This Ain't a Game is the second studio album by American R&B singer Ray J. It was released on June 19, 2001, under Atlantic Records in the United States.
Allmusic editor Jon Azpiri found that the album "is full of macho posturing that is more than a little tedious. The best of the tracks on the album feature production from The Neptunes [...] Since This Ain't a Game has so little to offer, that line is what listeners will remember most about Ray J."[1] In a positive review, Craig Seymour from Entertainment Weekly wrote: "Brandy’s little brother Ray-J matures nicely on this sophomore set, with production by R&B hotshots Rodney Jerkins and The Neptunes. The singing/acting biz kid, who evokes Bobby Brown and Off the Wall-era Jacko, sounds surprisingly credible on the hard-knock-life odes."[2]NME found tha This Ain't a Game "is Ray J’s big chance. [He] might sound like he researched the role as "playa" following Jay-Z around and watching from behind a newspaper with two eye holes cut in it but the track smokes, and that’s that. [...] Again, Jerkins’ beats are what draw your attention. The stand-outs are few. The trademark Jerkins skittery beats are many."[3]
this, game, second, studio, album, american, singer, released, june, 2001, under, atlantic, records, united, states, studio, album, jreleasedjune, 2001recorded2000, 2001genrer, length64, 36labelatlantic, knockoutproducerdarrell, delite, allamby, clue, duro, br. This Ain t a Game is the second studio album by American R amp B singer Ray J It was released on June 19 2001 under Atlantic Records in the United States This Ain t a GameStudio album by Ray JReleasedJune 19 2001Recorded2000 2001GenreR amp B 1 Length64 36LabelAtlantic KnockoutProducerDarrell Delite Allamby DJ Clue Duro Brycyn Evans Rodney Jerkins The Neptunes DeVante Swing Chris TaylorRay J chronologyEverything You Want 1997 This Ain t a Game 2001 Raydiation 2005 Singles from This Ain t a Game Wait a Minute Released May 1 2001 Formal Invite Released February 5 2002 Keep Your Head Up Released December 4 2002 Contents 1 Critical reception 2 Chart performance 3 Track listing 4 Charts 5 ReferencesCritical reception editProfessional ratingsReview scoresSourceRatingAllmusic nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 1 Entertainment WeeklyB 2 NME nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 3 Allmusic editor Jon Azpiri found that the album is full of macho posturing that is more than a little tedious The best of the tracks on the album feature production from The Neptunes Since This Ain t a Game has so little to offer that line is what listeners will remember most about Ray J 1 In a positive review Craig Seymour from Entertainment Weekly wrote Brandy s little brother Ray J matures nicely on this sophomore set with production by R amp B hotshots Rodney Jerkins and The Neptunes The singing acting biz kid who evokes Bobby Brown and Off the Wall era Jacko sounds surprisingly credible on the hard knock life odes 2 NME found tha This Ain t a Game is Ray J s big chance He might sound like he researched the role as playa following Jay Z around and watching from behind a newspaper with two eye holes cut in it but the track smokes and that s that Again Jerkins beats are what draw your attention The stand outs are few The trademark Jerkins skittery beats are many 3 Chart performance editIn the United States the album debuted and peaked at number 21 on the Billboard 200 and at number nine on the Top R amp B Hip Hop Albums with first week sales of 18 321 copies 4 This Ain t a Game produced the top 40 hit single Wait a Minute featuring rapper Lil Kim It peaked at number 30 on the Billboard Hot 100 Second single Formal Invite peaked at number 54 on the Hot R amp B Hip Hop Singles amp Tracks 4 Track listing editNo TitleWriter s Producer s Length1 Intro William Norwood IIRay J1 012 Wait a Minute featuring Pharrell amp Lil Kim Chad HugoPharrell WilliamsKimberly JonesThe Neptunes3 473 Takin Control William Norwood IIRay J4 304 Formal Invite featuring Pharrell LaShawn DanielsFred Jerkins IIIRodney JerkinsNora PayneRobert SmithThe Neptunes5 065 Keep Your Head Up DanielsR JerkinsF JerkinsRodney Jerkins5 346 I Tried Brycyn EvansCynthia LovingEvans3 587 U Need It U Don t W NorwoodRay J4 068 Out of the Ghetto featuring Shorty Mack HugoOwensWilliamsThe Neptunes4 279 No More Darrell AllambyKenny DickersonAntonio MobleyJohnathen RasboroAllamby4 4710 This Ain t a Game Daniels Jerkins Jerkins IIIRodney Jerkins4 1811 Interlude W NorwoodRay J1 3912 Wet Me Dalvin DeGrateDeVante Swing4 3013 Crazy DanielsR JerkinsF JerkinsR SmithRodney Jerkins4 5114 I Got It All Ken IfillAntonio MobleyW NorwoodE ShawDJ ClueDuro4 0415 Airport Skit Chris TaylorColin WolfeTaylorWolfe0 5516 Where Do We Go From Here MobleyOczavia PittmanRay J7 10 UK bonus trackNo TitleWriter s Producer s Length17 Formal Invite Remix featuring Busta Rhymes Ludacris Clipse and Boobonic of Philly s Most Wanted DanielsF JerkinsR JerkinsPayneR SmithTrevor SmithChristopher BridgesGene ThorntonTerrence ThorntonAl HollyThe Neptunes6 25Charts editChart 2001 PeakpositionCanadian R amp B Albums Nielsen SoundScan 5 50UK R amp B Albums OCC 6 39US Billboard 200 7 21US Top R amp B Hip Hop Albums Billboard 4 9References edit a b c This Ain t a Game at AllMusic Retrieved January 20 2020 a b Seymour Craig June 22 2001 This Ain t a Game Entertainment Weekly Retrieved February 2 2023 a b Ray J This Ain t A Game NME 12 September 2005 Retrieved August 13 2021 a b c Ray J Chart History Top R amp B Hip Hop Albums Billboard Retrieved January 20 2020 R amp B Top 50 Jam July 18 2001 Archived from the original on July 23 2001 Retrieved January 27 2023 Official R amp B Albums Chart Top 40 Official Charts Company Retrieved January 27 2021 Ray J Chart History Billboard 200 Billboard Retrieved January 20 2020 nbsp This 2000s R amp B soul album related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title This Ain 27t a Game amp oldid 1177606700, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
