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singer Algebra Blessett. It was released on February 3, 2014, via

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. Recording sessions took place at Studio2Sixteen, Tune Pusher LLC, NeWFAM Entertainment Studios and The Black Room in

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, at K1 Studios in

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and at Southside Sound in

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. Production was handled by B Howard, Brett Baker,

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, Kwamé, LT Moe and

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. It features guest appearance from Quinnes Parker. The album debuted at number 149 on the ''Billboard'' 200, number 23 on the

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and number 2 on the

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in the United States.

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selected the album as one of the Favorite R&B Albums of 2014. The album was preceded with a lone single "Nobody But You", with an accompanying

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directed by Be' Garrett. The song peaked at No. 42 on the ''Billboard''

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and No. 11 on the

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charts, and made it to No. 39 on the 2014 year-end Adult R&B Airplay Songs chart.

Track listing

Personnel

* Algebra Felicia Blessett – vocals, executive producer * Quinnes D. Parker – vocals & recording (track 5) *Traneshia Chiles – backing vocals (track 4) *

– drums & producer (tracks: 4, 7) *Akil Thompson – guitar & bass (tracks: 4, 7) *Carolyn Wann Bailey – violin (tracks: 4, 7) *Rod Hardman – guitar (track 8) *Josh "Guido" Rivera – guitar & bass (tracks: 9, 11, 13) *Eugene Russell IV – tenor saxophone (tracks: 9, 11) *Derrick White – trombone (tracks: 9, 11) *Ali Barr – trumpet (tracks: 9, 11) *

– piano & producer (track 14) *Todd " LT Moe" Moore – producer (tracks: 1, 6, 10, 12), co-producer (track 8), programming (tracks: 1, 6, 10), recording (tracks: 1, 5, 6, 8, 10, 12), co-executive producer *Kwamé " K1 Mil" Holland – producer & engineering (tracks: 2, 3, 9, 11, 13), co-executive producer *Brett Baker – producer & programming (track 5) *

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– producer (track 8) *Greg Fuqua – recording & mixing (tracks: 4, 7) *Michael Gregory – recording (tracks: 4, 7) *Vernon Mungo – recording (tracks: 4, 7) *Alvin Speights – mixing (tracks: 1, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14) *A Kid Called Cus – mixing (tracks: 2, 3, 9, 11, 13) *Gimel "

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" Keaton – mixing (track 5) *George Littlejohn – executive producer *Russell Johnson – executive producer *Jerrell Allen – executive producer *Sean Marlowe – art direction *Paul Grosso – creative direction, cover design *James Anthony – photography *Sean Cokes – photography *Peter Adarkwah – project direction

Charts

References

External links

* {{Authority control 2014 albums E1 Music albums MNRK Music Group albums Albums produced by Kwamé Albums produced by LT Moe Barely Breaking Even albums Albums produced by Bryan-Michael Cox