total_length = 76:48

| title16 = Fireworkz (Remix)

| note16 = featuring T.I., Big Sean and Busta Rhymes

| writer16 = James Smith

| extra16 = {{hlist|Swiff D|Banner}}

| length16 = 5:34

| title17 = Stay (Remix)

| note17 = featuring Faith Evans

| writer17 = {{hlist|Hodge|Asaleana Elliott|Aaron Sledge|Christopher Lacy|James Smith|Gibson}}

| extra17 = {{hlist|B.A.M.|Tyrese{{ref|a|[a]}}}}

| length17 = 4:10

| title18 = Stay

| note18 = Video

| writer18 =

| extra18 =

| length18 = 4:53

| title19 = Too Easy

| note19 = Video) (featuring Ludacris

| writer19 =

| extra19 =

| length19 = 4:12

}}

;Notes

^{{{note|a|[a]}}} signifies a co-producer
^{{{note|b|[b]}}} signifies a vocal producer

Charts

=Weekly charts=

class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"

!Chart (2011)

!Peak
position

{{album chart|Billboard200|9|artist=Tyrese|accessdate=|refname="US200"|rowheader=true}}

{{album chart|BillboardRandBHipHop|2|artist=Tyrese|accessdate=|refname="USR&BAl"|rowheader=true}}

= Year-end charts =

class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
scope="col"\| Chart (2011) ! scope="col"\| Position
scope="row"\| US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard){{cite magazine\|title=R&B/Hip-Hop Albums: Year End 2011\|magazine=Billboard\|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2011/top-r-and-b-hip-hop-albums\|access-date=July 9, 2018}} \| style="text-align:center;"\|63
scope="col"\| Chart (2012) ! scope="col"\| Position
scope="row"\| US Billboard 200{{cite web\|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2012/top-billboard-200-albums\|title=Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 2012\|work=Billboard\|access-date=August 3, 2020}} \| style="text-align:center;"\|139
scope="row"\| US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard){{cite web\|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2012/top-r-and-b-hip-hop-albums\|title=Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums – Year-End 2012\|work=Billboard\|access-date=August 3, 2020}} \| style="text-align:center;"\|26

class="wikitable plainrowheaders"

scope="col"| Chart (2011)

! scope="col"| Position

scope="row"| US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard){{cite magazine|title=R&B/Hip-Hop Albums: Year End 2011|magazine=Billboard|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2011/top-r-and-b-hip-hop-albums|access-date=July 9, 2018}}

| style="text-align:center;"|63

scope="col"| Chart (2012)

! scope="col"| Position

scope="row"| US Billboard 200{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2012/top-billboard-200-albums|title=Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 2012|work=Billboard|access-date=August 3, 2020}}

| style="text-align:center;"|139

scope="row"| US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard){{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2012/top-r-and-b-hip-hop-albums|title=Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums – Year-End 2012|work=Billboard|access-date=August 3, 2020}}

| style="text-align:center;"|26

References

Category:2011 albums

Category:Tyrese Gibson albums

Category:Albums produced by David Banner