Let's Talk About It

Let's Talk About It
Studio album by Carl Thomas
Released	March 23, 2004
Length	65:54
Label	Bad Boy Universal
Producer	Paris Bowens Mike City Sean Combs D-Dot Damien DeSandies Dre & Vidal Stevie J Just Blaze Ryan Leslie Eric Roberson Carl Thomas Milton Thornton Tye Tribbett Thaddaeus Tribbett Vato Kanye West Mario Winans
Carl Thomas chronology
Emotional (2000) Let's Talk About It (2004) So Much Better (2007)

Let's Talk About It is the second album by American R&B singer Carl Thomas. It was released by Bad Boy Records and Universal Records on March 23, 2004 in America. Originally scheduled for a November 18, 2003 release, the album was delayed several months due to Bad Boy entering into a new distribution deal with Universal Records.

The album debuted and peaked at number four on the US Billboard 200 and was later certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). Promotion of Let's Talk About It was cut short due to Thomas' brother being gunned down several months after the album's release.^[1] The album was one of many albums released on Bad Boy Records that underperformed under the Universal distribution deal. As a result, Thomas left the label in 2005, while Bad Boy left Universal for a distribution deal with Atlantic Records in the same year.

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]
Vibe	[3]

Allmusic editor David Jeffries rated the album three out of five stars. He found that Let's Talk About It "is a very different record from 2000's [debut] Emotional. It's more upbeat, slicker, and riskier. There are really two albums going on here: a moderate one that overcomes some workmanlike production with naughty and clever lyrics, and a meandering one that's warm, personal, and visionary [...] With 16 tracks and only a couple fluff ones, it's easy to whittle this album down to a tight, totally Thomas listen."^[2] Aliya S. King, writing for Vibe, gave the album a three and a half ouf of five stars rating. She wrote: "Using grown-up love as a backdrop, Thomas firmly establishes himself with Let’s Talk About It. He successfully honors his upbringing, paying honest tribute to the musicians who have put the Windy City on the musical map."^[4]

Notes

• ^{^[a]} Bonus track

Sample credits

• "Let's Talk About It (Interlude)" contains a sample of "Standing Right Here" by Melba Moore.
• "My First Love" contains an interpolation of "Money (Dollar Bill Y'all)" by Jimmy Spicer.
• "She Is" contains a sample of "Happy" by Surface.
• "But Me" contains a sample of "Over And Over Again" by Bob James.
• "Let Me Know" contains an interpolation of "Love Is Blindness" by U2.
• "The Way That You Do" contains a sample of "Woman's Blues" by Laura Nyro.