East Side Story is the Grammy Award-nominated debut studio album

Studio album

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 by American

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 singer-songwriter

Singer-songwriter

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 Emily King

Emily King

Emily King is a Grammy-nominated American singer and songwriter. She started her career in 2004 and her debut album East Side Story was released three years later in August 2007...

. The album was released in the United States

United States

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 on August 28, 2007. Five of the songs included on the album are from her 2006 EP "East Side Story Sampler", the sampler was given away to audience members at various tours and appearances which gained hype and paved way for the album.

Track listing

Although not on this album King had a huge success with her single"On the Radio" in 2007. Which was a R&B/Neo-Soul/Popish track and became mostly a club & party hit in the Southern States.

1. Walk In My Shoes (Big Drawz; Emily King; Marilyn McLeod; Pam Sawyer; Carl "Chucky" Thompson
   Chucky Thompson
   Carl E. "Chucky" Thompson is a hip hop/R&B record producer. Thompson was a member of Bad Boy Entertainment's "Hitmen" team of in-house producers during the 1990s, and worked with Bad Boy mogul Sean Combs on material for artists such as The Notorious B.I.G. and Mase. He was responsible for album...
   
   ) - 3:24
2. Colorblind (Emily King; Rasheem "Kilo" Pugh; Carl "Chucky" Thompson) - 3:58
3. Alright (Bruce Hornsby; Emily King; Carl "Chucky" Thompson) - 3:33
4. U & I (Emily King; Carl "Chucky" Thompson) - 3:18
5. Hold Me (Emily King; Carl "Chucky" Thompson) - 3:44
6. Ain't No Sunshine
   Ain't No Sunshine
   "Ain't No Sunshine" is a song by Bill Withers from his 1971 album Just as I Am, produced by Booker T. Jones. The record featured musicians Donald "Duck" Dunn on bass guitar and Al Jackson, Jr. on drums, as well as Withers on lead vocals and guitar. The song was released as a single in September...
   
    (Bill Withers
   Bill Withers
   William Harrison "Bill" Withers, Jr. is an American singer-songwriter and musician who performed and recorded from 1970 until 1985. Some of his best-known songs are "Lean on Me", "Ain't No Sunshine", "Use Me", "Just the Two of Us", "Lovely Day", and "Grandma's Hands"...
   
   ) - 2:59
7. You Can Get By (Emily King; Carl "Chucky" Thompson) - 4:52
8. E Melody (Emily King; Rasheem "Kilo" Pugh; Carl "Chucky" Thompson) - 3:27
9. It Was You (Emily King) - 3:38
10. Moon (Emily King) - 4:36
11. Business Man (Emily King) - 3:59
12. Never Be Lonely (Emily King) - 3:50
13. Ride With Me (Emily King) - 3:46
14. Walk In My Shoes (feat. Lupe Fiasco
    Lupe Fiasco
    Wasalu Muhammad Jaco , better known by his stage name Lupe Fiasco , is an American rapper, record producer, and entrepreneur. As an entrepreneur, Lupe is the CEO of 1st and 15th Entertainment. He rose to fame in 2006 following the success of his critically acclaimed debut album, Lupe Fiasco's Food...
    
    ) (Big Drawz; Emily King; Marilyn McLeod; Pam Sawyer; Carl "Chucky" Thompson; Wasalu Muhammad Jaco) - 3:50

Charts

Chart (2007)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums	60

Single Chart Performance

• Walk In My Shoes

  Chart (2007)	Peak position
  U.S. Billboard Hot 100	—
  U.S. Billboard Hot Adult Airplay	22
  U.S Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs	74

• U & I

  Chart (2008)	Peak position
  U.S. Billboard Hot 100	—
  U.S. Billboard Hot Adult Airplay	26
  U.S Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs	101

Trivia

Emily King

Emily King

Emily King is a Grammy-nominated American singer and songwriter. She started her career in 2004 and her debut album East Side Story was released three years later in August 2007...

 successfully samples Diana Ross

Diana Ross

Diana Ernestine Earle Ross is an American singer, record producer, and actress. Ross was lead singer of the Motown group The Supremes during the 1960s. After leaving the group in 1970, Ross began a solo career that included successful ventures into film and Broadway...

's hit song, Love Hangover

Love Hangover

"Love Hangover" was the fourth number one single for Motown singer Diana Ross. It was released in March 1976, and rose to number one on the Billboard Hot 100, Hot Soul Singles and Hot Dance Club Play charts simultaneously....

, on one of her debut singles, Walk in My Shoes.