Unpredictable

by Jamie Foxx

Overview

When Jamie Foxx released his first album in 1994, he was a star on In Living Color with a decent-sized following who declared, "No, really, he can sing -- he's alright!" A decade later, Foxx was a major movie star who had impressed Clive Davis enough to be offered a new recording deal. Though he didn't release any albums during the intervening years, Foxx was determined to stay active in music and collaborated with Adina Howard, Gladys Knight, and Melvin Riley. He appeared on the Any Given Sunday soundtrack, made a minor breakthrough on Twista and Kanye West's "Slow Jamz," and then became a superstar with his portrayal of Ray Charles in Ray. Just when it seemed like he'd spend the remainder of his recording career as a Ray Charles impressionist, he put together Unpredictable, his second solo album. Now packing major clout as a recording artist, Foxx received big-name production help from Mike City, Timbaland, and Sean Garrett, along with guest spots from Twista, West, the Game, Ludacris, Common, Snoop Dogg, and Mary J. Blige. Though he fits somewhere between R. Kelly and Ginuwine, Foxx has more than enough personality and talent to defend his music against accusations of opportunism. He can belt and proclaim with authority, but he's best when he's smooth and mellow -- an asset, to be sure, since not many modern R&B vocalists trade in subtleties. Lyrically, Foxx is not subtle -- he's a freak who at least balances the crude ("Make you turn around and touch your toes/The next thing, girl, you already know") with the silly ("I know you're used to dinner and a movie/Why not be my dinner while makin' a movie?"). Unpredictable is actually predictable in that all but one of its tracks have something -- or a lot -- to do with baby making. Foxx drops the salaciousness near the end and proves that he can do teary eyed adult contemporary with as much ease as the bedroom material. ~ Andy Kellman

Product Details

Release Date:	04/01/2013
Label:	Sony Music
UPC:	0888837160728
Rank:	90599

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Jamie Foxx   Primary Artist,Vocals,Sound Effects
Common   Primary Artist,Rap,Guest Artist
Twista   Primary Artist,Rap
Mary J. Blige   Primary Artist,Vocals,Guest Artist
The Game   Primary Artist,Rap
Kanye West   Primary Artist,Rap,Guest Artist
Snoop Dogg   Primary Artist,Rap
Ludacris   Primary Artist,Rap
Movement Orchestra   Strings
Charile "CSUN" Bereal   Guitar
Ilana Setapen   Strings
Face   Percussion,Guitar (Acoustic)
Rob Lewis   Piano
Joel Pargman   Strings
Mateo Laboriel   Bass
Timothy Loo   Strings
Tim Pierce   Guitar (Acoustic)

Technical Credits

Jamie Foxx   Audio Production,Composer,Producer,Executive Producer
Sean Garrett   Audio Production,Vocal Programming,Composer,Producer
Tank   Audio Production,Producer,Vocal Producer
Face   Audio Production,Producer
Orlando Rashid   Engineer,Mixing
Breyon Prescott   Composer,Producer,Executive Producer
Vernon Mungo   Engineer
Kevin Mayer   Mixing Assistant
Michael Crooms   Composer
Ben Watts   Photography
David Kutch   Mastering
Michael Evans   Production Coordination
Stephen Siravo Jr.   Assistant Engineer
Marc Stephen Lee   Engineer
Practice Team   Producer
William E. Pettaway Jr.   Production Coordination
James M. Wisner   Assistant Engineer
Sandra Campbell   Project Coordinator
Charile "CSUN" Bereal   Composer,Producer
Kenny Bereal   Composer
Steve Garrett   Vocal Producer
Peter Edge   Executive Producer
Kamel Abdo   Engineer
Dawn Haynes   Stylist
Geneva Randolph   Production Coordination
Jane Morledge   Design,Creative Director
Anthony Terrebonne   Assistant Engineer
Franny "Franchise" Graham   Engineer
Polow da Don   Producer
Marcella Araica   Engineer
Earl Klugh   Composer
Warryn Campbell   Producer,Programming,Instrumentation
Jason Perry   Composer
John Hanes   Digital Editing
Rob Lewis   String Arrangements
R.L. Huggar   Composer
Kanye West   Composer
Mike City   Producer,Composer
Harold Lilly   Composer,Producer
Herbie Hancock   Composer
James Scheffer   Composer
Serban Ghenea   Mixing
Paul Boutin   Engineer
Skip Scarborough   Composer
Big D   Producer
Ralph Patlan   Mixing
Jamal Jones   Composer
John Frye   Mixing
Mateo Laboriel   Composer,Producer,Drum Programming
Timothy Mosley   Composer
Tim Roberts   Pro-Tools
Timbaland   Producer
Manny Marroquin   Mixing
Dan Gailey   Assistant Engineer
Hector Rivera   Assistant Engineer
Daron Jones   Arranger,Composer,Producer
Dru Castro   Engineer
Jim Jonsin   Producer
Bruce Buechner   Mixing,Engineer
Jimmy Douglass   Mixing
Theron Feemster   Composer,Producer,Instrumentation
No I.D.   Producer
Patrick Magee   Mixing Assistant
Sean Cooper   Sound Design
Derrick Baker   Composer