Love Is Wicked
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Love Is Wicked is the debut album by Brick & Lace
. It had an initial release date of August 21, 2007, then it got moved to December 4, 2007 but has now been pushed back further to 2008. It was eventually released in the UK and France. The album was released also in other countries (such as Belgium) in September 2007. It has since then leaked onto the internet on various blog sites. Love Is Wicked is a mix of R&B
and pop music
with hip hop
and reggae
-dancehall
elements.
Production came from Akon
, as well as will.i.am
, Cool & Dre
, Jazze Pha
and many others. The only guest appearance known at the moment, will come from Cham
, who will be on the remix of the album's lead single, "Never Never
". Akon has produced three songs for the album. This album, when released, will earn a place in the label's history as it is also the first release on Akon's Kon Live Distribution label.
Brick & Lace
Brick and Lace are a Jamaican R&B reggae fusion musical duo consisting of sisters Nyanda and Nailah Thorbourne. Originally Brick & Lace consisted of three sisters Nyanda, Nailah, and Tasha Thorbourne...
. It had an initial release date of August 21, 2007, then it got moved to December 4, 2007 but has now been pushed back further to 2008. It was eventually released in the UK and France. The album was released also in other countries (such as Belgium) in September 2007. It has since then leaked onto the internet on various blog sites. Love Is Wicked is a mix of R&B
Contemporary R&B
Contemporary R&B is a music genre that combines elements of hip hop, soul, R&B and funk.Although the abbreviation “R&B” originates from traditional rhythm and blues music, today the term R&B is most often used to describe a style of African American music originating after the demise of disco in...
and pop music
Pop music
Pop music is usually understood to be commercially recorded music, often oriented toward a youth market, usually consisting of relatively short, simple songs utilizing technological innovations to produce new variations on existing themes.- Definitions :David Hatch and Stephen Millward define pop...
with hip hop
Hip hop music
Hip hop music, also called hip-hop, rap music or hip-hop music, is a musical genre consisting of a stylized rhythmic music that commonly accompanies rapping, a rhythmic and rhyming speech that is chanted...
and reggae
Reggae
Reggae is a music genre first developed in Jamaica in the late 1960s. While sometimes used in a broader sense to refer to most types of Jamaican music, the term reggae more properly denotes a particular music style that originated following on the development of ska and rocksteady.Reggae is based...
-dancehall
Dancehall
Dancehall is a genre of Jamaican popular music that originated in the late 1970s. Initially dancehall was a more sparse version of reggae than the roots style, which had dominated much of the 1970s. In the mid-1980s, digital instrumentation became more prevalent, changing the sound considerably,...
elements.
Production came from Akon
Akon
Aliaune Damala Badara Thiam, better known as simply Akon , is a Senegalese American R&B recording artist and songwriter.According to Forbes, Akon grossed $21 million in 2010, $20 million in 2009 and $12 million in 2008. He rose to prominence in 2004 following the release of "Locked Up", the first...
, as well as will.i.am
Will.i.am
William James Adams, Jr. , better known by his stage name will.i.am and occasionally by his other stage name Zuper Blahq, is an American rapper, musician, songwriter, singer, actor and producer...
, Cool & Dre
Cool & Dre
Cool & Dre are a team of hip hop producers from Miami, Florida, consisting of Marcello "Cool" Valenzano and Andre "Dre" Christopher Lyon.-Epidemic Records:...
, Jazze Pha
Jazze Pha
Phalon Anton Alexander , also known as Jazze Pha , is an American singer, and songwriter.raised in Memphis, TN; son of James Alexander ....
and many others. The only guest appearance known at the moment, will come from Cham
Cham (singer)
Cham is a Grammy Award-nominated Jamaican recording artist, most well known for his 2006 single "Ghetto Story" from his major label debut album of the same name, a song which led to multiple "story" songs by other artists in a similar vein. He is currently signed to Atlantic Records, and was...
, who will be on the remix of the album's lead single, "Never Never
Never Never
Never Never may refer to* Never Never , a colloquial term used to describe the Australian outback* NeverNever, a fantasy webcomic by John "The Gneech" Robey* "Never Never" , the only single released by The Assembly...
". Akon has produced three songs for the album. This album, when released, will earn a place in the label's history as it is also the first release on Akon's Kon Live Distribution label.
Track listing
- "Get That Clear (Hold Up)" (Produced by AkonAkonAliaune Damala Badara Thiam, better known as simply Akon , is a Senegalese American R&B recording artist and songwriter.According to Forbes, Akon grossed $21 million in 2010, $20 million in 2009 and $12 million in 2008. He rose to prominence in 2004 following the release of "Locked Up", the first...
