In Love & War
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In Love & War is the fourth studio album
by American R&B
singer-songwriter Amerie
, released November 3, 2009 on Def Jam Recordings
. Recording sessions for the album took place during 2008 to 2009 at Record Plant Studios
in Hollywood, California and at other recording studios in Miami, Florida
and Atlanta, Georgia
. The album serves as Amerie's first release after leaving Columbia Records
and forming her own label, Feenix Rising, which released the album under exclusive license and distribution through the Island Def Jam Music Group.
The album debuted at number 46 on the U.S. Billboard 200
chart, selling 12,500 copies in its first week. Upon its release, In Love & War received generally positive reviews from most music critics.
reported that Amerie had left her record label, Columbia Records
, and in April 2008, Amerie's name was removed from the label's roster. Recording sessions for the album took place during 2008 to 2009 at Record Plant Studios
in Hollywood, California, and at other recording studios in Miami, Florida
and Atlanta, Georgia
. On her official Twitter
account, Amerie revealed that she had been secretly recording new music in Atlanta, Georgia, and that a late summer July/August release date was in the works, with a possible first single in late May or early June.
In multiple interviews, Amerie confirmed that Rich Harrison
, who had produced her previous work, would not be contributing to the album. At the end of April, Amerie revealed on Twitter that the album's title to be changed from Breakups to Makeups to In Love & War. She also announced that the album's first single is "Why R U
", which she cited with "Higher" as one of two of her favorite tracks from the album.
, soul
and old school rock
". She spoke about the concept of In Love & War in an interview with The Green Magazine, stating:
The album features collaborations with rapper Fabolous
and singer Trey Songz
. The latter has a guest appearance on "Pretty Brown", a cover of R&B group Mint Condition
's "Breakin' My Heart (Pretty Brown Eyes)
" (1991), retitled for inclusion into the album's official tracklist. The song was produced by Australian hip hop producer M-Phazes
.
Three singles were released in promotion of the album, including "Why R U
" on June 15, 2009, "Heard 'Em All
" on September 15, 2009, and "Pretty Brown" on October 20, 2009. Def Jam released a six-track album sampler containing snippets of "Higher", "Tell Me You Love Me", "Pretty Brown", and "Red Eye", as well full versions of "Heard 'Em All" and "Why R U", which had been remastered. Amerie performed "Heard 'Em All
" and "Higher" in November 2009 on Jimmy Kimmel Live!. A music video for "More Than Love" featuring Fabolous
, directed by Taj was released in January 2010.
She released a remix version of the song Heard 'Em All
for Asian edition of In Love & War where she will collaborate with Korean girl group 4minute
and rapper Junhyung of Korean boy band BEAST
and at number 3 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums
chart. By November 9, 2009, it had sold 12,421 copies in the U.S., resulting in sales of 12,500 in its first week. The album also charted in the United Kingdom on the Top 40 RnB Albums
at number 29 on November 15, 2009.
, which assigns a normalized
rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average
score of 78, based on 8 reviews, which indicates "generally favorable reviews". About.com
's Mark Edward Nero gave it 3½ out of 5 stars and called it "a hip, energetic album that properly showcases her singing talent". Alex Denney of Yahoo! Music
gave In Love & War a rating of 8/10 and lauded Amerie for her "old-skool virtues" and sound, while calling the album "an exemplary exercise in R&B songwriting and performance, brim-full of verve, spark and vigour". Hot Press
writer Patrick Freyne gave the album a rating of 3.5/5, writing "Amerie’s got the standard range and power of the production line diva but there’s also an appealingly raw, in need-of-some-Calpol-edge to her voice which gives everything that little bit more power". The Irish Times
gave it 3 out of 4 stars, writing that Amerie "approaches In Love & War with much gusto".
In contrast, Steve Jones of USA Today
gave the album 2½ out of 4 stars and expressed a mixed response towards its ballads, stating "The sassy funk numbers serve her best, while the mushy stuff only slows her down". Despite writing favorably of its uptempo tracks, Rolling Stone
s Christian Hoard gave the album 3 out of 5 stars and perceived its slower material as a weakness. Boston Herald
writer Lauren Carter gave In Love & War a B- rating and commended its "ambient, hip-hop-infused r & b" tracks, but wrote that "monotonous lyrics about rocky or recently ended relationships dominate the album". However, Allmusic's Andy Kellman gave the album 4 out of 5 stars and wrote favorably of its ballads, calling them "as well constructed as anything earlier in the set". In his consumer guide for MSN Music
, critic Robert Christgau
gave it a rating of honorable mention , indicating "an enjoyable effort consumers attuned to its overriding aesthetic or individual vision may well treasure".
