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I Don't Want You Back

May 03, 2024

This article is about the album. For the similarly-titled song from it, see Fuck It (I Don't Want You Back).

I Don't Want You Back is the debut album by American R&B singer Eamon, released in the United States on February 17, 2004. Produced by Milk Dee and Roy "Royalty" Hamilton, the album spawned two singles which combined modern hip hop with classic doo wop: "Fuck It (I Don't Want You Back)" and "I Love Them Ho's (Ho-Wop)". The album garnered a mixed reception from critics who found the production too predictable and the repeated profanity wearing. The album debuted at number seven on the Billboard 200 with first-week sales of 106,000 copies. It was certified Gold by the RIAA for selling over 500,000 copies.

I Don't Want You Back
Studio album by
Eamon
ReleasedFebruary 17, 2004 (2004-02-17)
Recorded2003
Studio
(New York City)
GenreR&B[1]
Length48:55
LabelJive
Producer
Eamon chronology
I Don't Want You Back
(2004) 		Love & Pain
(2006)
Singles from I Don't Want You Back
  1. "Fuck It (I Don't Want You Back)"
    Released: November 24, 2003
  2. "I Love Them Ho's (Ho-Wop)"
    Released: April 26, 2004

Reception edit

Critical reception edit

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic     [2]
Blender     [3]
Entertainment.ie     [4]
The Guardian     [5]
People    [6]
Q     [7]
Robert Christgau [8]
Rolling Stone     [1]
Slant Magazine     [9]
USA Today    [10]

I Don't Want You Back received generally mixed reviews from music critics who found the production by-the-numbers and felt that his potty-mouth gimmick wore thin. Johnny Loftus of AllMusic found a lot of filler in the album but said that it is "still quite promising, especially with such a statement-making single."[2] Entertainment.ie was mixed about the album's tracks with their depiction of women, concluding that "Eamon certainly has plenty of attitude and his album is undeniably good fun. But he also has a bit of growing up to do."[4] Rob Kemp of Rolling Stone said he saw promise in Eamon through the album's competent R&B production and the track "I Love Them Ho's (Ho-Wop)," concluding that "you wonder if this modestly gifted kid has something special inside him that perhaps Kanye West or R. Kelly could coax out."[1]

Sal Cinquemani of Slant Magazine found Eamon's talent on the album limited, saying that the tracks that don't mix his dirty mouth with Motown and doo-wop melodies aren't "clever or well-constructed enough to transcend the misogyny and double-standards put on whorish display."[9] Despite praising Eamon's vocals, the album's beats and guest rap appearances, Caroline Sullivan of The Guardian found the swearing crooner gimmick throughout the album wearing thin before it even ended.[5] Robert Christgau graded the album as a "dud",[8] indicating "a bad record whose details rarely merit further thought."[11] Elysa Gardner of USA Today criticized the album for its lack of humor or irony throughout the tracklist, saying that "Eamon makes Eminem look like a standard-bearer for feminists."[10]

Commercial performance edit

The album debuted at number seven on the Billboard 200 with first-week sales of 106,000 copies.[12] It dropped to number nine in its second week with sales dropping 31% to 73,000 copies.[13] It was certified Gold by the RIAA and sold 591,000 copies as of June 2006.[14]

