''Young Love'' is the debut album by New Zealand
R&B singer
J. Williams, released on 13 July 2009 by
Illegal Musik. It was a success, certified Gold by the Recording Industry Association of New Zealand (RIANZ). The album debuted on the
New Zealand Albums Chart
The Official New Zealand Music Chart ( mi, Te Papa Tātai Waiata Matua o Aotearoa) is the weekly New Zealand top 40 singles and albums charts, issued weekly by Recorded Music NZ (formerly Recording Industry Association of New Zealand). The Music ...
at number five,
and has sold over 8000 copies.
Recording and production
Described as an honest and open discourse into the life of Williams, the album, features guest appearances from fellow New Zealand rappers
Mareko
Mark Sagapolutele (born 15 June 1981), best known by his stage name Mareko, is a New Zealand rapper and hip hop artist of Samoan descent from South Auckland.
Career
Mareko's career began as a member of the Deceptikonz, a South Auckland rap c ...
&
Scribe
A scribe is a person who serves as a professional copyist, especially one who made copies of manuscripts before the invention of automatic printing.
The profession of the scribe, previously widespread across cultures, lost most of its promi ...
, label mates Temple Jones,
Erakah and D Love, plus a duet with his sister
Lavina Williams.
Reception
Critical reception
Dane Anderson of
More FM
More FM is a New Zealand radio network that plays hot adult contemporary music. It is operated by MediaWorks New Zealand.
More FM broadcasts in 25 centres throughout New Zealand on 81 transmitters with a mix of local and network programming. ...
said that on ''Young Love'' "Williams thrives, on the faster, more rhythmic songs...While the slower songs aren't quite up to the par of say
Usher
Usher may refer to:
Several jobs which originally involved directing people and ensuring people are in the correct place:
* Usher (occupation)
** Church usher
** Wedding usher, one of the male attendants to the groom in a wedding ceremony
** Fiel ...
or
Ne-Yo just yet, you can't deny the
catchiness
Catchiness is how easy it is for a song, tune, or phrase to be recalled. It is often taken into account when writing songs, catchphrases, advertising slogans, jingles etc. Alternatively, it can be defined as how difficult it is for one to forget ...
in them."
Commercial performance
''Young Love'' peaked at its debut position of number five on the
New Zealand Album Chart before falling out after eight weeks. It then re-entered the chart after the release of the Collectors Edition, and was certified Gold, selling over 7,500 copies. The album spent a total of twenty-eight weeks in the album chart.
Singles
* "
Blow Your Mind" peaked at number thirteen on the
RIANZ New Zealand Singles Chart.
* "
Set It Off" was released to commercial radio stations in early 2009, and it charted on the official RIANZ Top 40 singles chart, peaking at number thirty-six.
* "
Ghetto Flower" peaked at number five on the RIANZ chart and was certified gold on 9 June 2009, as it has sold over 7,500 copies in New Zealand.
*"
Stand with You" featured Williams' sister,
Lavina Williams. It peaked at number six and was certified Gold after 10 weeks on the chart.
*"
Your Style featured
Erakah, and peaked at number sixteen on the New Zealand Singles Chart in its fourth non-consecutive week on that chart.
*"
You Got Me You Got Me or U Got Me may refer to:
Film
* ''You Got Me!'' (film), a 2007 Filipino comedy Music Songs
* "You Got Me" (The Roots song), 1999
* "You Got Me" (J.Williams song), 2010
* "You Got Me" (Ivy Quainoo song), 2012
* "You Got Me" (Mýa song), ...
", featuring
rapper Scribe
A scribe is a person who serves as a professional copyist, especially one who made copies of manuscripts before the invention of automatic printing.
The profession of the scribe, previously widespread across cultures, lost most of its promi ...
, peaked at number one on the RIANZ chart,
and was certified in its sixth week of charting.
Track listing
References
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J. Williams (singer) albums
2009 debut albums