Sample credits
Studio album
A studio album is an album made up of tracks recorded in the controlled environment of a recording studio. A studio album contains newly written and recorded or previously unreleased or remixed material, distinguishing itself from a compilation or reissue album of previously recorded material, or...
by American R&B
Contemporary R&B
Contemporary R&B is a music genre that combines elements of hip hop, soul, R&B and funk.Although the abbreviation “R&B” originates from traditional rhythm and blues music, today the term R&B is most often used to describe a style of African American music originating after the demise of disco in...
singer-songwriter Amerie
Amerie
Amerie Mi Marie Rogers , known professionally as Amerie or Ameriie, is an American singer-songwriter, record producer, and actress. She debuted in 2002 with the album All I Have, primarily co-written and produced by Rich Harrison, and was well-received in the urban market...
, released November 3, 2009 on Def Jam Recordings
Def Jam Recordings
Def Jam Recordings is an American record label, focused primarily on hip hop and urban music, owned by Universal Music Group, and operates as a part of The Island Def Jam Motown Music Group...
. Recording sessions for the album took place during 2008 to 2009 at Record Plant Studios
Record Plant Studios
The Record Plant was a series of three famous recording studios which were founded by Gary Kellgren and Chris Stone, beginning in New York City in 1968. The next year, Kellgren and Stone opened a second studio in Los Angeles. In 1972, the company expanded again with a third location in Sausalito,...
in Hollywood, California and at other recording studios in Miami, Florida
Miami, Florida
Miami is a city located on the Atlantic coast in southeastern Florida and the county seat of Miami-Dade County, the most populous county in Florida and the eighth-most populous county in the United States with a population of 2,500,625...
and Atlanta, Georgia
Atlanta, Georgia
Atlanta is the capital and most populous city in the U.S. state of Georgia. According to the 2010 census, Atlanta's population is 420,003. Atlanta is the cultural and economic center of the Atlanta metropolitan area, which is home to 5,268,860 people and is the ninth largest metropolitan area in...
. The album serves as Amerie's first release after leaving Columbia Records
Columbia Records
Columbia Records is an American record label, owned by Japan's Sony Music Entertainment, operating under the Columbia Music Group with Aware Records. It was founded in 1888, evolving from an earlier enterprise, the American Graphophone Company — successor to the Volta Graphophone Company...
and forming her own label, Feenix Rising, which released the album under exclusive license and distribution through the Island Def Jam Music Group.
The album debuted at number 46 on the U.S. Billboard 200
Billboard 200
The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists...
chart, selling 12,500 copies in its first week. Upon its release, In Love & War received generally positive reviews from most music critics.
Background
In January 2008, Entertainment WeeklyEntertainment Weekly
Entertainment Weekly is an American magazine, published by the Time division of Time Warner, that covers film, television, music, broadway theatre, books and popular culture...
reported that Amerie had left her record label, Columbia Records
Columbia Records
Columbia Records is an American record label, owned by Japan's Sony Music Entertainment, operating under the Columbia Music Group with Aware Records. It was founded in 1888, evolving from an earlier enterprise, the American Graphophone Company — successor to the Volta Graphophone Company...
, and in April 2008, Amerie's name was removed from the label's roster. Recording sessions for the album took place during 2008 to 2009 at Record Plant Studios
Record Plant Studios
The Record Plant was a series of three famous recording studios which were founded by Gary Kellgren and Chris Stone, beginning in New York City in 1968. The next year, Kellgren and Stone opened a second studio in Los Angeles. In 1972, the company expanded again with a third location in Sausalito,...
in Hollywood, California, and at other recording studios in Miami, Florida
Miami, Florida
Miami is a city located on the Atlantic coast in southeastern Florida and the county seat of Miami-Dade County, the most populous county in Florida and the eighth-most populous county in the United States with a population of 2,500,625...
and Atlanta, Georgia
Atlanta, Georgia
Atlanta is the capital and most populous city in the U.S. state of Georgia. According to the 2010 census, Atlanta's population is 420,003. Atlanta is the cultural and economic center of the Atlanta metropolitan area, which is home to 5,268,860 people and is the ninth largest metropolitan area in...
