R.O.O.T.S.#Singles

In an interview with Billboard Magazine, Flo Rida stated the inspiration for the album comes from his success and knowing that it wasn’t an overnight thing. "It also takes inspiration to turn an album, so I had to really get everything together."{{cite news|url=http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2009/03/04/flo_rida_says_chris_brown_track_axed_due_1|title=Flo Rida Says Chris Brown Track Axed Due To Time Constraints, Not Scandal|last=Star Pulse Entertainment Blog|date=2009-03-04|work=Star Pulse|publisher=World Entertainment News Network|access-date=2009-03-30|archive-date=2009-07-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090707192106/http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2009/03/04/flo_rida_says_chris_brown_track_axed_due_1|url-status=dead}} Flo Rida has also stated that the album cover was done this way because he admittedly has an 'addiction to being shirtless' and he wanted to show his body, and show his addiction to the world.

"Right Round" was released as the album's lead single, and became Flo Rida's second number-one hit. Released on January 25, 2009, the song debuted at number 58 on the US Billboard Hot 100 on February 18, 2009. The song sold a record breaking 636,000 digital copies in its first week,{{cite magazine | url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/269390/flo-rida-topples-single-week-download-mark| title= Flo Rida Topples Single-Week Download Mark| author=Silvio Pietroluongo| magazine=Billboard | access-date=2009-02-18 }} breaking his own record that he had set with his hit single "Low".{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/269376/chart-beat-flo-rida-atlantic-mac-mcanally |title=Chart Beat: Flo Rida, Atlantic, Mac McAnally |last=Bronson |first=Fred |date=2009-02-19 |magazine=Billboard |publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc |access-date=2009-02-20 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130617020721/http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/269376/chart-beat-flo-rida-atlantic-mac-mcanally |archive-date=June 17, 2013 }}Paul Grein, [http://new.music.yahoo.com/blogs/chart_watch/28645/week-ending-feb-15-2009-taylor-swift-gets-last-laugh/;_ylt=Amgm9v8rBKkQENw3v2iXZy_zvSUv Week Ending Feb. 15, 2009: Taylor Swift Gets Last Laugh - Chart Watch], Yahoo.com Though uncredited the song with singer Kesha as a guest vocalist. The song jumped to number 1 on the Billboard Hot 100, and Billboard Pop 100. In its second week, the song sold another 460,000 downloads, the third highest one-week record, topping the one million mark in paid downloads in just two weeks, and becoming the fastest million-selling download ever in the United States. It ended up staying at number 1 for six consecutive weeks.

"Shone" was released digitally as the album's second single on February 24, 2009, and it has peaked at number 57 on the US Billboard Hot 100.[http://acharts.us/song/42093 Acharts.us - Flo Rida and Pleasure P. - Shone - Music Charts]

"Sugar" was released as the album's third single on March 17, 2009. It debuted on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart at number 25, making it Flo Rida's highest debut to date, and peaked at number 5 in the United States, also it has peaked at number 18 in the United Kingdom. The song features R&B singer Wynter Gordon as a guest vocalist.{{cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/pressRelease/idUS220874+30-Mar-2009+MW20090330 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130201222245/http://www.reuters.com/article/pressRelease/idUS220874+30-Mar-2009+MW20090330 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2013-02-01 |title=Flo Rida Goes Back to His R.O.O.T.S.; Record-Breaking Single Right Round Continues to Reign at #1 on Billboard's |work=Reuters |date= 2009-03-30|access-date=2009-12-09}}

"Jump" is the album's fourth single and was released on July 27, 2009 in the United Kingdom, and July 28, 2009 worldwide.{{cite web |url=http://www.radio1.gr/music/forthcoming_uk_singles.htm |title=Radio1 - UK Forthcoming Singles |publisher=Radio1.gr |access-date=2009-12-09 |archive-date=2010-02-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100209031943/http://www.radio1.gr/music/forthcoming_uk_singles.htm |url-status=dead }} The song features Canadian singer Nelly Furtado as a guest vocal. As of August 13, 2009 it has peaked at number 54 in the United States, number 27 in Canada, number 21 in the United Kingdom and number 18 in Australia.

"Be on You" was released as the album's fifth single on October 6, 2009. The song features American singer Ne-Yo as a guest vocalist. When the album was released the single debuted at number 90 in the United States. The song has received airplay since the album's release, and has since peaked at number 19 in the United States, and number 51 in the United Kingdom.

"Available" featuring fellow singer Akon, was released as the album's sixth single in the United Kingdom on November 23, 2009.{{cite web | url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/chartblog/2009/11/flo_rida_ft_akon_available.shtml | title=Chart Blog: Flo Rida ft. Akon – 'Available' | publisher=BBC | date=November 17, 2009 | access-date=September 22, 2013 | author=McAlpine, Fraser}}

{{Music ratings

| MC = 62/100{{cite web|title=Reviews for R.O.O.T.S. by Flo Rida|url=http://www.metacritic.com/music/roots/flo-rida|website=Metacritic|access-date=January 11, 2017}}