Track listing edit

No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Intro" (featuring Al Trautwig)
M. Passy0:15
2."I Love Them Ho's (Ho-Wop)"
2:27
3."Somethin' Strange" (featuring Rap Legend Milk Dee)
  • E. Doyle
  • K. Robinson
  • Milk Dee
  • M. Passy
3:04
4."On & On"
  • E. Doyle
  • K. Robinson
  • Yared Williams
  • Milk Dee
  • Y. Williams
3:27
5."Fuck It (I Don't Want You Back)"
  • E. Doyle
  • K. Robinson
  • M. Passy
Milk Dee3:45
6."Get off My Dick!" (featuring Rap Legend Milk Dee)
  • E. Doyle
  • K. Robinson
  • Y. Williams
Milk Dee3:42
7."Girl Act Right"
R. Hamilton3:05
8."My Baby's Lost"
  • E. Doyle
  • K. Robinson
  • Y. Williams
  • Milk Dee
  • Eamon*
2:59
9."I Want You So Bad"
  • E. Doyle
  • K. Robinson
  • M. Passy
  • Milk Dee
  • M. Passy
3:30
10."4 the Rest of Your Life"
  • E. Doyle
  • K. Robinson
  • Y. Williams
  • Milk Dee
  • Y. Williams
4:06
11."All Over Love"
  • Y. Williams
  • A. Brito
  • Y. Williams
  • Milk Dee*
3:16
12."Controversy"
  • E. Doyle
  • Y. Williams
  • Y. Williams
  • Milk Dee*
3:54
13."Lo Rida" (featuring N.O.R.E.)
Y. Williams4:00
14."I'd Rather Fuck with You"
R. Hamilton3:25
15."Finally"
  • E. Doyle
  • V. Jeffrey Smith
  • Milk Dee
  • V. Jeffrey Smith
4:00
  • (*) Denotes co-producer.
Sample credits
  • "I Love Them Ho's (Ho-Wop)", samples "I Only Have Eyes For You" performed by The Flamingos, and written by Al Dubin and Harry Warren.
  • "My Baby's Lost", samples "Top Billin'" performed by Audio Two, and written by Kirk Robinson.
  • "I'd Rather Fuck with You", samples "I'd Rather Be With You" performed by Bootsy Collins, and written by Bootsy Collins, George Clinton Jr. and Gary Cooper and "I'd Rather Fuck You" performed by N.W.A., and written by Eazy-E.

Personnel edit

Adapted from the I Don't Want You Back liner notes.[15]

Charts edit

Certifications edit

Region Certification Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI)[39] Gold 100,000^
United States (RIAA)[40] Gold 591,000[14]