. On her official Twitter
Twitter
Twitter is an online social networking and microblogging service that enables its users to send and read text-based posts of up to 140 characters, informally known as "tweets".Twitter was created in March 2006 by Jack Dorsey and launched that July...
account, Amerie revealed that she had been secretly recording new music in Atlanta, Georgia, and that a late summer July/August release date was in the works, with a possible first single in late May or early June.
In multiple interviews, Amerie confirmed that Rich Harrison
Rich Harrison
Rich Harrison is a Grammy Award-winning record producer and songwriter from Washington, D.C.. He is primarily an R&B/Hip-Hop producer...
, who had produced her previous work, would not be contributing to the album. At the end of April, Amerie revealed on Twitter that the album's title to be changed from Breakups to Makeups to In Love & War. She also announced that the album's first single is "Why R U
Why R U
"Why R U" is a song performed by American R&B singer Amerie. The song was recorded for her fourth studio album, In Love & War, and serves as the lead single from the album...
", which she cited with "Higher" as one of two of her favorite tracks from the album.
Music
Amerie has described the album's sound as "a fusion of hip hopHip hop music
Hip hop music, also called hip-hop, rap music or hip-hop music, is a musical genre consisting of a stylized rhythmic music that commonly accompanies rapping, a rhythmic and rhyming speech that is chanted...
, soul
Soul music
Soul music is a music genre originating in the United States combining elements of gospel music and rhythm and blues. According to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, soul is "music that arose out of the black experience in America through the transmutation of gospel and rhythm & blues into a form of...
and old school rock
Rock music
Rock music is a genre of popular music that developed during and after the 1960s, particularly in the United Kingdom and the United States. It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rock and roll, itself heavily influenced by rhythm and blues and country music...
". She spoke about the concept of In Love & War in an interview with The Green Magazine, stating:
The album features collaborations with rapper Fabolous
Fabolous
John David Jackson , better known by his stage name Fabolous, is an American rapper of African American and Dominican descent. He grew up in the Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York. Part of his early popularity arose from his hit single "Can't Deny It" in 2001, from his debut...
and singer Trey Songz
Trey Songz
Tremaine "Trey" Aldon Neverson , better known by his stage name Trey Songz, is an American singer-songwriter, rapper, record producer and actor. His debut album, I Gotta Make It, was released in 2005, while his second album, Trey Day, was released in 2007...
. The latter has a guest appearance on "Pretty Brown", a cover of R&B group Mint Condition
Mint Condition
Mint Condition is an R&B band from Saint Paul, Minnesota. Formed in the late 1980s, its original members were lead singer Stokley Williams, bassist Ricky Kinchen, guitarist Homer O'Dell, pianist Larry Waddell, keyboardist Keri Lewis, and keyboardist/saxophonist Jeffrey Allen...
's "Breakin' My Heart (Pretty Brown Eyes)
Breakin' My Heart (Pretty Brown Eyes)
"Breakin' My Heart " is the second single from R&B group Mint Condition's 1991 album Meant To Be Mint. The song rose to #6 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and #3 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart,...
" (1991), retitled for inclusion into the album's official tracklist. The song was produced by Australian hip hop producer M-Phazes
M-Phazes
M-Phazes is an Australian Hip Hop producer and artist based in Melbourne, Victoria. Born on the Gold Coast he relocated to Melbourne to further his musical career...
.
Release and promotion
After several delays of the album's release date in August and September, it was announced on August 13, 2009 that the album would be released in November 2009. Amerie had stated via her Twitter account that she was satisfied with the release date and that it has a special meaning to her. On September 27, 2009, Amerie premiered the album cover on her official Twitter page. In Love & War was released on November 3, 2009 in the United States under exclusive license by Amerie's own imprint label, Feenix Rising, which distributed it through the Island Def Jam Music Group.Three singles were released in promotion of the album, including "Why R U
Why R U
"Why R U" is a song performed by American R&B singer Amerie. The song was recorded for her fourth studio album, In Love & War, and serves as the lead single from the album...
" on June 15, 2009, "Heard 'Em All
Heard 'Em All
"Heard 'em All" is a single by American R&B recording artist Amerie from her fourth studio album, In Love & War, released in September 2009. In U.S., the song served as the second single from the album, following "Why R U". The official radio edit of the song features rapper Lil Wayne, with both...
