She then travelled the South of France for vacation in Summer 2008 where she was exposed to dance music. It inspired her to pursue a new sound for her then untitled third album. Kelly Rowland at the Love Music Hate Racism Festival in 2009ĭuring her 2008 performances at T4 on the Beach in Weston-Super-Mare, United Kingdom, Rowland was exposed to British bands and live festival music. To date, it's Rowland's highest debuting album in the United States. Here I Am debuted at number one on the US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart and number three on the US Billboard 200 albums chart, selling 77,000 copies. Here I Am was received well by critics, many of whom praised the strong productions and vocal performances but questioned some of the guests and a lack of the up-tempo dance sound Rowland had spoken of. It was greeted with a positive reception from critics and topped the US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart as well as peaking in the top-twenty of the Billboard Hot 100, becoming Rowland's second most successful single as a lead artist in the United States. Love wrote half of the songs on the album, while Rowland co-wrote three songs on the album.Īfter re-recording the majority of the album, a new single featuring Lil Wayne titled " Motivation", preceded the album in the United States. Production of the album was handled by the likes of Rodney Jerkins, Guetta, Jim Jonsin, Hit-Boy, RedOne and The Runners. Here I Am also features guest performances from Lil Wayne, Nelly, Rico Love, Lil Playy, The WAV.s and Big Sean. The international version of the album features seventeen songs including ones excluded from the US editions and some remixes. Three other singles: " Forever and a Day", " Rose Colored Glasses" and " Grown Woman", all had limited commercial success and are subsequently included on selected editions of the album or excluded altogether. " Commander" (2010) produced by and featuring David Guetta topped the US Hot Dance Club Songs chart and became a top-ten hit in the United Kingdom and some other European territories. Originally scheduled for release in 2010, the album was pushed back after the first round of singles were released to mixed critical and commercial reception. It follows Rowland's assertion that "no one puts her in a box" with common themes around womanhood, sexual intimacy and love. Here I Am is predominately a pop, R&B and dance album. The album is Rowland's first release since parting ways with her manager Mathew Knowles and longtime Sony Music record label Columbia Records (through Knowles' Music World Entertainment). Start This Shit Off Right (ft.Here I Am is the third studio album by American singer Kelly Rowland, released through Universal Motown and Universal Music Group on July 22, 2011. Tha Carter V includes the following tracks: “I would like for y’all to know that since y’all stuck with me for like the last four or five years, through all of this, y’all got me feeling like Tiger Woods with this comeback,” Wayne said. He also released a grateful video thanking his fans for their continued support. The album did not appear - Lil Wayne called it “a misunderstanding” - but this week, the rapper posted a countdown clock on his website which ticked down to Thursday at midnight. That may have played a part in yet another delay: Tha Carter V was initially expected last Friday. However, he was reportedly still recording this week. Lil Wayne is a notoriously prolific in the studio, and the album has presumably been in the works since its announcement. Though all the legal and business-related issues relating to the album have reportedly since been cleared up, it remains unclear when the bulk of Tha Carter V was recorded. “I am truly sorry and I don’t blame ya if ya fed up with waiting 4 me & this album,” he added. “I am a prisoner and so is my creativity,” Wayne tweeted at the time. Days before a possible December release date, however, Wayne took to Twitter to announce that his former Cash Money label had “refuse to release” the album. Drake joined Wayne on ‘Believe Me,’ which was going to be the lead single. The album was first supposed to come out in 2014. But the fifth instalment of Wayne’s series, which began in 2004 when he was just 22, was mired in label delays for over five years. Lil Wayne first announced Tha Carter V in 2012, following the 2011 release of Tha Carter IV.
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