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References edit

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  10. ^ a b Gardner, Elysa (March 1, 2004). "Cee-Lo's 'Green' is gold; Black's 'Time' is well spent". USA Today. Gannett. from the original on April 5, 2014. Retrieved April 28, 2013.
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This article is about the album For the similarly titled song from it see Fuck It I Don t Want You Back I Don t Want You Back is the debut album by American R amp B singer Eamon released in the United States on February 17 2004 Produced by Milk Dee and Roy Royalty Hamilton the album spawned two singles which combined modern hip hop with classic doo wop Fuck It I Don t Want You Back and I Love Them Ho s Ho Wop The album garnered a mixed reception from critics who found the production too predictable and the repeated profanity wearing The album debuted at number seven on the Billboard 200 with first week sales of 106 000 copies It was certified Gold by the RIAA for selling over 500 000 copies I Don t Want You BackStudio album by EamonReleasedFebruary 17 2004 2004 02 17 Recorded2003StudioFirst Priority LabsBattery Studios New York City GenreR amp B 1 Length48 55LabelJiveProducerMilk DeeRoy Royalty HamiltonEamon chronologyI Don t Want You Back 2004 Love amp Pain 2006 Singles from I Don t Want You Back Fuck It I Don t Want You Back Released November 24 2003 I Love Them Ho s Ho Wop Released April 26 2004 Contents 1 Reception 1 1 Critical reception 1 2 Commercial performance 2 Track listing 3 Personnel 4 Charts 4 1 Weekly charts 4 2 Year end charts 5 Certifications 6 ReferencesReception editCritical reception edit Professional ratingsReview scoresSourceRatingAllMusic nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 2 Blender nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 3 Entertainment ie nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 4 The Guardian nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 5 People nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 6 Q nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 7 Robert Christgau nbsp 8 Rolling Stone nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 1 Slant Magazine nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 9 USA Today nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 10 I Don t Want You Back received generally mixed reviews from music critics who found the production by the numbers and felt that his potty mouth gimmick wore thin Johnny Loftus of AllMusic found a lot of filler in the album but said that it is still quite promising especially with such a statement making single 2 Entertainment ie was mixed about the album s tracks with their depiction of women concluding that Eamon certainly has plenty of attitude and his album is undeniably good fun But he also has a bit of growing up to do 4 Rob Kemp of Rolling Stone said he saw promise in Eamon through the album s competent R amp B production and the track I Love Them Ho s Ho Wop concluding that you wonder if this modestly gifted kid has something special inside him that perhaps Kanye West or R Kelly could coax out 1 Sal Cinquemani of Slant Magazine found Eamon s talent on the album limited saying that the tracks that don t mix his dirty mouth with Motown and doo wop melodies aren t clever or well constructed enough to transcend the misogyny and double standards put on whorish display 9 Despite praising Eamon s vocals the album s beats and guest rap appearances Caroline Sullivan of The Guardian found the swearing crooner gimmick throughout the album wearing thin before it even ended 5 Robert Christgau graded the album as a dud 8 indicating a bad record whose details rarely merit further thought 11 Elysa Gardner of USA Today criticized the album for its lack of humor or irony throughout the tracklist saying that Eamon makes Eminem look like a standard bearer for feminists 10 Commercial performance edit The album debuted at number seven on the Billboard 200 with first week sales of 106 000 copies 12 It dropped to number nine in its second week with sales dropping 31 to 73 000 copies 13 It was certified Gold by the RIAA and sold 591 000 copies as of June 2006 14 Track listing editNo TitleWriter s Producer s Length1 Intro featuring Al Trautwig Eamon DoyleMark PassyM Passy0 152 I Love Them Ho s Ho Wop E DoyleKirk RobinsonAl DubinHarry WarrenMilk DeeEamon 2 273 Somethin Strange featuring Rap Legend Milk Dee E DoyleK RobinsonMilk DeeM Passy3 044 On amp On E DoyleK RobinsonYared WilliamsMilk DeeY Williams3 275 Fuck It I Don t Want You Back E DoyleK RobinsonM PassyMilk Dee3 456 Get off My Dick featuring Rap Legend Milk Dee E DoyleK RobinsonY WilliamsMilk Dee3 427 Girl Act Right E DoyleRoy HamiltonR Hamilton3 058 My Baby s Lost E DoyleK RobinsonY