" on September 15, 2009, and "Pretty Brown" on October 20, 2009. Def Jam released a six-track album sampler containing snippets of "Higher", "Tell Me You Love Me", "Pretty Brown", and "Red Eye", as well full versions of "Heard 'Em All" and "Why R U", which had been remastered. Amerie performed "Heard 'Em All
Heard 'Em All
"Heard 'em All" is a single by American R&B recording artist Amerie from her fourth studio album, In Love & War, released in September 2009. In U.S., the song served as the second single from the album, following "Why R U". The official radio edit of the song features rapper Lil Wayne, with both...
" and "Higher" in November 2009 on Jimmy Kimmel Live!. A music video for "More Than Love" featuring Fabolous
Fabolous
John David Jackson , better known by his stage name Fabolous, is an American rapper of African American and Dominican descent. He grew up in the Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York. Part of his early popularity arose from his hit single "Can't Deny It" in 2001, from his debut...
, directed by Taj was released in January 2010.
She released a remix version of the song Heard 'Em All
Heard 'Em All
"Heard 'em All" is a single by American R&B recording artist Amerie from her fourth studio album, In Love & War, released in September 2009. In U.S., the song served as the second single from the album, following "Why R U". The official radio edit of the song features rapper Lil Wayne, with both...
for Asian edition of In Love & War where she will collaborate with Korean girl group 4minute
4minute
4Minute is a popular South Korean girl group founded by Cube Entertainment in 2009. The group consists of Nam Jihyun , Heo Gayoon, Jeon Jiyoon, Kim Hyuna and Kwon SoHyun. The girls released their first single on June 15, 2009 and made their debut stage last June 18, 2009 on Mnet M! Countdown...
and rapper Junhyung of Korean boy band BEAST
Commercial performance
In the United States, In Love & War debuted at number 46 on the U.S. Billboard 200Billboard 200
The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists...
and at number 3 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums
Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums
Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums is a chart published by Billboard magazine that ranks R&B and hip hop albums based on sales compiled by Nielsen SoundScan. The name of the chart was changed from Top R&B Albums in 1999...
chart. By November 9, 2009, it had sold 12,421 copies in the U.S., resulting in sales of 12,500 in its first week. The album also charted in the United Kingdom on the Top 40 RnB Albums
UK R&B Chart
The Official UK R&B Chart is a forty-position R&B/Hip-Hop chart compiled by The Official UK Charts Company. Although the chart does not receive any airplay, its compilation is viewed on BBC Radio 1's website and publications such as ChartsPlus and Music Week...
at number 29 on November 15, 2009.
Critical response
Upon its release, the album received generally positive reviews from most music critics. At MetacriticMetacritic
Metacritic.com is a website that collates reviews of music albums, games, movies, TV shows and DVDs. For each product, a numerical score from each review is obtained and the total is averaged. An excerpt of each review is provided along with a hyperlink to the source. Three colour codes of Green,...
, which assigns a normalized
Standard score
In statistics, a standard score indicates how many standard deviations an observation or datum is above or below the mean. It is a dimensionless quantity derived by subtracting the population mean from an individual raw score and then dividing the difference by the population standard deviation...
rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average
Weighted mean
The weighted mean is similar to an arithmetic mean , where instead of each of the data points contributing equally to the final average, some data points contribute more than others...
score of 78, based on 8 reviews, which indicates "generally favorable reviews". About.com
About.com
About.com is an online source for original information and advice. It is written in English, and is aimed primarily at North Americans. It is owned by The New York Times Company....
's Mark Edward Nero gave it 3½ out of 5 stars and called it "a hip, energetic album that properly showcases her singing talent". Alex Denney of Yahoo! Music
Yahoo! Music
Yahoo! Music, owned by Yahoo!, is the provider of a variety of music services, including Internet radio, music videos, news, artist information, and original programming...
gave In Love & War a rating of 8/10 and lauded Amerie for her "old-skool virtues" and sound, while calling the album "an exemplary exercise in R&B songwriting and performance, brim-full of verve, spark and vigour". Hot Press
Hot Press
Hot Press is a fortnightly music and political magazine based in Dublin, Ireland founded in 1977. The magazine has been edited since its inception by Niall Stokes. According to the Audit Bureau of Circulations, it had a circulation of 19,215 during 2007...
writer Patrick Freyne gave the album a rating of 3.5/5, writing "Amerie’s got the standard range and power of the production line diva but there’s also an appealingly raw, in need-of-some-Calpol-edge to her voice which gives everything that little bit more power". The Irish Times
The Irish Times
The Irish Times is an Irish daily broadsheet newspaper launched on 29 March 1859. The editor is Kevin O'Sullivan who succeeded Geraldine Kennedy in 2011; the deputy editor is Paul O'Neill. The Irish Times is considered to be Ireland's newspaper of record, and is published every day except Sundays...
gave it 3 out of 4 stars, writing that Amerie "approaches In Love & War with much gusto".
