The Life (album)

The Life is the third studio album from American R&B singer Ginuwine, released on Epic Records in 2001. The album debuted at number 3 on the Billboard 200 with first-week sales of 152,000 copies sold in the U.S. and was certified Platinum by the RIAA.^[1]^[2] It also spawned a top 5 hit single on the Billboard Hot 100 with "Differences". The Life was the first Ginuwine LP not to be primarily produced by Timbaland, who only produced one track, "That's How I Get Down". The song "Two Reasons I Cry" is dedicated to the memory of Ginuwine's parents, who both died a year before the album was released.^[3] The album debuted at number one on the Billboard album charts.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[4]
Entertainment Weekly	B+^[5]
NME	(7/10)^[6]
People	(average)^[7]
Rolling Stone	^[8]

Rolling Stone (5/10/01, p. 88) - 3.5 stars out of 5 - "As a showman, performer and personality, Ginuwine's the real thing....The Life is all naughty, disposable high points."^[8]
Entertainment Weekly (4/20/01, p. 73) - "[He] reveals a softer, more vulnerable side....When he balances his Romeo routine with a funky club vibe Life gets really good." - Rating: B+ ^[5]^[9]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Why Not Me"		Troy Oliver & Cory Rooney	4:27
2.	"There It Is"		Big Dog Productions Inc.	5:00
3.	"2 Way"		Raphael Saadiq & Ginuwine	4:09
4.	"Differences"	Elgin Lumpkin	Troy Oliver	4:25
5.	"So Fine"		Big Dog Productions Inc.	3:14
6.	"Tribute to a Woman"		Troy Oliver & Cory Rooney	4:59
7.	"Why Did You Go"		Big Dog Productions Inc.	6:05
8.	"How Deep Is Your Love"		Loren Dawson	4:21
9.	"That's How I Get Down" (featuring Ludacris)		Timbaland	4:13
10.	"Show After the Show"		Big Dog Productions Inc.	4:21
11.	"Role Play"		Big Dog Productions Inc.	3:52
12.	"Open Arms"		Troy Oliver, Cory Rooney & Dan Shea	4:45
13.	"Superhuman"	Diane Warren	Khris Kellow	4:10
14.	"Two Reasons I Cry"		Loren Dawson & Cory Rooney	5:15
15.	"Just Because"		Ric Wake, Richie Jones & Greg Lawson	3:42
Total length:				00:00

Japan Bonus Track
No.	Title	Producer(s)	Length
16.	"Give It Up"
17.	"Fix It"	Kenneth Karlin,Mar'Laina Kemp Garland,Carsten Schack,Gromyko Collins
Total length:			00:00

References

↑ http://m.vh1.com/news/article.rbml?id=1442694&artist=737
↑ http://riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?content_selector=gold-platinum-searchable-database
↑ Aquallante, Dan. "THE GINUWINE ARTICLE – R&B ARTIST FACES TRAGEDY AND COMES BACK SINING". nypost.com. NYP Holdings, Inc. Retrieved 2016-08-10.
↑ Allmusic review
1 2 Anderson, Tomika (2001-04-20). "The Life Review". Entertainment Weekly: 73. Retrieved 2013-03-17.
↑ NME review
↑ People review
1 2 Rolling Stone review at the Wayback Machine (archived October 2, 2007)
↑ "Ginuwine - Life CD Album". CD Universe. 2008-02-01. Retrieved 2012-02-28.

Ginuwine

Albums	Ginuwine...the Bachelor 100% Ginuwine The Life The Senior Back II da Basics A Man's Thoughts Elgin A Ginuwine Christmas Three Kings (with TGT)

Singles	"Pony" "Tell Me Do U Wanna" "When Doves Cry" "I'll Do Anything/I'm Sorry" "Only When Ur Lonely" "Holler" "Same Ol' G" "What's So Different?" "So Anxious" "None of Ur Friends Business" "There It Is" "Differences" "Just Because" "Tribute to a Woman" "Stingy" "Hell Yeah" "In Those Jeans" "Love You More" "When We Make Love" "I'm in Love" "Last Chance" "Get Involved"

Featured singles	"The Best Man I Can Be" "You Owe Me" "Take Away" "I Need a Girl (Part Two)" "Crush Tonight" "Pressure" "Please Don't Go (TGT Remix)" "Pony (Jump on It)"

Filmography	Juwanna Mann Honey

Related articles	Discography Swing Mob TGT "Jump"

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