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1Score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{cite web|url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r1494298/review|pure_url=yes}}|title=R.O.O.T.S. (Route of Overcoming the Struggle) > Review|last=Jeffries|first=David|publisher=AllMusic|access-date=24 December 2009}}

| rev2 = Billboard

| rev2Score = (favorable){{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/reviews-album/r-o-o-t-s-1003958652.story |title=R.O.O.T.S. |last=Wood |first=Mikael |date=11 April 2009 |magazine=Billboard |publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc |access-date=24 December 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090510042523/http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/reviews-album/r-o-o-t-s-1003958652.story |archive-date=May 10, 2009 }}

| rev3 = Entertainment Weekly

| rev3Score = (B){{cite magazine|url=http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20269310,00.html|title=R.O.O.T.S. (2009)|last=Greenblatt|first=Leah|date=1 April 2009|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|access-date=24 December 2009|archive-date=22 July 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100722040455/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20269310,00.html|url-status=dead}}

| rev4 = The Guardian

| rev4Score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2009/mar/26/flo-rida|title=Urban review: Flo Rida, R.O.O.T.S|last=Batey|first=Angus|date=27 March 2009|newspaper=The Guardian|publisher=Guardian News and Media Limited|access-date=24 December 2009 | location=London}}

| rev5 = Los Angeles Times

| rev5Score = {{Rating|3|4}}{{cite news|url=http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/music_blog/2009/03/album-review-flo-ridas-roots.html|title=Album review: Flo Rida's 'R.O.O.T.S.'|last=Weiss|first=Jeff|date=30 March 2009|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|access-date=24 December 2009}}

| rev6 = The New York Times

| rev6score = (mixed){{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/06/arts/music/06choi.html?_r=0|title=New CD's|last=Caramanica|first=Jon|author-link=Jon Caramanica|newspaper=The New York Times|date=April 5, 2009|access-date=May 18, 2017}}

| rev7 = USA Today

| rev7Score = {{Rating|3|4}}{{cite news|url=https://www.usatoday.com/life/music/reviews/2009-03-30-listen-up-flo-rida_N.htm|title=R.O.O.T.S. (2009)|last=Jones|first=Steve|date=1 April 2009|newspaper=USA Today|access-date=16 October 2010}}

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Initial critical response to R.O.O.T.S. was generally positive. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album has received a score of 62, indicating generally favorable reviews.{{cite web | url=http://www.metacritic.com/music/artists/florida/roots | title=Flo Rida:R.O.O.T.S (2009): Reviews | website=Metacritic | publisher=CBS Interactive | access-date=2009-06-11 }} The album was nominated for best rap album at the 52nd Grammy Awards, but lost to Relapse by Eminem.

In the United States, R.O.O.T.S. debuted at number 8 on the Billboard 200, selling 55,000 copies in its first week.{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/268988/keith-urban-soars-to-no-1-on-billboard-200 |title=Keith Urban Soars To No. 1 On Billboard 200 |magazine=Billboard.com |date=2009-09-14 |access-date=2009-12-09}} In August 2009, the album has sold 223,000 copies in the United States. Closing out the same year, the album sold 300,000 copies becoming the eighth best-selling rap album of 2009.{{cite web |author=DeVaughn Douglas |url=http://allhiphop.com/stories/reviews/archive/2009/12/30/22079445.aspx |title=AllHipHop ChartWatch: 2009′s Top Selling Hip-Hop Acts |website=AllHipHop.com |date=2009-12-30 |access-date=2012-03-06 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110210130802/http://allhiphop.com/stories/reviews/archive/2009/12/30/22079445.aspx |archive-date=2011-02-10 }}

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| title4 = Shone

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| extra4 = {{hlist|Jim Jonsin|Dre & Vidal}}

| length4 = 4:13

| title5 = Right Round

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| title6 = R.O.O.T.S.

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| extra6 = JRock

| length6 = 3:45

| title7 = Be on You

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| title8 = Mind on My Money

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| extra8 = Eric Hudson

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| extra9 = will.i.am

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| title10 = Touch Me

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| extra10 = {{hlist|Dr. Luke|Benny Blanco}}

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| title11 = Never

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| writer11 = {{hlist|Dillard|Nathan Perez}}

| extra11 = Happy Perez

| length11 = 4:22

| title12 = Sugar

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| extra12 = {{hlist|DJ Montay|Mike Caren}}

| length12 = 4:13

| title13 = Rewind

| note13 = featuring Wyclef Jean

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| extra13 = The Inkredibles

| length13 = 4:29

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| headline = Napster bonus track

| title14 = Nobody

| note14 = featuring Brisco and Ball Greezy

| extra14 = {{hlist|Dr. Luke|Kojak}}

| length14 = 3:28

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| headline = Singapore digital bonus track{{cite web | title=R.O.O.T.S. (Route of Overcoming the Struggle) | website=Spotify | date=2009-03-23 | url=https://open.spotify.com/album/14fKhh5LMRPPnrjH5sQoGs | ref={{sfnref | Spotify | 2009}} | access-date=2024-07-20}}

| title14 = Right Round

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| title14 = Yayo

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| length14 = 7:53

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| title14 = Ha

| note14 = featuring Brisco and 4 Mill

| length14 = 3:54

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| title15 = Yayo

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| length15 = 7:53

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| title16 = Right Round

| note16 = featuring Kesha) (Benny Bennasi remix

| title17 = Jump

| note17 = featuring Nelly Furtado) (Let's Go Ichiro remix

| title18 = The Next Door

| note18 = Exile featuring Jason Derulo

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| title14 = Low

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| extra14 = DJ Montay

| length14 = 3:50

| title15 = Right Round

| note15 = featuring Kesha) (instrumental

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| extra15 = {{hlist|Dr. Luke|Kool Kojak}}

| length15 = 3:22

| title16 = In the Ayer

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| extra14 = DJ Montay

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| title15 = Right Round

| note15 = featuring Kesha) (music video

| length15 = 3:26

| title16 = Shone

| note16 = featuring Pleasure P) (music video

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| title17 = Right Round

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