In contrast, Steve Jones of USA Today
USA Today
USA Today is a national American daily newspaper published by the Gannett Company. It was founded by Al Neuharth. The newspaper vies with The Wall Street Journal for the position of having the widest circulation of any newspaper in the United States, something it previously held since 2003...
gave the album 2½ out of 4 stars and expressed a mixed response towards its ballads, stating "The sassy funk numbers serve her best, while the mushy stuff only slows her down". Despite writing favorably of its uptempo tracks, Rolling Stone
Rolling Stone
Rolling Stone is a US-based magazine devoted to music, liberal politics, and popular culture that is published every two weeks. Rolling Stone was founded in San Francisco in 1967 by Jann Wenner and music critic Ralph J...
s Christian Hoard gave the album 3 out of 5 stars and perceived its slower material as a weakness. Boston Herald
Boston Herald
The Boston Herald is a daily newspaper that serves Boston, Massachusetts, United States, and its surrounding area. It was started in 1846 and is one of the oldest daily newspapers in the United States...
writer Lauren Carter gave In Love & War a B- rating and commended its "ambient, hip-hop-infused r & b" tracks, but wrote that "monotonous lyrics about rocky or recently ended relationships dominate the album". However, Allmusic's Andy Kellman gave the album 4 out of 5 stars and wrote favorably of its ballads, calling them "as well constructed as anything earlier in the set". In his consumer guide for MSN Music
MSN Music
MSN Music was a part of the MSN web services. It delivered music news, music videos, spotlights on new music, artist information, and live performances of artists. In 2004, Microsoft created an MSN Music download store to compete with Apple's iTunes Music Store, though its sales in comparison were...
, critic Robert Christgau
Robert Christgau
Robert Christgau is an American essayist, music journalist, and self-proclaimed "Dean of American Rock Critics".One of the earliest professional rock critics, Christgau is known for his terse capsule reviews, published since 1969 in his Consumer Guide columns...
gave it a rating of honorable mention , indicating "an enjoyable effort consumers attuned to its overriding aesthetic or individual vision may well treasure".
Track listing
- All songs were either written or co-written by Amerie.
Sample credits
- "More Than Love" – Contains a sample of "Summer Madness (Live)" by Kool & the GangKool & the GangKool & the Gang are an American jazz, R&B, soul, and funk group, originally formed as the Jazziacs in Jersey City, New Jersey in 1964.They went through several musical phases during the course of their recording career, starting out with a purist jazz sound, then becoming practitioners of R&B and...
- "Pretty Brown" – Contains a sample of "Breakin' My Heart (Pretty Brown Eyes)Breakin' My Heart (Pretty Brown Eyes)"Breakin' My Heart " is the second single from R&B group Mint Condition's 1991 album Meant To Be Mint. The song rose to #6 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and #3 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart,...
" by Mint ConditionMint ConditionMint Condition is an R&B band from Saint Paul, Minnesota. Formed in the late 1980s, its original members were lead singer Stokley Williams, bassist Ricky Kinchen, guitarist Homer O'Dell, pianist Larry Waddell, keyboardist Keri Lewis, and keyboardist/saxophonist Jeffrey Allen...
Musicians
- Amerie – vocals, producer
- Francesco Romano – guitar
- David SiegelDavid Siegel (musician)David Siegel is an American producer, songwriter and musician based in South Beach, Florida. He is best known for co-writing Escape recorded by Enrique Iglesias in 2002, as well as co-writing a three-times certified platinum song by the RIAA. Whatever You Like recorded by T.I...
