Cocky & Confident
| Cocky & Confident | ||||
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| Released | December 1, 2009 | |||
| Recorded | 2007–2009 | |||
| Genre | Hip hop | |||
| Length | 72:26 | |||
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| Juvenile chronology | ||||
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| Singles from Cocky & Confident | ||||
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| Aggregate scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | (49/100)[1] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |    [2] |
| HipHopDX | [3] |
| The New York Times | (unfavorable)[4] |
| Now | [5] |
| PopMatters | [6] |
| The Smoking Section | (unfavorable)[7] |
| USA Today | [8] |
Cocky & Confident is the eighth studio album by American rapper Juvenile. The album was released on December 1, 2009, by Atlantic Records, UTP Records and E1 Entertainment.[9][10] The album is the rapper's follow up to his album Reality Check, which landed at #1 on Billboard's Top 200 chart when the album was released in March 2006. It features artists such as B.G., Dorrough, Kango Slim, Q Corvette, Rico Love and Pleasure P and others making guest appearances. Producers on the album include Mouse, Precise, FATBOI, Lu Balz, S-8ighty & more. It is the first album in which Juvenile himself produces. The album debuted at #49 on the Billboard 200 with 23,000 copies sold in its first week.[11]
Singles
[edit]The first promo single is "Hands On You", featuring Pleasure P and produced by Lu Balz. It was released on iTunes on September 8, 2009. The first single is "Gotta Get It", which is produced by Precise.[9] It was released on iTunes a week after "Hands On You" on September 15, 2009.[9] The second single is "We Be Getting Money", featuring Shawty Lo, Dorrough, & Kango Slim and produced by S-8ighty. It was released on iTunes on October 27, 2009.[9]
Track listing
[edit]| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Cocky & Confident" |
| Get Cool | 2:50 |
| 2. | "Gotta Get It" |
| Precise | 4:05 |
| 3. | "Back Back" |
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| 4:01 |
| 4. | "We Be Getting Money" (featuring Shawty Lo, Dorrough, and Kango Slim) |
| S-8ighty | 4:48 |
| 5. | "My Money Don't Fold" (featuring Kango Slim and T Money) |
| Niyo | 4:36 |
| 6. | "Feeling Right" (featuring B.G., Cape, and Kango Slim) |
| Niyo | 3:52 |
| 7. | "Top of the Line" |
| Mouse | 4:11 |
| 8. | "Make U Feel Alright" (featuring Kango Slim and Jay da Menace) |
| C. Smith | 4:02 |
| 9. | "It's All Hood" |
| C. Smith | 3:41 |
| 10. | "New Orleans Stunna" (featuring Rawsmoov) |
| Rawsmoov | 3:23 |
| 11. | "All Over You" (featuring Kango Slim) |
| S-8ighty | 3:02 |
| 12. | "You Can't Stop Me" (featuring Partners-N-Crime and Youngin') |
| Niyo | 3:43 |
| 13. | "Break It Down" (featuring Q Corvette) |
|
| 3:36 |
| 14. | "I'm Out Chere" (featuring Rico Love) |
| Tic Toc | 3:55 |
| 15. | "I'm Shining" |
| Mouse | 3:38 |
| 16. | "I Say" (featuring Youngin') |
| Precise | 3:44 |
| 17. | "Everything" (featuring Bobby Valentino) |
| FATBOI | 4:07 |
| 18. | "Hands On You" (featuring Pleasure P) |
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| 3:33 |
| 19. | "Listen" (featuring Q Corvette) |
| Juvenile | 3:49 |
Sample credits
- "Listen" contains a portion of "Listen to Your Heart", written by Per Håkan Gessle and Mats Persson.
Personnel
[edit]- Terius "Juvenile" Gray – engineer, executive producer
- Aubrey "Pied Piper" Francis – co-executive producer
- Morton "Tim" Fry – co-executive producer
- Corey "CEO" Gray – executive producer
- Lu Balz – engineer (17)
- Jay da Menace – engineer (5, 8, 11)
- Graham Marsh – engineer (17)
- Arnold Mischkulnig – mixing (18)
- Mouse – engineer (7, 15)
- Brandon Park – assistant engineer (17)
- Precise – engineer (2–6, 8–14, 16, 18, 19), mixing (1–16, 19), additional mixing (17)
- S-8ighty – keyboards (2, 19)
- Glenn Schick – mastering
- Ray Seay – mixing (17)
- C. Smith – engineer (8, 9, 11–13, 19)
- Tic Toc – engineer (14)
Charts
[edit]| Chart (2009) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| US Billboard 200[12] | 49 |
| US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[13] | 7 |
References
[edit]- ↑ "Cocky And Confident Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved August 27, 2013.
- ↑ Jeffries, David. "Cocky & Confident - Juvenile". Allmusic. Retrieved November 29, 2009.
- ↑ Kuperstein, Slava (December 10, 2009). "Juvenile - Cocky And Confident". HipHopDX. Retrieved August 27, 2013.
- ↑ Chinen, Nate (November 29, 2009). "New CDs (Juvenile: "Cocky & Confident")". The New York Times. Retrieved August 27, 2013.
- ↑ Rennie, Andrew (January 5–12, 2010). "Juvenile: Cocky & Confident (Atlantic/UTP/E1)". Now. Retrieved August 27, 2013.
- ↑ Amidon, David (December 11, 2009). "Juvenile: Cocky & Confident". PopMatters. Retrieved August 27, 2013.
- ↑ TSSCrew (December 19, 2009). "'It's All Hood' - Review Of Juvenile's Cocky & Confident". The Smoking Section. Retrieved August 27, 2013.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - ↑ Jones, Steve; Mansfield, Brian (December 1, 2009). "Albums (Juvenile, Cocky and Confident: Humble He's Not)". USA Today. Retrieved August 27, 2013.
- 1 2 3 4 Roman Wolfe (October 13, 2009). "Juvenile 'Cocky and Confident' On First Album In Three Years". AllHipHop. Archived from the original on September 30, 2012. Retrieved December 18, 2015.
- ↑ Juvenile. "Juvenile - Cocky and Confident - Amazon.com Music". Amazon.com. Retrieved December 18, 2015.
- ↑ Paine, Jake (December 9, 2009). "Hip Hop Album Sales: The Week Ending 12/6/2009". HipHopDX. Archived from the original on December 12, 2009. Retrieved December 18, 2015.
- ↑ "Juvenile Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved October 23, 2014.
- ↑ "Juvenile Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved October 23, 2014.
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