Respect (Shaquille O'Neal album)

{{Music ratings

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1score = {{Rating|2.5|5}}{{cite web|last=Erlewine|first=Stephen Thomas|author-link=Stephen Thomas Erlewine|title=Respect - Shaquille O'Neal|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/respect-mw0000043143|access-date=October 24, 2020|publisher=AllMusic|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210128085302/https://www.allmusic.com/album/respect-mw0000043143|archive-date=January 28, 2021|url-status=live}}

| rev2 = The Source

| rev2score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{cite magazine|last=Rollins|first=Brent|date=October 1998|issue=109|title=Shaquille O'Neal – Respect|department=Record Report|magazine=The Source|page=}}

| rev3 = The Village Voice

| rev3score = {{Rating-Christgau|dud}}{{Cite magazine|last=Christgau|first=Robert|author-link=Robert Christgau|date=March 23, 1999|volume=44|number=11|page=120|title=Consumer Guide|url=https://robertchristgau.com/xg/cg/cgv399-99.php|access-date=October 24, 2020|magazine=The Village Voice}}

}}

Respect received mixed reviews from music critics. Noah Callahan-Bever of Vibe believed that all tracks on the album "straddle the line between mediocre and unlistenable".{{cite magazine|last=Callahan-Bever|first=Noah|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jisEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA181|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160921222618/https://books.google.com/books?id=jisEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA181&hl=en#v=onepage&q&f=false|archive-date=September 21, 2016|title=Revolutions: Shaquille O'Neal – Respect|magazine=Vibe|date=November 1998|publisher=Vibe Media Group|page=181|access-date=August 1, 2024}} Brent Rollins, in his review for The Source, wrote that the album "surely won't have anyone crying for him to give up his day job for a full-time rap career". He highlighted the improvement of Shaquille O'Neal's vocal performance, but added that "at his best [he] doesn't match up well when he's sharing mic time with rap professionals". Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic thought that Respect is a "well-constructed album that isn't devoid of good moments [...] but it's also not particularly distinctive". Describing it as "background party music", he added that "the musicians who made the record probably had a better time than the listeners at home".

{{Track listing

| all_writing =

| extra_column = Producer(s)

| title1 = Intro

| length1 = 0:41

| title2 = Fiend '98

| writer2 = {{hlist|Shaquille O'Neal|Todd Gaither|Clark Kent|Eric Barrier|William Griffin}}

| extra2 = Clark Kent

| length2 = 3:50

| title3 = The Way It's Goin' Down (T.W.Is M. for Life)

| note3 = featuring Peter Gunz

| writer3 = {{hlist|O'Neal|Peter Gunz|DJ Quik}}

| extra3 = DJ Quik

| length3 = 4:29

| title4 = Voices

| note4 = featuring Sauce Money

| writer4 = Sting

| extra4 = Dutch

| length4 = 4:21

| title5 = Fly Like an Eagle

| note5 = featuring Trigga

| writer5 = {{hlist|Thomas Cassidy|Russell Pressley}}

| extra5 = Russ Prez

| length5 = 3:59

| title6 = The Light of Mine (Interlude)

| length6 = 0:57

| title7 = Go to Let Me Know

| writer7 = {{hlist|O'Neal|Gaither|Rick Cousin|Jonathan Nettlesbey|Terry Coffey|Howard Hewett}}

| extra7 = Dutch

| length7 = 4:59

| title8 = Rivers (Interlude)

| note8 = performed by 1 Accord

| writer8 = {{hlist|Japhe Tejeda|Jermaine Paul}}

| extra8 = {{hlist|Rodney Jerkins|Japhe Tejeda}}

| length8 = 2:38

| title9 = Heat It Up

| note9 = featuring Loon

| writer9 = Grace Jones

| extra9 = Clark Kent

| length9 = 4:06

| title10 = Pool Jam

| writer10 = {{hlist|O'Neal|Leonard Bunn|Stevie Wonder}}

| extra10 = Majah League

| length10 = 4:06

| title11 = Make This a Night to Remember

| note11 = featuring Peter Gunz and Public Announcement

| writer11 = {{hlist|O'Neal|Gunz|Duane Ramos|Dana Meyers|Charmaine Sylvers|Nidra Sylvers}}

| extra11 = Duane "Da Rock" Ramos

| length11 = 3:52

| title12 = Blaq Supaman

| writer12 = {{hlist|O'Neal|Karen Chatman|Sean Thomas|Jimmy Russell|Gregory Hutchinson|Kevin Gulley|Anthony Stewart}}

| extra12 = Sean "Barney" Thomas

| length12 = 4:49

| title13 = Psycho Rap (Interlude)

| note13 = performed by Dirt

| extra13 = Ken Bailey

| length13 = 0:41

| title14 = Deeper

| note14 = featuring Sonja Blade and K-Raw

| writer14 = {{hlist|Kent|Sonja Holder}}

| extra14 = Clark Kent

| length14 = 3:40

| title15 = The Bomb Baby

| note15 = featuring Deadly Venoms and K-Raw

| writer15 = {{hlist|Amma Brown|Kimberly Johnson|Sidney Hall|Judy Rann|Norman Bell}}

| extra15 = Storm

| length15 = 4:57

| title16 = 3 X's Dope

| note16 = featuring Sonja Blade

| writer16 = {{hlist|O'Neal|Holder|Kent|Chauncey Hawkins}}

| extra16 = Clark Kent

| length16 = 3:41

| title17 = Like What

| writer17 = {{hlist|O'Neal|Amos Stokes|Leslie Callaway}}

| extra17 = Majah League

| length17 = 4:24

| title18 = 48 @ the Buzzer

| writer18 = {{hlist|O'Neal|Gaither|Kent|Herbie Hancock}}

| extra18 = Clark Kent

| length18 = 3:40

| total_length = 1:03:50

}}

Sample credits

• "Fiend '98" contains samples from:
• "School Boy Crush"; written by Onnie McIntyre, Alan Gorrie, Roger Ball, Malcolm Duncan, Steve Ferrone, and James Stuart; as recorded by Average White Band.
• "Microphone Fiend" written by Eric Barrier and William Griffin, as recorded by Eric B. & Rakim.
• "Voices" contains a sample from "Voices Inside My Head", written by Sting, as recorded by The Police.
• "Got to Let Me Know" contains an interpolation of "Show Me", written by Jonathan Nettlesbey, Terry Coffey, and Howard Hewett.
• "Heat It Up" contains a sample from "Feel Up", written and recorded by Grace Jones.
• "Pool Jam" contains a sample from "You Haven't Done Nothin'", written and recorded by Stevie Wonder.
• "Make This a Night to Remember" contains a sample from "A Night to Remember"; written by Dana Meyers, Charmaine Sylvers, and Nidra Sylvers; as recorded by Shalamar.
• "Blaq Supaman" contains a sample from "Black Superman"; written by Jimmy Russell, Gregory Hutchison, Kevin Gulley, and Anthony Stewart; as recorded by Above the Law.
• "48 @ the Buzzer" contains a sample from "Watermelon Man", written and recorded by Herbie Hancock.

{{Reflist}}

• {{Discogs master|410156|Shaquille O'Neal – Respect}}

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Category:1998 albums

Category:A&M Records albums

Category:Shaquille O'Neal albums

Category:Albums produced by DJ Quik

Category:Albums produced by Rodney Jerkins

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