– keyboards - Sean Windsor – guitar
- Larry Sommerville – keyboards
Production
- Karma – producer
- Eric Hudson – producer
- L.A. Reid – executive producer
- Teddy Riley – producer, engineer
- J. Peter Robinson – art direction
- Delroy Pearson – producer
- Deborah Mannis-Gardner – sample clearance
- Vernon Mungo – engineer
- James M. Wisner – engineer
- Warryn Campbell – producer
- Chris Atlas – marketing
- Walter "Mucho" Scott – producer
- Cornell Brown – engineer
- Mike Houge – engineer
- Bryan-Michael Cox – producer
- Jim Jonsin – producer
- Bruce Buechner – engineer
- Amy Neiman – photo coordination
- Lenny "Linen" Nicholson – producer, executive producer, management
- Sam Thomas – engineer
- Tim Bret Day – art direction
- Herb Power Jr. – mastering
- Sean Garrett – producer
- Victor Abijaudi – engineer
- Rico Love – producer
- Miles Walker – engineer
- Mark "Exit" Goodchild – engineer
- Jordan Young "DJ Swivel" – engineer
- Jonas Jeberg – producer
- Graham Marsh – engineer
- David Bray – art direction, illustrations
- Daniel "2Dark" RichardsDaniel "2Dark" RichardsDaniel "2Dark" Richards is a British record producer from Birmingham, England. At 18 whilst attending the Urban Music Seminar in Birmingham, Daniel met UMS founder, and offered him his demo CD. He was awarded £10,000 prize money in the 2006 Urban Music Awards. He was then chosen for a nationwide...
– instrumentation - Randy McMillian – music business affairs
- Lee Stuart – art direction
Chart history
| Chart (2009) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Korean Albums Chart | 18 |
| UK R&B Albums Chart UK R&B Chart The Official UK R&B Chart is a forty-position R&B/Hip-Hop chart compiled by The Official UK Charts Company. Although the chart does not receive any airplay, its compilation is viewed on BBC Radio 1's website and publications such as ChartsPlus and Music Week... |
29 |
| U.S. Billboard 200 Billboard 200 The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists... |
46 |
| U.S. Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums is a chart published by Billboard magazine that ranks R&B and hip hop albums based on sales compiled by Nielsen SoundScan. The name of the chart was changed from Top R&B Albums in 1999... |
3 |
Release history
| Region | Date | Label(s) | Format(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Worldwide | September 16, 2009 | Def Jam Recordings Def Jam Recordings Def Jam Recordings is an American record label, focused primarily on hip hop and urban music, owned by Universal Music Group, and operates as a part of The Island Def Jam Motown Music Group... |
Album sampler |
| United States | November 3, 2009 | Feenix Rising, Def Jam | CD Compact Disc The Compact Disc is an optical disc used to store digital data. It was originally developed to store and playback sound recordings exclusively, but later expanded to encompass data storage , write-once audio and data storage , rewritable media , Video Compact Discs , Super Video Compact Discs ,... , Digital download Music download A music download is the transferral of music from an Internet-facing computer or website to a user's local computer. This term encompasses both legal downloads and downloads of copyright material without permission or payment... |
| Germany | November 6, 2009 | Def Jam Recordings | |
| United Kingdom | November 9, 2009 | Mercury Records Mercury Records Mercury Records is a record label operating as a standalone company in the UK and as part of the Island Def Jam Motown Music Group in the US; both are subsidiaries of Universal Music Group. There is also a Mercury Records in Australia, which is a local artist and repertoire division of Universal... |
|
| Canada | November 10, 2009 | ||
| Japan | November 11, 2009 | Universal Japan Universal Music Group Universal Music Group is an American music group, the largest of the "big four" record companies by its commanding market share and its multitude of global operations... |
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| Poland | November 12, 2009 | Universal Music Universal Music Group Universal Music Group is an American music group, the largest of the "big four" record companies by its commanding market share and its multitude of global operations... |
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| Hong Kong | November 20, 2009 | Def Jam Recordings |
External links
- In Love & War at MetacriticMetacriticMetacritic.com is a website that collates reviews of music albums, games, movies, TV shows and DVDs. For each product, a numerical score from each review is obtained and the total is averaged. An excerpt of each review is provided along with a hyperlink to the source. Three colour codes of Green,...
- Album sampler at Island Def Jam Music Group
- Amerie’s ‘In Love & War’ Sets Benchmark For Rihanna’s ‘Rated R’ at BlackBook MagazineBlackBook MagazineBlackBook is an American arts and culture magazine published 8x a year. Founded in 1996 as a quarterly publication, BlackBook has now expanded to a circulation of roughly 150,000. The magazine covers topics ranging from art, music, and literature to politics, popular culture, and travel guides....