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Track Listing
1. Unpredictable - (with Ludacris)
2. Warm Bed
3. DJ Play a Love Song - (with Twista)
4. With You - (with The Game/Snoop Dogg)
5. Can I Take U Home
6. Love Changes - (with Mary J. Blige)
7. Extravaganza - (with Kanye West)
8. Three Letter Word
9. Get This Money
10. VIP
11. Do What It Do
12. Storm (Forecast)
13. U Still Got It (Interlude) - (with Common)
14. Heaven
15. Wish U Were Here
Album Notes
Personnel include: Jamie Foxx (vocals); Mary J. Blige (vocals); Common, Kanye West, Ludacris, Snoop Dogg, The Game, Twista (rap vocals).
Recording information: Circle House, Miami, Florida (2005).
Jamie Foxx's second release as a solo artist is his first since his Oscar-winning portrayal of Ray Charles in the 2004 film RAY. It is natural, then, that UNPREDICTABLE would be a much higher-profile affair than 1994's PEEP THIS. The production credits include top-currency names like Timbaland and Sean Garrett. And guest stars? Forget about it. Common, Ludacris, Twista, Snoop Dogg, and Mary J. Blige, just to name a few, make appearances and help boost Foxx's credibility as one of the most popular kids on the block.
Foxx's music falls firmly into the category of sultry, hip-hop-inflected R&B a la R. Kelly. And like Kels, Foxx too has a penchant for bedroom themes, as UNPREDICTABLE pulses with the rhythm of sex. His study of Ray Charles's bluesy, elastic vocal style holds him in good stead, though: Foxx has an authoritative delivery on both uptempo grooves ("Warm Bed") and slinky slow jams ("VIP"). While not exactly groundbreaking, the album--with its superior production, excellent guest spots, and Foxx's impressive performances--still comes off a winner.
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