2007 studio album by Bobby Valentino
Special Occasion is the second studio album by American R&B singer Bobby V . It was released by Disturbing tha Peace and Def Jam Recordings on May 8, 2007, in the United States. The singer co-wrote over three quarters of the album, which also features songwriting and production from Tim & Bob , Rodney "Darkchild" Jerkins , Timbaland , Sean Garrett , Don Vito, Bryan-Michael Cox and Dre & Vidal .[8] [9] It also features guest appearances by Ludacris , Timbaland and Fabolous .
The album was set to be released on December 12, 2006, but was delayed until May 8, 2007. Special Occasion' s first official single was the Rodney Jerkins -produced track "Turn the Page ". The ballad features Valentino singing about trust and taking risks in a relationship. Special Occasion debuted at number 3 on the US Billboard 200 , selling about 92,000 copies in its first week, just over one-half of his previous album's first-week sales.[10] It also peaked at the top of the Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums .[11] [12] By mid-2009, the album had sold approximately 270,000 copies in the US.[13]
Track listing [ edit ] Information is based on the album's liner notes.[14]
Title Writer(s) Producer(s) 1. "Intro" Allamby 0:38 2. "Anonymous " (featuring Timbaland ) 4:43 3. "Checkin' for Me" 4:07 4. "Special Occasion" (Interlude) Tim & Bob 2:00 5. "Rearview (Ridin')" (featuring Ludacris ) 3:46 6. "If I Had My Way" R. Jerkins 3:23 7. "How 'Bout It" 3:48 8. "Turn the Page " R. Jerkins L. Danielsson John "Jon Jon" Webb, Jr. R. Jerkins 4:22 9. "Home Is Where You Belong" Wilson Lincoln Browder Allamby Allamby 5:14 10. "Let Him Go" (featuring Fabolous ) Dre & Vidal 4:45 11. "Only Human" Tim & Bob 4:33 12. "Can't Wait 'Til Later" Tim & Bob 4:57 13. "I Was Wrong" Tim & Bob 4:43 14. "Soon As I Get Home" Kenneth “Babyface” Edmonds Tim & Bob 5:28 15. "Over & Over" Allamby 7:54 16. "Right There (Thank You)" Tim & Bob 1:19
Target /International bonus trackTitle Writer(s) Producer(s) 17. "Wreck" Garrett Sean Garrett 4:06
Circuit City bonus trackTitle Writer(s) Producer(s) 18. "Let's Go" 3:37
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Sample credits
Personnel [ edit ] Credits adapted from the album's liner notes.[14]
Bobby V – Lead Vocals, Background Vocals, Vocal arranger Darrell "Delite" Allamby – Recording Engineer, Music Programming, Other Instruments, Background Vocals, Audio Mixing Kori Anders – Recording Engineer, Audio Mixing Assistant Alex "A.J." Angol – Additional Guitars Marcella Araica – Recording Engineer, Audio Mixing Ben Arrindell – Audio Mixing Anesha Birchett – Background Vocals Leslie Braithwaite – Audio Mixing Lincoln “Link” Browder – Background Vocals Bryan–Michael Cox – Music Programming, Drums, Bass played by, Piano, Additional Keyboards Darkchild – Recording Engineer, Instruments Das – Vocal Producer Kevin Davis – Audio Mixing Kendrick "Wyldcard" Dean – Strings, Additional Keyboards Vincent DiLorenzo – Recording Engineer, Audio Mixing Fabolous – Rap Vocals Emile Ghantous (of The Insomniax) – Recording Engineer, Vocal arranger Erik Nelson (of The Insomniax) – Recording Engineer, Vocal arranger Andrew Haller – Recording Engineer, Audio Mixing Assistant Jean Marie Horvat – Audio Mixing Bill Jabr – Guitar Jon Jon – Other Instruments Tim Kelley – Drums, Drum Machine, Percussion, Acoustic Guitar, Bass, Keyboards, Audio Mixing Ludacris – Rap Vocals Patrick Magee – Recording Engineer Joshua Monroy – Recording Engineer Paul Osborn – Recording Engineer Bob Robinson – Minimoog Percussion, Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Bass, Acoustic Piano, Keyboards Andros Rodriguez – Recording Engineer Dave Russell – Audio Mixing Tim Stewart – Guitar Corey Stocker – Recording Engineer Sam Thomas – Recording Engineer, Audio Mixing Timbaland – Rap Vocals Justin Trawick – Audio Mixing Assistant Mike Tsarfati – Audio Mixing Assistant Jeff Villanueva – Recording Engineer, Audio Mixing Weekly charts [ edit ] Year-end charts [ edit ]
Release history [ edit ] References [ edit ] ^ a b AllMusic review ^ "Blender review" . ^ "Daily Press review" . ^ "Bobby V" . DJBooth . ^ "Special Occasion" . ^ "HipHopDX review" . ^ "Google News" . Google News . ^ "Monsters and Critics" . ^ "Bobby Valentino Asks Sean Garrett, Rodney Jerkins To Attend Special Occasion" . Archived from the original on March 15, 2008. ^ Katie Hasty, "Buble Sidesteps Bone Thugs To Claim No. 1" , Billboard.com, May 16, 2007. ^ Special Occasion (The Billboard 200 chart) , Billboard , August 11, 2007. ^ Special Occasion (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart) Billboard . October 6, 2007. ^ "Bobby Valentino Snags EMI Distribution Deal" . ^ a b Bobby V. “Special Occasion”. DTP / Def Jam. 2007. ^ "Bobby V Chart History (Billboard 200)" . Billboard . Retrieved October 2, 2020. ^ "Bobby V Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)" . Billboard . Retrieved October 2, 2020. ^ "Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums – Year-End 2007" . Billboard . Retrieved October 2, 2020 .
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