WilliamsMilk DeeEamon 2 599 I Want You So Bad E DoyleK RobinsonM PassyMilk DeeM Passy3 3010 4 the Rest of Your Life E DoyleK RobinsonY WilliamsMilk DeeY Williams4 0611 All Over Love Y WilliamsA BritoY WilliamsMilk Dee 3 1612 Controversy E DoyleY WilliamsY WilliamsMilk Dee 3 5413 Lo Rida featuring N O R E E DoyleY WilliamsVictor SantiagoY Williams4 0014 I d Rather Fuck with You E DoyleBootsy CollinsGeorge Clinton Jr Gary CooperEazy ER Hamilton3 2515 Finally E DoyleV Jeffrey SmithMilk DeeV Jeffrey Smith4 00 Denotes co producer Sample credits I Love Them Ho s Ho Wop samples I Only Have Eyes For You performed by The Flamingos and written by Al Dubin and Harry Warren My Baby s Lost samples Top Billin performed by Audio Two and written by Kirk Robinson I d Rather Fuck with You samples I d Rather Be With You performed by Bootsy Collins and written by Bootsy Collins George Clinton Jr and Gary Cooper and I d Rather Fuck You performed by N W A and written by Eazy E Personnel editAdapted from the I Don t Want You Back liner notes 15 Nat Robinson executive producer Dave Kutch mastering Crissy Gomez make up artist Michelle 10 styling Anthony Cutajar Milk Dee image Daniel Hastings photography art direction and graphic designCharts editWeekly charts edit Chart 2004 Peakposition Australian Albums ARIA 16 34 Australian Urban Albums ARIA 17 6 Austrian Albums O3 Austria 18 21 Belgian Albums Ultratop Flanders 19 60 Belgian Albums Ultratop Wallonia 20 74 Danish Albums Hitlisten 21 25 Dutch Albums Album Top 100 22 22 French Albums SNEP 23 52 German Albums Offizielle Top 100 24 13 Irish Albums IRMA 25 27 Italian Albums FIMI 26 19 New Zealand Albums RMNZ 27 16 Portuguese Albums AFP 28 18 Scottish Albums OCC 29 12 Swedish Albums Sverigetopplistan 30 30 Swiss Albums Schweizer Hitparade 31 17 UK Albums OCC 32 6 UK R amp B Albums OCC 33 3 US Billboard 200 34 7 US Top R amp B Hip Hop Albums Billboard 35 3 Year end charts edit Chart 2004 Position UK Albums OCC 36 149 US Billboard 200 37 134 US Top R amp B Hip Hop Albums Billboard 38 68Certifications editRegion Certification Certified units sales United Kingdom BPI 39 Gold 100 000 United States RIAA 40 Gold 591 000 14 Shipments figures based on certification alone References edit a b c Kemp Rob March 10 2004 I Don t Want You Back Eamon Review Rolling Stone Wenner Media Archived from the original on October 2 2007 Retrieved June 6 2012 a b Loftus Johnny I Don t Want You Back Eamon AllMusic Retrieved June 6 2012 Weiner John May 2004 Eamon I Don t Want You Back Blender p 122 a b Music Review Eamon I Don t Want You Back Entertainment ie May 12 2004 Archived from the original on August 3 2020 Retrieved December 30 2020 a b Sullivan Caroline April 30 2004 CD Eamon I Don t Want You Back The Guardian Archived from the original on March 7 2016 Retrieved June 6 2012 Picks and Pans Review I Don t Want You Back People Time Inc March 8 2004 Archived from the original on December 30 2020 Retrieved December 30 2020 Eamon Rap I Don t Want You Back CD Album CD Universe Retrieved January 19 2013 a b Christgau Robert CG Eamon RobertChristgau com Retrieved June 6 2012 a b Cinquemani Sal March 3 2004 Eamon I Don t Want You Back Album Review Slant Magazine Archived from the original on December 30 2020 Retrieved December 30 2020 a b Gardner Elysa March 1 2004 Cee Lo s Green is gold Black s Time is well spent USA Today Gannett Archived from the original on April 5 2014 Retrieved April 28 2013 Christgau Robert 2000 Key to Icons RobertChristgau com Retrieved February 5 2016 Martens Todd February 25 2004 Jones Remains At Home At No 1 Billboard Prometheus Global Media Archived from the original on October 28 2018 Retrieved December 3 2014 Martens Todd March 3 2004 Norah Makes Comfy Home At No 1 Billboard Prometheus Global Media Archived from the original on October 28 2018 Retrieved December 3 2014 a b Eamon Sharing Pain On Sophomore Album Billboard Prometheus Global Media March 13 2006 Archived from the original on November 7 2019 Retrieved May 7 2015 I Don t Want You Back booklet Eamon Jive 2004 82876 58370 2 a href Template Cite AV media notes html title Template Cite AV media notes cite AV media notes a CS1 maint others in cite AV media notes link Australiancharts com Eamon I Don t Want You Back Hung Medien ARIA Urban Chart Week Commencing 2nd August 2004 PDF Australian Recording Industry Association 753 16 August 2 2004 Archived from the original PDF on 23 February 2008 Retrieved April 16 2023 via Pandora Archive Austriancharts at Eamon I Don t Want You Back in German Hung Medien Retrieved March 27 2023 Ultratop be Eamon I Don t Want You Back in Dutch Hung Medien Retrieved March 27 2023 Ultratop be Eamon I Don t Want You Back in French Hung Medien Retrieved March 27 2023 Danishcharts dk Eamon I Don t 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