''Hate It or Love It'' is the fourth
studio album
An album is a collection of audio recordings issued on compact disc (CD), Phonograph record, vinyl, audio tape, or another medium such as Digital distribution#Music, digital distribution. Albums of recorded sound were developed in the early ...
by American rapper
Chingy
Howard Earl Bailey Jr. (born March 9, 1980), known professionally as Chingy, is an American rapper. Chingy grew up in St. Louis, Missouri, and began rapping in his late teens. He toured as an opening act with Nelly in the summer of 2002 and then ...
. It was released on December 18, 2007, by
Disturbing tha Peace
Disturbing tha Peace Records (DTP) is an American record label founded by Ludacris, Jeff Dixon, and Chaka Zulu.
History
Beginnings
Disturbing tha Peace was founded in 1998 by Christopher "Ludacris" Bridges, manager Chaka Zulu, and Zulu's brother ...
, Slot-A-Lot Records and
Def Jam South Recordings.
[Kevin C. Johnson]
Chingy's Changes
''STLtoday'', June 3, 2007 (Accessed January 9, 2008) On the United States edition, it was released as with a bonus DVD the Movie for "Fly Like Me". The mixtape the movie was also released in Japan (limited - not on amazon.com or amazon.co.uk), with two bonus tracks: "Hate it or love it part 3 (Skit) and "I like When" featuring
Lloyd . This is the first Chingy's album that was not to be released in the United Kingdom.
Chart performance
The album entered at number 84 on the
''Billboard'' 200, with first-week sales of 30,000 copies in the United States, making it Chingy's lowest-charting album in his career.
Singles
*The first official radio single was "
Fly Like Me
"Fly Like Me" is a song by American rapper Chingy. It is the first single from his fourth album ''Hate It or Love It'' (2007). It features singer Amerie and has, in Chingy's words, a "mainstream feel" similar to that of the 2005 single " Pimpin' ...
" featuring
Amerie
Amerie Mi Marie Nicholson ( Rogers; born January 12, 1980) is an American singer. Born in Fitchburg, Massachusetts, she gained an appreciation of the classical arts from her mother Mi Suk Rogers and of music from her father Charles Rogers, and ...
.
*The second single was "Gimme Dat". The video was premiered on February 8, 2008, on TRL, 106 and Park and Yahoo Videos.
Track listing
Chart performance
References
2007 albums
Chingy albums
Def Jam Recordings albums
Disturbing tha Peace albums
Albums produced by Cool & Dre
Albums produced by Maejor
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