Hollywood: A Story of a Dozen Roses

For other uses, see Hollywood (disambiguation).

Hollywood: A Story of a Dozen Roses (also commonly known as Hollywood) is the fifth studio album by American R&B singer and actor Jamie Foxx. It was released on May 15, 2015, by RCA Records. The album includes musical appearances from Chris Brown, Fabolous, Kid Ink, Pharrell Williams and Wale, while production on the album was handled by Boi-1da, DJ Mustard, Mario Winans and Vinylz, among others.^[1]

Hollywood: A Story of a Dozen Roses
Studio album by Jamie Foxx
Released	May 15, 2015 (2015-05-15)
Recorded	2014–15
Genre	R&B
Length	49:57
Label	RCA
Producer	Various DJ Mustard Jamie Foxx The Monarch Pharrell Williams Kevin Cossom Cook Classics Boi-1da Vinylz Mario Winans J-Rell Vidal Davis Lonny Bereal Catalyst Frank Dukes Tank Allen Ritter Syk Sense Travis Sayles Breyon Prescott Christopher Young Brainz J-Doe Don City
Jamie Foxx chronology
Best Night of My Life (2010) Hollywood: A Story of a Dozen Roses (2015)
Singles from Hollywood: A Story of a Dozen Roses
"Ain't My Fault" Released: November 25, 2014 "You Changed Me" Released: March 12, 2015 "Baby's In Love" Released: May 4, 2015 "In Love By Now" Released: August 26, 2015

The album debuted at number ten on the US Billboard 200 chart, selling 31,000 copies in its first week.^[2]

Background and concept

 

Foxx collaborated with fellow singer Pharrell (pictured) on the song "Tease".

Hollywood: A Story of a Dozen Roses as Foxx describes the album, as a focus on a former relationship, he had in Hollywood, California, where his girlfriend abandons him in his time of need. stating:

This what you learn about Hollywood sometimes the person is not all into you as maybe as like a step up as to whatever next person is. So I find this out in a weird way, I was suppose [sic] to go to a premier, I've gotta 104 temperature, so i'm laying in the bed & the girl that I was dating at the time saids um what you doing, I said what you mean, well ugh it's the premier, it's the biggest premier, yeah i'm sick, well ugh I got this dressed & I was like Word, said yes & people are there & people going to be on red carpet for me & i'm gone see me & i'm gonna be me there. So I get up go to the closet & grab the dress & said go head, but don't come back & that was something that like tripped me out like you really need that shine like crazy & I said okay cool & I seen her float on to somebody else in Hollywood.^[3]

Singles

The album's lead single, titled "Ain't My Fault", was released on November 25, 2014.^[4] The song was written and produced by Mario Winans.

The album's second single, "You Changed Me" featuring Chris Brown, was released on March 12, 2015.^[5] The production on the song was handled by Boi-1da, Vinylz, Allen Ritter, Kevin Cossom and Jordan Evans. The song has so far peaked at number 93 on the US Billboard Hot 100.

The album's third single, "Baby's In Love" featuring Kid Ink, was released on May 4, 2015.^[6] The production on the song was handled by Cook Classics.

Foxx announced "In Love By Now" as the album's fourth single August 26, 2015.^[7]

Promotional singles

"Party Ain't a Party" featuring 2 Chainz, was released on October 7, 2014.^[8] and features production from DJ Mustard.

"Pretty Thing" (originally titled "Pretty Young Thing") premiered on March 11, 2015,^[9] was produced by DJ Mustard, and sampled Michael Jackson's hit single "P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing)".

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	53/100^[10]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[11]
Billboard	^[12]
Consequence of Sound	C+^[13]
The New York Times	mixed^[14]
Rolling Stone	^[15]

Hollywood: A Story of a Dozen Roses received generally mixed reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100, to reviews from mainstream publications, the album received an average score of 53 based on 5 reviews, signifying "mixed or average reviews".^[10] Hillary Crosley of Billboard described the album as a "disjointed outing", saying that "It sounds like a collection of random one-offs rather than an album. Foxx's voice, falsetto and all, still sounds lovely, but he seems unsure exactly how he should use it."^[16] Andy Kellman of AllMusic was critical of the album, saying "That material, as well as much of what surrounds it, is significantly less substantive than the singer's past work" stating that the single "You Changed Me" is "the only adult cut off the album".^[11]