) - "Never Never" (Produced by Akon)
- "Don't Stop" (Produced by Full ForceFull ForceFull Force is a group of R&B performers and producers from Brooklyn, New York, USA, calling itself the original hip hop vocal band.-Members:*B-Fine - drums and drum programming*Shy Shy - bass guitar...
& Johnny Nice) - "Take Me Back" (Produced by Perry Alexander & Tal Herzberg)
- "Why'd You Lie?" (Produced by Full Force & Johnny Nice)
- "Love Is WickedLove Is Wicked (song)"Love Is Wicked" is the second single from Brick & Lace's debut album of the same title. The single was recorded over the Diwali Riddim and was released to iTunes on May 22, 2007. It is also featured on the Bratz Motion Picture Soundtrack. It is a slightly modified version of a song of the same...
" (Produced by Steven Marsden, Ron Fair, Abraham Laboriel Jr. & Mateo Laboriel) - "Boyfriend" (Co-written by Taurian "Adonis" Shropshire / Produced by Akon)
- "Push It Up" (Produced by Tony Kelly)
- "Buss A Shot" (Produced by will.i.amWill.i.amWilliam James Adams, Jr. , better known by his stage name will.i.am and occasionally by his other stage name Zuper Blahq, is an American rapper, musician, songwriter, singer, actor and producer...
) - "Mr. Officer" (Produced by Cool & DreCool & DreCool & Dre are a team of hip hop producers from Miami, Florida, consisting of Marcello "Cool" Valenzano and Andre "Dre" Christopher Lyon.-Epidemic Records:...
) - "My Apple" (Co-written by Ezekiel Lewis of The ClutchThe ClutchThe Clutch is an American collective of songwriters responsible for a series of successful singles including Omarion's "Ice Box", Ciara's "Like a Boy", Timbaland's "The Way I Are", Britney Spears' "Radar" and Raven-Symone's "Double Dutch Bus".-History:...
/ Produced by The Movement) - "U And Me" (Produced by The Triads)
Re-Release Track listing
- "Love Is WickedLove Is Wicked (song)"Love Is Wicked" is the second single from Brick & Lace's debut album of the same title. The single was recorded over the Diwali Riddim and was released to iTunes on May 22, 2007. It is also featured on the Bratz Motion Picture Soundtrack. It is a slightly modified version of a song of the same...
" (Produced by Steven Marsden, Ron Fair, Abraham Laboriel Jr. & Mateo Laboriel) - "Bad to Di Bone" (Produced by Chris Birch)
- "Buss A Shot" (Produced by will.i.amWill.i.amWilliam James Adams, Jr. , better known by his stage name will.i.am and occasionally by his other stage name Zuper Blahq, is an American rapper, musician, songwriter, singer, actor and producer...
) - "Take Me Back" (Produced by Perry Alexander & Tal Herzberg)
- "Cry On Me" (Produced by Delano Thomas)
- "Room Service" (Produced by Chris Birch)
- "Get That Clear (Hold Up)" (Produced by AkonAkonAliaune Damala Badara Thiam, better known as simply Akon , is a Senegalese American R&B recording artist and songwriter.According to Forbes, Akon grossed $21 million in 2010, $20 million in 2009 and $12 million in 2008. He rose to prominence in 2004 following the release of "Locked Up", the first...
) - "Push It Up" (Produced by Tony Kelly)
- "Why'd You Lie?" (Produced by Full Force & Johnny Nice)(featuring B-U-D Ramsay)
- "Don't Stop" (Produced by Full ForceFull ForceFull Force is a group of R&B performers and producers from Brooklyn, New York, USA, calling itself the original hip hop vocal band.-Members:*B-Fine - drums and drum programming*Shy Shy - bass guitar...
& Johnny Nice) - "U And Me" (Produced by The Triads)
- "Never Never" (Produced by Akon)
Singles
Singles from Love Is Wicked:- "Get That Clear (Hold Up)"
- "Never, Never"
- "Love Is WickedLove Is Wicked (song)"Love Is Wicked" is the second single from Brick & Lace's debut album of the same title. The single was recorded over the Diwali Riddim and was released to iTunes on May 22, 2007. It is also featured on the Bratz Motion Picture Soundtrack. It is a slightly modified version of a song of the same...
" - "Take Me Back"
- "Bad to Di BoneBad to Di BoneBad To Di BoneThis is the official second single off of R&B sister duo, Brick & Lace's re-release album of Love Is Wicked....
"
Charts
Chart (2007/08) | Peak position |
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French SNEP Albums Chart | 80 |
Swiss Albums Chart | 93 |