Chain Letter (album)
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Chain Letter is the debut album by Brooke Valentine
, released on March 15, 2005 (see 2005 in music
). The album contains the lead single "Girlfight", that features Big Boi
from the band Outkast
, and Lil Jon
. "Girlfight" peaked at #23 in the Billboard Hot 100
and is a song about tension between two girls which ends up in a catfight
. The second released from the album was "Long As You Come Home
", peaking at #71 in the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks. The third single was "Cover Girl".
The album peaked at #16 in the Billboard 200
on April 2, 2005 and #3 in the Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums Chart. The album sold only 290,000 copies in the US.
Brooke Valentine
Kanesha Nichole Brookes , better known by her stage name Brooke Valentine, is an American R&B singer and former member of the group Best Kept Secret. In 2005, her single "Girlfight" was a hit on the United States single charts....
, released on March 15, 2005 (see 2005 in music
2005 in music
-Events:*During the year 2005, 12 rock music albums scored number 1 in the USA. This was the first time even ten albums have scored number 1 since 1996.-January:...
). The album contains the lead single "Girlfight", that features Big Boi
Big Boi
Antwan André Patton , better known by his stage name Big Boi, is an American rapper, song-writer, record producer and actor, best known for being a member of American hip hop duo OutKast alongside André 3000. His work in the duo has produced six studio albums. During the duo's hiatus, he and André...
from the band Outkast
OutKast
Outkast is an American hip hop duo based in East Point, Georgia, consisting of Atlanta native André "André 3000" Benjamin and Savannah, Georgia-born Antwan "Big Boi" Patton. They were originally known as Two Shades Deep but later changed the group's name to OutKast...
, and Lil Jon
Lil Jon
Jonathan Mortimer Smith , better known by his stage name Lil Jon, is an American rapper, music producer, entrepreneur, and occasional disc jockey who was a member of the group Lil Jon & The East Side Boyz. Lil Jon formed the group in 1997, and the group released several albums between then and 2004...
. "Girlfight" peaked at #23 in the Billboard Hot 100
Billboard Hot 100
The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday...
and is a song about tension between two girls which ends up in a catfight
Catfight
Catfight is a term for an altercation between two women, typically involving scratching, slapping, hair-pulling, and shirt-shredding as opposed to punching or wrestling . However, the term is not exclusively used to indicate a fight between women, and many formal definitions do not invoke gender...
. The second released from the album was "Long As You Come Home
Long as You Come Home
"Long As You Come Home" is the second single from hip-hop/R&B singer Brooke Valentine's debut album Chain Letter. It was released in April 2005...
", peaking at #71 in the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks. The third single was "Cover Girl".
The album peaked at #16 in the Billboard 200
Billboard 200
The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists...
on April 2, 2005 and #3 in the Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums Chart. The album sold only 290,000 copies in the US.
Track listing
| # | Girlfight Girlfight (song) "Girlfight" is the first single recorded by R&B singer Brooke Valentine. It was her first single from her debut album Chain Letter. The song features Lil Jon and Big Boi from OutKast. The song is about a tension between two girls who end up in a catfight and was a minor Top 30 hit, peaking at #23... " (featuring Big Boi Big Boi Antwan André Patton , better known by his stage name Big Boi, is an American rapper, song-writer, record producer and actor, best known for being a member of American hip hop duo OutKast alongside André 3000. His work in the duo has produced six studio albums. During the duo's hiatus, he and André... & Lil Jon Lil Jon Jonathan Mortimer Smith , better known by his stage name Lil Jon, is an American rapper, music producer, entrepreneur, and occasional disc jockey who was a member of the group Lil Jon & The East Side Boyz. Lil Jon formed the group in 1997, and the group released several albums between then and 2004... ) | 3:54 |
|---|---|---|
| 2. | "Taste of Dis" | 4:21 |
| 3. | "Long as You Come Home Long as You Come Home "Long As You Come Home" is the second single from hip-hop/R&B singer Brooke Valentine's debut album Chain Letter. It was released in April 2005... " |
3:25 |
| 4. | "Blah-Blah-Blah" (featuring Dirt McGirt Ol' Dirty Bastard Russell Tyrone Jones was an American rapper and occasional producer, who went by the stage name Ol' Dirty Bastard or simply ODB... ) |
3:32 |
| 5. | "Cover Girl" | 4:12 |
| 6. | "Playa" (featuring Jermaine Dupri Jermaine Dupri Jermaine Dupri Mauldin , known as Jermaine Dupri or JD, is an American record producer, songwriter and rapper.- Early life and career :... ) |
3:23 |
| 7. | "Ghetto Superstarz" | 3:33 |
| 8. | "Tell Me Why? (You Don't Love Me)" | 2:59 |
| 9. | "Million Bucks" (featuring Queenz Deliz Yasmin Deliz Yasmin Deliz is an American singer-songwriter, model and actress of Dominican and Colombian and Venezuelan parentage. She is best known for her starring role in Next Day Air and her work as co-host on mun2's music video countdown show Vivo and reality television show The Chicas Project.-Early... ) |
3:31 |
| 10. | "I Want You Dead" | 3:49 |
| 11. | "Dying from a Broken Heart" | 3:52 |
| 12. | "Pass Us By" | 3:50 |
| 13. | "Laugh Til I Cry" (Nicholas Strunk Remake) | 4:55 |
| 14. | "American Girl" | 3:38 |
| 15. | "Whatcha Lookin' At?" (featuring Kilo aka J.R.K.) | 2:25 |
| 16. | "Thrill of The Chase (Japan Japan Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south... bonus track) |
3:07 |
| 17. | "Girlfight (Part II) (Japan bonus track) | 3:20 |
Reception
- [ Chain Letter]. Allmusic
- Chain Letter. Entertainment WeeklyEntertainment WeeklyEntertainment Weekly is an American magazine, published by the Time division of Time Warner, that covers film, television, music, broadway theatre, books and popular culture...
- Chain Letter. Rolling StoneRolling StoneRolling Stone is a US-based magazine devoted to music, liberal politics, and popular culture that is published every two weeks. Rolling Stone was founded in San Francisco in 1967 by Jann Wenner and music critic Ralph J...