Commercial performance

Hollywood: A Story of a Dozen Roses debuted at number ten on the US Billboard 200 chart, selling 31,000 copies in its first week.^[2] This became Foxx's fourth consecutive US top-ten album.^[2] The album debuted at number one on the US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums, scoring Foxx's third chart-topper and first since 2009.^[2] In its second week, the album dropped to number 32 on the chart, selling an additional 11,000 copies, bringing its two-week total to 42,000 copies.^[17]

Track listing

Hollywood — Standard version

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Dozen Roses, Pt. 1"	Jamie Foxx, Ainz Brainz Prasad, Don City, Ricky Offord	Don City Ainz Brainz Prasad	1:14
2.	"You Changed Me" (featuring Chris Brown)	Kevin Cossom Chris Brown	Boi-1da Vinylz Ritter Cossom Evans	4:02
3.	"Like a Drum" (featuring Wale)	Samuels Joshua Scruggs Jamie Foxx Cossom Prescott Olubowale Akintimehin	Boi-1da Syk Sense Cossom	5:56
4.	"Another Dose"	Samuels Hernandez Adam Feeney Foxx Kevin Cossom Prescott	Boi-1da Frank Dukes Cossom	3:54
5.	"Tease" (featuring Pharrell)	Pharrell Williams	Williams	2:55
6.	"Baby's in Love" (featuring Kid Ink)	Will Lobban-Bean Jacob Luttrell Lauren Christy Shy Carter Brian Collins	Cook Classics	3:29
7.	"Text Message"	Vidal Davis Theron Thomas Timothy Thomas Foxx Prescott	Davis	4:06
8.	"Hollywood"	Jerell Moore Richard Wheeler Tobias Thomas Foxx Prescott Dan Farrugia Michael McIntosh	J'rell of The Inkkwell	4:04
9.	"Vegas Confessions"	Moore Wheeler Thomas Foxx Prescott McIntosh	J'rell of The Inkkwell	3:44
10.	"Socialite"	Andre Davidson Sean Davidson Cossom Foxx Prescott	The Monarch Cossom	4:02
11.	"Dozen Roses, Pt. 2"	Jamie Foxx, Ainz Brainz Prasad, Don City, Offord	Don City Ainz Brainz Prasad	0:50
12.	"In Love By Now"	Foxx Lonny Bereal Mitch Cohn Travis Sayles James Smith Durrell Babbs	Catalyst Sayles J Doe Tank Foxx	3:05
13.	"Jumping Out the Window"	Foxx L. Bereal Cohn Sayles Smith Farrugia Babbs	Cohn Sayles L. Bereal	4:15
14.	"On the Dot" (featuring Fabolous)	Hernandez Samuels Cossom Foxx Ritter Ken Lewis Brent Kolatalo Prescott John Jackson	Vinylz Boi-1da Cossom Ritter Kataylst	3:12
15.	"Dozen Roses, Pt. 3"	Jamie Foxx, Ainz Brainz Prasad, Don City, Offord	Don City Ainz Brainz Prasad	1:12
Total length:				49:57

Hollywood — Deluxe version (bonus tracks)^[18]

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
16.	"Right Now"	Prescott Curtis Chambers Ivan Barias Foxx Miguel Jontel Pimentel	Orthodox	3:16
17.	"Pretty Thing"	Mikely Wilhelm Adam Dijon Isaiah McFarlane James Ingram Quincy Jones	DJ Mustard	2:24
18.	"Ain't My Fault"	Foxx	Mario Winans	3:36
Total length:				59:11

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (2015) Peak position UK R&B Albums (OCC)^[19] 37 US Billboard 200^[20] 10 US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)^[21] 1

Year-end charts Chart (2015) Position US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)^[22] 51

Release history

List of release dates, showing region, formats, label, editions and reference

Region	Date	Format(s)	Label	Edition(s)	Ref.
Germany	May 15, 2015	CD digital download	JB Venture RCA	Deluxe	^[23]
United Kingdom	May 18, 2015			Standard Deluxe	^[24]
United States			RCA		^[25]

See also

• List of Billboard number-one R&B/Hip-Hop albums of 2015

References

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