''All I Feel'' is the fourth and to date most recent

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by American R&B singer

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and was released on April 8, 2008, by

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, Deja34,

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and

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. It is the second album by Ray J to be labeled with a

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sticker. The album features the singles "

Sexy Can I "Sexy Can I" is the first single from Ray J's fourth studio album, '' All I Feel'' (2008). It was produced by Noel "Detail" Fisher and features rapper Yung Berg, whose debut album '' Look What You Made Me'' also includes the track. The song was r ...

" featuring labelmate

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, and "

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", and was his only album with Koch Records.

Conception

An article in the ''

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'' asserted that Ray J wanted to distance himself from his child star image from his days acting in ''

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'', the sitcom that starred his older sister

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. Reporter Serena Kim noticed that the lyrics were becoming more "graphic" and sexually explicit.

Commercial performance

The album debuted at number 7 on the ''Billboard'' 200 charts and number 1 on the

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chart.

Reception

''All I Feel'' was panned by most music critics. Steve Jones of ''

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'' rated this album one-and-a-half stars out of a possible five, stating that the album "doesn’t leave much of an impression, even though Ray J tries hard to leave one". On

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, Jason Reynolds considered Ray J's sexual and drug content to be vulgar and "forced".

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of ''Billboard'' magazine gave this album a moderate review for the perception that Ray J "tries too hard" to "prove himself" to be grown up, "like a wannabe rapper in singer's clothing".

Track listing

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

References

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